1 Samuel 12:17

New Living Translation

You know that it does not rain at this time of the year during the wheat harvest. I will ask the Lord to send thunder and rain today. Then you will realize how wicked you have been in asking the Lord for a king!”

Cross References

Psalm 99:6

Moses and Aaron were among his priests; Samuel also called on his name. They cried to the Lord for help, and he answered them.

Exodus 32:30

The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a terrible sin, but I will go back up to the Lord on the mountain. Perhaps I will be able to obtain forgiveness for your sin.”

Proverbs 26:1

Honor is no more associated with fools than snow with summer or rain with harvest.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I wouldn’t help them. Away with them! Get them out of my sight!

Joshua 10:12

On the day the Lord gave the Israelites victory over the Amorites, Joshua prayed to the Lord in front of all the people of Israel. He said, “Let the sun stand still over Gibeon, and the moon over the valley of Aijalon.”

1 Samuel 12:13

All right, here is the king you have chosen. You asked for him, and the Lord has granted your request.

1 Samuel 12:19

“Pray to the Lord your God for us, or we will die!” they all said to Samuel. “For now we have added to our sins by asking for a king.”

1 Samuel 2:10

Those who fight against the Lord will be shattered. He thunders against them from heaven; the Lord judges throughout the earth. He gives power to his king; he increases the strength of his anointed one.”

1 Samuel 7:5

Then Samuel told them, “Gather all of Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you.”

1 Samuel 8:6

Samuel was displeased with their request and went to the Lord for guidance.

1 Samuel 8:7

“Do everything they say to you,” the Lord replied, “for they are rejecting me, not you. They don’t want me to be their king any longer.