1 Samuel 15:18

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And the LORD sent you on a mission, saying, 'Go and utterly destroy the sinful Amalekites; wage war against them until you completely wipe them out.'

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  • Gen 13:13 : 13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked and great sinners against the LORD.
  • Gen 15:16 : 16 In the fourth generation, your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.
  • Job 31:3 : 3 Is it not disaster for the wicked and calamity for those who do evil?
  • Prov 10:29 : 29 The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the blameless, but it is ruin to evildoers.
  • Prov 13:21 : 21 Trouble pursues sinners, but the righteous are rewarded with good.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 15:1-3
    3 verses
    85%

    1Samuel said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you as king over His people Israel. Now, listen to the words of the LORD.

    2This is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'I will punish Amalek for what they did to Israel, how they ambushed them on their way up from Egypt.'

    3Now go and attack Amalek. Devote to destruction everything they have. Do not spare them; kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.'

  • 1 Sam 15:19-21
    3 verses
    83%

    19Why then did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush for the spoil and do what is evil in the eyes of the LORD?

    20But Saul said to Samuel, 'I did obey the LORD. I went on the mission the LORD assigned me. I brought back Agag, the king of Amalek, and I utterly destroyed the Amalekites.'

    21But the people took sheep and cattle from the plunder—the best of what was devoted to destruction—to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.

  • 1 Sam 15:5-10
    6 verses
    82%

    5Saul advanced to the city of Amalek and set up an ambush in the valley.

    6Saul said to the Kenites, 'Go, depart, leave the Amalekites, so that I do not destroy you along with them. For you showed kindness to the Israelites when they came out of Egypt.' So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

    7Then Saul defeated the Amalekites from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.

    8He captured Agag, king of Amalek, alive, but he utterly destroyed all the people with the sword.

    9Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, cattle, fatlings, and lambs, and all that was good. They refused to utterly destroy them, but everything despised and worthless, they completely destroyed.

    10Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying:

  • 1 Sam 28:17-18
    2 verses
    82%

    17The LORD has done as he spoke through me. He has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, to David.

    18Because you did not obey the voice of the LORD or carry out his fierce wrath against Amalek, the LORD has done this to you today.

  • 1 Sam 15:14-17
    4 verses
    81%

    14But Samuel said, 'What is this sound of sheep and cattle that I hear?'

    15Saul answered, 'They brought them from the Amalekites; the people spared the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we have utterly destroyed.'

    16Then Samuel said to Saul, 'Stop! Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.' Saul replied, 'Speak.'

    17Samuel said, 'Although you were small in your own eyes, were you not made the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel.'

  • 1 Sam 14:48
    79%

    48He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of those who had plundered them.

  • Deut 25:17-19
    3 verses
    79%

    17Remember what Amalek did to you on your journey out of Egypt,

    18how he met you on the road, attacked all who were lagging behind you when you were tired and weary, and he did not fear God.

    19Therefore, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies around you in the land He is giving you as an inheritance to possess, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!

  • Num 14:43
    77%

    43For the Amalekites and Canaanites are there to confront you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the LORD, He will not be with you.

  • Exod 17:8
    76%

    8Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.

  • Exod 17:16
    75%

    16He said, "Because hands were lifted up against the throne of the LORD, the LORD will be at war with Amalek from generation to generation."

  • Exod 17:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the sword.

    14Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it to Joshua: 'I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.'"

  • Gen 14:7
    74%

    7Then they turned back and came to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they defeated all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who lived in Hazezon-Tamar.

  • Deut 13:15
    73%

    15then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. If the report is true and confirmed that such a detestable act has been done among you,

  • 1 Sam 15:32-33
    2 verses
    73%

    32Then Samuel said, 'Bring Agag, king of Amalek, to me.' Agag came to him cheerfully, thinking, 'Surely the bitterness of death is past.'

    33Samuel said, 'As your sword has made women childless, so will your mother be childless among women.' Then Samuel cut Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.

  • Num 14:45
    73%

    45Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them as far as Hormah.

  • Deut 20:17
    73%

    17Completely destroy them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you.

  • Num 24:20
    73%

    20Then Balaam saw Amalek and spoke his oracle: 'Amalek was first among the nations, but their end will be utter destruction.'

  • Deut 2:15
    73%

    15Indeed, the LORD's hand was against them, eliminating them from within the camp until they were all destroyed.

  • 1 Chr 4:43
    73%

    43They struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.

  • Deut 31:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4And the LORD will do to them as he did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, whom he destroyed.

    5The LORD will deliver them to you, and you must act toward them according to the entire commandment I have instructed you.

  • 1 Sam 16:2
    72%

    2Samuel said, "How can I go? If Saul hears about it, he will kill me." The LORD replied, "Take a young cow with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.'

  • 2 Sam 1:13-15
    3 verses
    72%

    13David said to the young man who brought him the report, 'Where are you from?' He answered, 'I am the son of an Amalekite sojourner.'

    14David asked him, 'How is it that you were not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?'

    15Then David called one of his young men and said, 'Come here and strike him down.' So he struck him, and he died.

  • Deut 6:19
    72%

    19He will drive out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has promised.

  • 2 Kgs 18:25
    72%

    25Furthermore, have I come to attack and destroy this land without the LORD’s approval? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’"

  • 1 Sam 22:16
    72%

    16The king said, 'You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and your whole family.'

  • Jer 15:1
    71%

    1Then the LORD said to me: 'Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, My heart would not go out to these people. Send them away from My presence and let them go.'

  • 2 Sam 1:8
    71%

    8He asked me, 'Who are you?' I answered him, 'I am an Amalekite.'

  • Deut 20:13
    71%

    13When the LORD your God delivers it into your hands, strike down every male there with the sword.