1 Samuel 28:18

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Because you did not obey the voice of the Lord and did not carry out his fierce wrath against Amalek, therefore the Lord has done this thing to you today.

Cross References

1 Kings 20:42

Then he said to him, “Thus says the Lord: Because you have let the man go whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall be for his life and your people for his people.”

1 Chronicles 10:13

So Saul died for his unfaithfulness; he was unfaithful to the Lord in that he did not keep the command of the Lord; moreover, he had consulted a medium, seeking guidance,

Jeremiah 48:10

Accursed is the one who is slack in doing the work of the Lord, and accursed is the one who keeps back the sword from bloodshed.

1 Samuel 13:9

So Saul said, “Bring the burnt offering here to me and the offerings of well-being.” And he offered the burnt offering.

1 Samuel 15:20

Saul said to Samuel, “I have obeyed the voice of the Lord. I have gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me. I have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

1 Samuel 15:28

And Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this very day and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you.

1 Samuel 15:9

Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep and of the cattle and of the fatted calves, and the lambs, and all that was valuable and would not utterly destroy them; all that was despised and worthless they utterly destroyed.