Scripture · Old Testament
1 Samuel 15:30
1 Samuel 15:30 is verse 30 of 1 Samuel chapter 15, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
“I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
King James Version
Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.
World English Bible
Then he said, “I have sinned; yet please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and come back with me, that I may worship Yahweh your God.”
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1 Samuel 15:28–32 · Berean Standard Bible
28 So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.
29 Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”
30 “I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
31 So Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD.
32 Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Habakkuk 2:4Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright — but the righteous will live by faith —
John 5:44How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
John 12:43For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.
Isaiah 29:13Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
Luke 18:9To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:
Luke 18:10“Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
Luke 18:12I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’
Luke 18:13But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’
Luke 18:14I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
2 Timothy 3:5having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!