1 Samuel 15:13

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Summary

And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.

Blessed

I have performed

Bible References

Blessed

And it came to pass, as he had made an end of offering up the ascending-sacrifice, lo! Samuel, had come, - and Saul went out to meet him, that he might bless him.

So he blessed him and said, - Blessed be Abram of GOD Most High, possessor of the heavens and earth;

And he said unto his mother - The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken by thee, when, thou, didst utter a curse, and didst also say in my hearing, Lo! the silver, is with me! I took it. Then said his mother, Blessed, be my son by Yahweh.

And he said - Blessed, be thou of Yahweh, my daughter, for thou hast made thy last lovingkindness better than the first, - in not following after young men, whether poor, or rich.

I have performed

But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep and the oxen and the lambs, also the fatlings, and all that was good, and would not devote them to destruction, - but, all the cattle that was contemptible and diseased, that, devoted they to destruction.

And the man said, - The woman whom thou didst put with me, she, gave me of the tree, so I did eat.

Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, a stranger, and not thine own lips.

He that covereth his transgressions, shall not prosper, but, he that confesseth and forsaketh, shall find compassion.

A generation! How lofty are its eyes, and its eyelashes uplifted.

Give her of the fruit of her own hands, and let her own works, praise her in the gates.

Thus, ye also, when ye have done all the things enjoined upon you, say - Unprofitable servants, are we, - What we were bound to do, we have done!

The Pharisee, taking his stand, these things unto himself was praying: O God! I thank thee, that I am not like the rest of men, - extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or, even as this tax-collector;