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, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet him.

And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:

And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you, about which you cursed, and spoke of also in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be you of the LORD, my son.

And he said, Blessed be you of the LORD, my daughter: for you have showed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, in that you followed not young men, whether poor or rich.

I have performed

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

And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

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

He that covers his sins shall not prosper: but whosoever confesses and forsakes them shall have mercy.

There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

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

So likewise you, when you shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank you, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.