1 Samuel 15:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?””
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“So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the Lord?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of Jehovah, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and why hast thou not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah--and dost fly unto the spoil, and dost do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 15:19 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 14:41But Moses said, “Why are you transgressing the commandment of the LORD? This will not succeed!
- 1 Samuel 14:32So they rushed greedily to the plunder, taking sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them on the ground and ate meat with the blood still in it.
- 2 Samuel 12:9Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
- 2 Chronicles 33:2And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
- 2 Chronicles 33:6He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
- 2 Chronicles 36:12And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD.
- Proverbs 15:27He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.
- Jeremiah 7:11Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.
- Habakkuk 2:9Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
- 2 Timothy 4:10because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
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