1 Samuel 15:24

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

I feared

Obeyed

1 Samuel 2:29

Genesis 3:12

Jeremiah 38:5

General references

Genesis 3:12

Bible References

I feared

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

You shall not follow the masses in doing evil, nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after a multitude in order to pervert justice;

Because I feared the great multitude,
And the contempt of families terrified me,
And kept silent and did not go out of doors?

The fear of man brings a snare,
But he who trusts in the Lord will be exalted.

“I, even I, am He who comforts you.
Who are you that you are afraid of man who dies
And of the son of man who is made like grass,

Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again,

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ.

But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

Obeyed

Why do you kick at My sacrifice and at My offering which I have commanded in My dwelling, and honor your sons above Me, by making yourselves fat with the choicest of every offering of My people Israel?’

The man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate.”

So King Zedekiah said, “Behold, he is in your hands; for the king can do nothing against you.”

General references

The man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate.”