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

Just as he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel arrived. So Saul went out to greet him,

He blessed him and said:

Abram is blessed by God Most High,
Creator of heaven and earth,

He said to his mother, “The 1,100 pieces of silver taken from you, and that I heard you utter a curse about—here, I have the silver with me. I took it. So now I return it to you.”

Then his mother said, “My son, you are blessed by the Lord!”

Then he said, “May the Lord bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before, because you have not pursued younger men, whether rich or poor.

I have performed

Saul and the troops spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, cattle, and choice animals, as well as the young rams and the best of everything else. They were not willing to destroy them, but they did destroy all the worthless and unwanted things.

Then the man replied, “The woman You gave to be with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate.”

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—
a stranger, and not your own lips.

The one who conceals his sins
will not prosper,
but whoever confesses and renounces them
will find mercy.

There is a generation—how haughty its eyes
and pretentious its looks.

Give her the reward of her labor,
and let her works praise her at the city gates.

In the same way, when you have done all that you were commanded, you should say, ‘We are good-for-nothing slaves; we’ve only done our duty.’”

The Pharisee took his stand

and was praying like this: ‘God, I thank You that I’m not like other people —greedy, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.