1 Samuel 3:19

Plain English Version

After that, Samuel grew up to become a man. And God was with him, so the words he said were really true.

Cross References

Genesis 21:22

One day, Abimelek went to talk to Abraham. Abimelek was the big boss of the country where Abraham lived. And Ficol, the leader of Abimelek’s army, went with him. Abimelek said to Abraham, “You know, you are not one of my people. You came from another place to live here in my country. But I have been good to you, and to all your people. So I want you to promise me that you will never try to trick me, or my kids, or anyone that is born into my family. I want you to promise that you will be good to them. We know that God is very good to you, and he helps you with everything you do. So I want you to make that promise to me while God is listening. I want you to tell God to punish you if you break that promise.”

Genesis 28:15

You can be sure that I will be with you wherever you go. I will look after you and I will keep you safe. Right now, you are going to another country. But one day, I will bring you back to this country again. Yes, I will stay with you, and I will keep all these promises that I’m making to you.”

Genesis 39:2

God was with Joseph, and God helped him. So everything that Joseph did, it all went well. Joseph worked for Potifar, and he lived in Potifar’s house.

Genesis 39:3

Potifar saw that Joseph did everything really well, and he knew that God was helping him.

Matthew 1:23

“There will be a young woman that never slept with a man, like a woman does with her husband, but she will have a baby boy. That boy will have a special name, Immanuel. That name means God is with us.”

Luke 1:28

Gabriel came to Mary and said, “Hello, Mary. God loves you and is good to you. He is here with you now, and he will do something good for you.”

Luke 1:80

After that, baby John grew up to be a man, and God made his spirit strong. He went and lived out in the bush for years, until he started to tell the Israel people God’s messages.

Luke 2:40

And the baby started to grow big and strong, and he got wise too. And God was good to him.

Luke 2:52

Jesus grew up to be a man, and as he got bigger, he became very wise too. God was really happy with him, and so was everyone that knew him. (We have not yet translated 3:1—4:13. You can read those stories and messages in Mark 1:1-34, 40-45; 2:1—3:6; 3:13-19; Matthew 3:1—5:12; 5:38-48; 7:1-5, 12, 17-20, 24-27; 8:5-13. They are about some things that happened before Jesus started going around telling people God’s good news.)

2 Timothy 4:22

That’s all. I pray that our leader, Jesus, will be with your spirit, and that he will be really good to you. From Paul

1 Samuel 10:7

And after you see it happen like this, you will know that God will stay close to you. He will help you to do anything you think is right.” (We have not yet translated 10:8.)

1 Samuel 16:18

One worker said, “I know an old man in Bethlehem called Jesse. One of his sons plays the guitar, and he’s a really good-looking young man. He’s a good soldier too. He’s brave, and he talks clearly. God is close to him.”

1 Samuel 2:21

And God was really good to Hannah. After that, she had some other kids. She had 3 boys and 2 girls. All this time Samuel grew up in God’s house, still working for him.

1 Samuel 2:26

But the boy Samuel was growing up the right way. God loved him and so did everybody else. (We have not yet translated 2:27-36.)

1 Samuel 9:6

But his working man said, “Wait a minute. What about that old man that tells God’s messages? He lives in this place. Everybody knows that he is God’s man. Whenever he says that something is going to happen, later it happens. We can ask him. He might tell us the place to look for the donkeys.” (We have not yet translated 9:7-13.)