Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.

Your wickedness

General references

Bible References

Is it

1 Samuel 12:16
“Now, therefore, present yourselves and see this great thing that the Lord will do before your eyes.

I will call

1 Samuel 7:9
Then Samuel took a young lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. He cried out to the Lord on behalf of Israel, and the Lord answered him.
Joshua 10:12
On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the Lord in the presence of Israel:

“Sun, stand still over Gibeon,
and moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”
Psalm 99:6
Moses and Aaron were among His priests;
Samuel also was among those calling on His name.
They called to Yahweh and He answered them.
Jeremiah 15:1
Then the Lord said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My compassions would not reach out to these people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.
James 5:16
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The urgent request of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.

Your wickedness

1 Samuel 8:7
But the Lord told him, “Listen to the people and everything they say to you. They have not rejected you; they have rejected Me as their king.

General references

1 Samuel 31:6
So on that day, Saul died together with his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men.
Isaiah 29:6
you will be visited by the Lord of Hosts
with thunder, earthquake, and loud noise,
storm, tempest, and a flame of consuming fire.

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