17 Quotes From The Book Of 1 Samuel – Famous Bible Quotations


The people of Israel wanted a king to rule them, but the priest Samuel warned them that God wanted no king for his nation. The book of 1 Samuel outlines the birth of Samuel, his life as a dedicated man of God, and the outcome of his warnings. Saul ruled Israel but became a wicked man, and David rose up to rule in his place. The wisdom of Samuel can still guide us today.
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Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that the LORD will work for us, for nothing can hinder the LORD from saving by many or by few.”
- 1 Samuel 14:6
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And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your heart to the LORD and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”
- 1 Samuel 7:3
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Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you. But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses, and you have said to him, Set a king over us.
- 1 Samuel 10:17-19
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And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul, each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.
- 1 Samuel 30:6
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And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. And I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before my anointed forever.
- 1 Samuel 2:35
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But Saul said, “Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel.”
- 1 Samuel 11:13
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Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
- 1 Samuel 17:45
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“He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail.
- 1 Samuel 2:9
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And also the Glory of Israel will not lie or have regret, for he is not a man, that he should have regret.”
- 1 Samuel 15:29
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If you will fear the LORD and serve him and obey his voice and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, and if both you and the king who reigns over you will follow the LORD your God, it will be well.
- 1 Samuel 12:14
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Then the commanders of the Philistines came out to battle, and as often as they came out David had more success than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was highly esteemed.
- 1 Samuel 18:30
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The LORD rewards every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness, for the LORD gave you into my hand today, and I would not put out my hand against the LORD’s anointed.
- 1 Samuel 26:23
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Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you, and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
- 1 Samuel 12:23
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and that all this assembly may know that the LORD saves not with sword and spear. For the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hand."
- 1 Samuel 17:47
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"There is none holy like the LORD: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God.
- 1 Samuel 2:2
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And Samuel said to the people, "Do not be afraid; you have done all this evil. Yet do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.
- 1 Samuel 12:20
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And Samuel said, "Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
- 1 Samuel 15:22
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Total Quotes Found: 17

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