1 Samuel 12:24

Only, &c. — Otherwise neither my prayer nor counsels will stand you in any stead.

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your (o) heart: for consider how great [things] he hath done for you. (o) Unfeignedly, and witho...
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: 294 DEVOTION TO GOD URGED FROM A SENSE OF GRATITUDE 1 Samuel 12:23-24 . I will teach you the good and the right way: only fear the Lo...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you. Only fear the Lord - Know, resp...
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...
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...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

A FORGOTTEN DUTY ‘Consider how great things He hath done for you.’ 1 Samuel 12:24 One of the great difficulties in the present day is to mak...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart ,.... Fear him not with a servile fear, which is before dehorted from, but with a fil...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great [things] he hath done for you. Ver. 24. Only fear the Lord....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Only fear the Lord, and serve him with truth , &c. Otherwise neither my prayers nor counsels will stand you in any stead. Thus we see that amids...
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

Fear the Lord, and serve him; otherwise neither my prayer nor counsels will stand you in any stead. He hath done for you, or, among you , both a...
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...
Scofield Reference Notes

fear ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 19:9 ).
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

Only fear the Lord and serve Him in truth with all your heart. The religious capability of man I. That man can reverence God. “Only fear the Lo...
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

Only fear the Lord and serve Him in truth, without the slightest hypocrisy, with all your heart; for consider how great things He hath done for you....
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 10:21 ; Exodus 12:13 ; Ezra 9:13 ; Ezra 9:14 ; Hebrews 12:29 ; Isaiah 5:12 ; Job 28:28 ; John 1:47 ; Proverbs 1:7 ; Psalms 111:...

²⁴ Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 12:24

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit 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

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 12:24