1 Samuel 3:18

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. Then he said, “It is the Lord; let him do what seems good to him.”

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”

2 Samuel 10:12

Be strong, and let us be courageous for the sake of our people and for the cities of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.”

2 Samuel 15:26

But if he says, ‘I take no pleasure in you,’ here I am, let him do to me what seems good to him.”

2 Kings 20:19

Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Why not, if there will be peace and security in my days?”

1 Chronicles 19:13

Be strong, and let us be courageous for our people and for the cities of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.”

Job 1:21

He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”

Job 2:10

But he said to her, “You speak as any foolish woman would speak. Shall we receive good from God and not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Psalm 39:9

I am silent; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it.

Exodus 34:5

The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the name, “The Lord.”

Isaiah 39:8

Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “There will be peace and security in my days.”

Jeremiah 34:6

Then the prophet Jeremiah spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah, in Jerusalem,

Jeremiah 38:14

King Zedekiah sent for the prophet Jeremiah and received him at the third entrance of the temple of the Lord. The king said to Jeremiah, “I have something to ask you; do not hide anything from me.”

Jeremiah 42:4

The prophet Jeremiah said to them, “Very well: I am going to pray to the Lord your God as you request, and whatever the Lord answers you I will tell you; I will keep nothing back from you.”

Lamentations 3:39

Why should any who draw breath complain about the punishment of their sins?

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord meant when he said, ‘Through those who are near me I will show myself holy, and before all the people I will be glorified.’ ” And Aaron was silent.

1 Peter 5:6

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you in due time.

Judges 10:15

And the Israelites said to the Lord, “We have sinned; do to us whatever seems good to you, but deliver us this day!”