1 Samuel 12:10

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1 Samuel 12:8–12 · Berean Standard Bible

8 When Jacob went to Egypt, your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He sent them Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

9 But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.

10 Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’

11 So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.

12 But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.

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1 Samuel 7:2

And from that day a long time passed, twenty years in all, as the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim. And all the house of Israel mourned and sought after the LORD.

Judges 3:9

But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.

Judges 3:15

And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.

Judges 4:3

Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.

Judges 6:7

Now when the Israelites cried out to the LORD because of Midian,

Judges 10:10

Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”

Judges 10:15

“We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”

Psalms 78:34

When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.

Psalms 78:35

And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.

Psalms 106:44

Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.

Isaiah 26:16

O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.

Judges 2:13

for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.

Judges 3:7

So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

Judges 10:16

So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.

Isaiah 33:22

For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.

Luke 1:74

deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,

Luke 1:75

in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.

2 Corinthians 5:14

For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.

2 Corinthians 5:15

And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.