Quotes about Obedience
So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?”
— 1 Samuel 15:19
“But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.
— 1 Samuel 15:20
But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.
— 1 Samuel 15:22
Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
— 1 Samuel 15:24
Now therefore, please forgive my sin and return with me so I can worship the LORD.”
— 1 Samuel 15:25
As Samuel turned to go, Saul grabbed the hem of his robe, and it tore.
— 1 Samuel 15:27
“I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
— 1 Samuel 15:30
So Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD.
— 1 Samuel 15:31
Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
— 1 Samuel 15:32
“How can I go?” Samuel asked. “Saul will hear of it and kill me!” The LORD answered, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’
— 1 Samuel 16:2
Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you are to do. You are to anoint for Me the one I indicate.”
— 1 Samuel 16:3
So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”
— 1 Samuel 16:4