Samuel went up to Saul, who greeted him, saying, "The LORD bless you, Samuel! I have obeyed the LORD's command."

"I am not guilty; I have done nothing wrong. I am innocent and free from sin.

Job claims that he is innocent, that God refuses to give him justice.

(SEE 35:1)

Are you trying to prove that I am unjust--- to put me in the wrong and yourself in the right?

"I have obeyed all these commandments," the young man replied. "What else do I need to do?"

But the teacher of the Law wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?"

The Pharisee stood apart by himself and prayed, 'I thank you, God, that I am not greedy, dishonest, or an adulterer, like everybody else. I thank you that I am not like that tax collector over there.

They have not known the way in which God puts people right with himself, and instead, they have tried to set up their own way; and so they did not submit themselves to God's way of putting people right.

Go and attack the Amalekites and completely destroy everything they have. Don't leave a thing; kill all the men, women, children, and babies; the cattle, sheep, camels, and donkeys."

he captured King Agag of Amalek alive and killed all the people.