1 Samuel 12:25

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.””

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BSBPD

“But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and if ye really do evil, both ye and your king are consumed.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Samuel 12:25 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 8:19If you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.
  2. Deuteronomy 28:36The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.
  3. Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
  4. Joshua 23:16If you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good land He has given you.”
  5. Joshua 24:20If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”
  6. 1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
  7. Job 36:12But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
  8. Isaiah 1:20But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
  9. Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
  10. Hosea 10:3Surely now they will say, “We have no king, for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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