1 Samuel 12:3

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What does 1 Samuel 12:3 mean?

1 Samuel 12:3 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for 1 Samuel 12:3

• Acts 20:33

  I have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.

• Numbers 16:15

  And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the Lord, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.

• Deuteronomy 16:19

  Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

• 1 Samuel 24:6

  And he said unto his men, The Lord forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the Lord’s anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord.

• 1 Peter 5:2

  Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

• 1 Samuel 12:5

  And he said unto them, The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.

• 1 Samuel 10:1

  Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?

• Exodus 23:8

  And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

• 1 Thessalonians 2:5

  For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:

• 1 Thessalonians 2:10

  Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:

• Romans 13:1-7

  Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. …

• Exodus 20:17

  Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

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Context

• 1 Samuel 12:2

  And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.

• 1 Samuel 12:3

  Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

• 1 Samuel 12:4

  And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand.

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