1 Samuel 15:11

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“I repent that I have made Saul king; for he has turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments.” And Samuel was angry; and he cried to the Lord all night.

Cross References

Genesis 6:6

And the Lord was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.

Genesis 6:7

So the Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the ground, man and beast and creeping things and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.”

2 Samuel 24:16

And when the angel stretched forth his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented of the evil, and said to the angel who was working destruction among the people, “It is enough; now stay your hand.” And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

1 Kings 11:9

And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice,

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, and also consulted a medium, seeking guidance,

1 Chronicles 21:15

And God sent the angel to Jerusalem to destroy it; but when he was about to destroy it, the Lord saw, and he repented of the evil; and he said to the destroying angel, “It is enough; now stay your hand.” And the angel of the Lord was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Job 34:27

because they turned aside from following him, and had no regard for any of his ways,

Psalm 109:4

In return for my love they accuse me, even as I make prayer for them.

Psalm 110:4

The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.”

Psalm 119:136

My eyes shed streams of tears, because men do not keep thy law.

Psalm 125:5

But those who turn aside upon their crooked ways the Lord will lead away with evildoers! Peace be in Israel!

Psalm 36:3

The words of his mouth are mischief and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good.

Psalm 78:41

They tested him again and again, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 78:57

but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers; they twisted like a deceitful bow.

Exodus 32:11

But Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, “O Lord, why does thy wrath burn hot against thy people, whom thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

Exodus 32:14

And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do to his people.

Jeremiah 11:10

They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; they have gone after other gods to serve them; the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

Jeremiah 13:17

But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret for your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears, because the Lord's flock has been taken captive.

Jeremiah 34:16

but then you turned around and profaned my name when each of you took back his male and female slaves, whom you had set free according to their desire, and you brought them into subjection to be your slaves.

Jeremiah 9:1

O that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

Jeremiah 9:18

let them make haste and raise a wailing over us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush with water.

Ezekiel 18:24

But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity and does the same abominable things that the wicked man does, shall he live? None of the righteous deeds which he has done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, he shall die.

Amos 7:3

The Lord repented concerning this; “It shall not be,” said the Lord.

Jonah 3:10

When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to them; and he did not do it.

Jonah 4:2

And he prayed to the Lord and said, “I pray thee, Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repentest of evil.

Zephaniah 1:6

those who have turned back from following the Lord, who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him.”

Matthew 24:13

But he who endures to the end will be saved.

Matthew 5:44

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Luke 6:12

In these days he went out to the mountain to pray; and all night he continued in prayer to God.

Hebrews 10:38

but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”

Joshua 22:16

“Thus says the whole congregation of the Lord, ‘What is this treachery which you have committed against the God of Israel in turning away this day from following the Lord, by building yourselves an altar this day in rebellion against the Lord?

1 Samuel 12:23

Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you; and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

1 Samuel 13:13

And Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which he commanded you; for now the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel for ever.

1 Samuel 15:10

The word of the Lord came to Samuel:

1 Samuel 15:3

Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have; do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.’ ”

1 Samuel 15:35

And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, but Samuel grieved over Saul. And the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

1 Samuel 15:9

But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep and of the oxen and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them; all that was despised and worthless they utterly destroyed.

1 Samuel 16:1

The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”

1 Samuel 8:6

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