1 Samuel 15:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.”
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““But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of Jehovah, and have gone the way which Jehovah sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Saul saith unto Samuel, `Because--I have hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, and I go in the way which Jehovah hath sent me, and bring in Agag king of Amalek, and Amalek I have devoted;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 15:20 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 15:3Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
- 1 Samuel 15:8He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.
- 1 Samuel 15:13When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”
- Job 33:9‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me.
- Job 34:5For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.
- Job 35:2“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
- Job 40:8Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
- Matthew 19:20“All these I have kept,” said the young man. “What do I still lack?”
- Luke 10:29But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
- Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
- Romans 10:3Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
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