1 Samuel 28:15

New International Version

Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am in great distress,” Saul said. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has departed from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”

Cross References

Psalm 51:11

Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.

Proverbs 14:14

The faithless will be fully repaid for their ways, and the good rewarded for theirs.

Hosea 9:12

Even if they rear children, I will bereave them of every one. Woe to them when I turn away from them!

Matthew 25:41

“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Judges 16:20

Then she called, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!” He awoke from his sleep and thought, “I’ll go out as before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the Lord had left him.

1 Samuel 18:12

Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with David but had departed from Saul.

1 Samuel 23:2

he inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go and attack these Philistines?” The Lord answered him, “Go, attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”

1 Samuel 23:4

Once again David inquired of the Lord, and the Lord answered him, “Go down to Keilah, for I am going to give the Philistines into your hand.”

1 Samuel 28:11

Then the woman asked, “Whom shall I bring up for you?” “Bring up Samuel,” he said.

1 Samuel 28:16

Samuel said, “Why do you consult me, now that the Lord has departed from you and become your enemy?

1 Samuel 28:6

He inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets.

1 Samuel 28:8

So Saul disguised himself, putting on other clothes, and at night he and two men went to the woman. “Consult a spirit for me,” he said, “and bring up for me the one I name.”

1 Samuel 30:6

David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the Lord his God.