撒母耳记上 12:20

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

撒母耳對人民說：“不要懼怕！雖然你們行了這一切惡事，只是不可偏離不跟隨耶和華，總要一心事奉他。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
撒 母 耳 对 百 姓 说 ： 不 要 惧 怕 ！ 你 们 虽 然 行 了 这 恶 ， 却 不 要 偏 离 耶 和 华 ， 只 要 尽 心 事 奉 他 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ "Now stand still and see the great thing the Lord will do before your eyes. ¹⁷ It is now the time of the wheat harvest. I will pray for the Lord to send thunder and rain. Then you will know what an evil thing you did against the Lord when you asked for a king." ¹⁸ Then Samuel prayed to the Lord , and that same day the Lord sent thunder and rain. So the people were very afraid of the Lord and Samuel. ¹⁹ They said to Samuel, "Pray to the Lord your God for us, your servants! Don't let us die! We've added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king." ²⁰ Samuel answered, "Don't be afraid. It's true that you did wrong, but don't turn away from the Lord . Serve the Lord with all your heart. ²¹ Idols are of no use, so don't worship them. They can't help you or save you. They are useless! ²² For his own sake, the Lord won't leave his people. Instead, he was pleased to make you his own people. ²³ I will surely not stop praying for you, because that would be sinning against the Lord . I will teach you what is good and right. ²⁴ You must honor the Lord and truly serve him with all your heart. Remember the wonderful things he did for you! ²⁵ But if you are stubborn and do evil, he will sweep you and your king away."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Fear not: Exodus 20:19, Exodus 20:20, 1 Peter 3:16

turn not: Deuteronomy 11:16, Deuteronomy 31:29, Joshua 23:6, Psalms 40:4, Psalms 101:3, Psalms 125:5, Jeremiah 3:1

Reciprocal: Exodus 23:25 - And ye Exodus 32:30 - Ye have Numbers 21:7 - And Moses Joshua 22:5 - serve Joshua 22:18 - following 2 Samuel 9:7 - Fear not 1 Kings 22:43 - he turned Song of Solomon 1:7 - for Luke 19:21 - I feared John 21:19 - Follow

Cross-References

Genesis 12:6
Abram traveled through that land as far as the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. The Canaanites were living in the land at that time.

Genesis 12:11
Just before they arrived in Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "I know you are a very beautiful woman.

Genesis 12:14
When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was very beautiful.

Genesis 12:15
The Egyptian officers saw her and told the king of Egypt how beautiful she was. They took her to the king's palace, and

Exodus 18:27
So Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro went back to his own home.

Proverbs 21:1
The Lord can control a king's mind as he controls a river; he can direct it as he pleases.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Samuel said unto the people, fear not,.... Being destroyed by the tempest:

ye have done all this wickedness; in asking a king; that is, though they were guilty of so heinous a sin, yet there were grace and mercy with God, and they should not despair of it, so be it that they did not depart from him, but cordially served him; the Targum is,

"ye have been the cause of all this evil;''

the storm of thunder and rain; and though they had, he would not have them despond or indulge slavish fear;

yet turn not aside from following the Lord; the worship of the Lord, as the Targum; provided they did not depart from the Lord, and forsake his worship, word, and ordinances, they need not fear utter ruin and destruction, though they had been guilty of this sin:

but serve the Lord with all your heart; if their service of God was kept up, and was hearty and sincere, they might still expect things would go well with them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 12:20. Ye have done all this wickedness — That is, although ye have done all this wickedness: what was past God would pass by, provided they would be obedient in future.