1 Samuel 12:21

1 Corinthians 8:4; Deuteronomy 32:21; Habakkuk 2:18; Isaiah 41:23; Isaiah 41:24; Isaiah 44:10; Isaiah 44:9; Isaiah 45:20; Isaiah 46:7; Jeremiah 10:15; Jeremiah 10:8; Jeremiah 14:22; Jeremiah 16:19; Jeremiah 2:13; Jeremiah 2:5; Jonah 2:8; Psalms 115:4-8

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 12:21

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 12. Samuel's Farewell. From the Deuteronomic document, where it separated the two clauses of 1 Samuel 10:25 , which see. 1 Samuel 12:...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 293 THE ISRAELITES’ REJECTION OF SAMUEL REPROVED 1 Samuel 12:16-23 . Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the Lord wil...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things , which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain. After vain things - That is...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 12:21 , &c. Vain things, which cannot profit — Samuel in these gentle terms dissuades them from idolatry, the practice of which wa...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Samuel resigns his Judgeship This chapter is a continuation of 1 Samuel 10:17-24 , and the scene of the events recorded is the great national ass...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

For ] The first 'for' in this v. is rightly omitted by LXX. 'And turn ye not aside after vain things which,' etc. Vain things' ] i.e. idols.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For then should ye go after vain things. — The passage is more forcible without the “for” and the words in italics supplied in the English translat...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XVII. SAMUEL'S DEALINGS WITH THE PEOPLE. 1 Samuel 12:6-25 . 2. HAVING vindicated himself (in the first five verses of this chapter, 1...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

His Warning Confirmed from Heaven 1 Samuel 12:14-25 Having handed his office over to Saul, who henceforth was to shepherd and lead the Chosen P...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At the confirmation of the king appointed by God by the consent of the nation, Samuel delivered what was practically his last address to them. It wa...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(20) And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And turn ye not aside ,.... From his worship: for then; if they turned aside from that: should ye go after vain things ; idols, which are vanity,...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And turn ye not aside: for [then should ye go] after vain [things], which cannot profit nor deliver; for they [are] vain. Ver. 21. And turn ye not...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord thy God Whom thou hast so great an interest in, while we are ashamed and afraid to call him our God. Fear not With a desponding fear, as...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

This chapter intervenes in the history as a solemn reproof to Israel and a warning of the dangers to which they had exposed themselves by asking for...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Samuel Calls for Thunder; Samuel Encourages and Comforts Israel. B. C. 1069....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Turn ye not aside, to wit, after idols; as they had often done before; and, notwithstanding this warning, did afterwards. Should ye go, or, shou...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 1 Samuel 12:1 . “And Samuel said,” etc. “The time and place of the following address are not given, but it is e...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 12:2 . I am old and grey-headed. Some think Samuel was now seventy three or eighty years of age; others think he was but sixty three. Ush...
The Biblical Illustrator

And Samuel maid unto the people. Samuel’s dealings with the people Having vindicated himself (in the first five verses of this chapter), Samuel...
The Biblical Illustrator

Now, therefore, behold the king whom ye have chosen. Samuel’s farewell address I. One could hardly fail to note what is here taught respecting...
The Biblical Illustrator

And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not. Danger or despondency It is, I believe, no very unusual thing, however unwilling we may be to avow i...
The Biblical Illustrator

Turn ye not aside. Points of departure Samuel assumes that the true path was clear before Israel; it knew its calling and destiny. To love God...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION SAMUEL 'S EXHORTATION TO THE PEOPLE AT GILGAL . This speech of Samuel is not to be regarded as a farewell address made up...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Samuel Admonishes the People to Steadfastness
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

and turn ye not aside, after idolatrous vanities which were bound to bring harm; for then should ye go after vain things which cannot profit nor del...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Turn aside — After idols; as they had often done before; and, notwithstanding this warning, did afterwards. Vain things — So idols are called, Deu...

²¹ And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 12:21

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Samuel 12:21