1 Samuel 12:17

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call upon the Lord, that he may send thunder and rain, and you shall know and see that the wickedness that you have done in the sight of the Lord is great in demanding a king for yourselves.”

Cross References

Psalm 99:6

Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel also was among those who called on his name. They cried to the Lord, and he answered them.

Exodus 32:30

On the next day Moses said to the people, “You have sinned a great sin. But now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”

Proverbs 26:1

Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me: Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my sight, and let them go!

Joshua 10:12

On the day when the Lord gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the Lord, and he said in the sight of Israel, “Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.”

1 Samuel 12:13

See, here is the king whom you have chosen, for whom you have asked; see, the Lord has set a king over you.

1 Samuel 12:19

All the people said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God for your servants, so that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins the evil of demanding a king for ourselves.”

1 Samuel 2:10

The Lord! His adversaries will be shattered; the Most High will thunder in heaven. The Lord will judge the ends of the earth; he will give strength to his king and exalt the power of his anointed.”

1 Samuel 7:5

Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you.”

1 Samuel 8:6

But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to govern us.” Samuel prayed to the Lord,

1 Samuel 8:7

and the Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.