And Samuel did not see Saul again till the day of his death, for Samuel mourned after Saul, and the Lord regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.

[ 6:7] that God took it to heart that He had made man upon the earth, and He pondered it deeply.

And the angel of the Lord stretched out His hand against Jerusalem to destroy it, and the Lord relented of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, [It is] enough now, withhold your hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

The Lord has sworn, and will not relent, You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.

[If] I shall pronounce a decree upon a nation, or upon a kingdom, to cut them off, and to destroy [them];

And [if] I shall pronounce a decree upon a nation and kingdom, to rebuild and to plant [it];

Relent, O Lord, of this. And this shall not be, says the Lord.

And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil ways; and God relented of the evil which He had said He would do to them; and He did it not.

And he prayed to the Lord, and said, O Lord, were not these my words when I was yet in my land? Therefore I made haste to flee to Tarshish; because I knew that You are merciful and compassionate, long suffering, and abundant in kindness, and relent of [bringing about] evil.

Thus says the whole congregation of the Lord: What [is] this transgression that you have transgressed before the God of Israel, to turn away today from the Lord, in that you have built for yourselves an altar, so that you should be apostates from the Lord?

But if you or your children do in any wise revolt from Me, and do not keep My commandments and My ordinances, which Moses set before you, and you go and serve other gods, and worship them;

The words of his mouth are transgression and deceit; he is not inclined to understand [how] to do good.

Yea, they turned back, and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

And they turned back, and broke covenant, even as also their fathers; they became like a crooked bow.

But them that turn aside to crooked ways the Lord will lead away with the workers of iniquity; [but] peace [shall be] upon Israel.

and them that turn aside from the Lord, and them that seek not the Lord, and them that cleave not to the Lord.

But he who endures to the end shall be saved.

But the just shall live by faith, and if he withdraws, My soul has no pleasure in him."

And now go, and you shall strike Amalek and Hierim and all that belongs to him, and you shall not save anything of his alive, but you shall utterly destroy him. And you shall devote him and all his [to destruction], and you shall spare nothing belonging to him; and you shall slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, calf and sheep, camel and donkey.

And Saul and all the people saved Agag alive, and the best of the flocks, and of the herds, and of the fruits, of the vineyards, and of all the good things; and they would not destroy them. But every worthless and despised thing they destroyed.

And Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly, for you have not kept my command, which the Lord commanded you, as now the Lord would have confirmed your kingdom over Israel forever.

And Samuel did not see Saul again till the day of his death, for Samuel mourned after Saul, and the Lord regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.

And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I will send you to Jesse, to Bethlehem; for I have seen among his sons a king for Me.

My eyes have been bathed in streams of water, because I kept not Your law.

Who will give water to my head, and a fountain of tears to my eyes? Then would I weep for this my people day and night, [even] for the slain of the daughter of my people.

and let them take up a lamentation for you, and let your eyes pour down tears, and your eyelids drop water.

But if you will not hear it, your soul shall weep in secret because of pride, and your eyes shall pour down tears, because the Lord's flock is sorely bruised.

And as He drew near, seeing the city, He wept over it,

For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you and hem you in from every side,

I am speaking truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience witnessing with me in the Holy Spirit,

For I could wish that I myself to be accursed from Christ on behalf of my brothers, my countrymen according to the flesh,

And far be it from me to sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you; but I will serve the Lord, and show you the good and the right way.

Instead of loving me, they falsely accused me; but I continued to pray.

But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

Now it came to pass in those days [that] He went out to the mountain to pray, and He was spending the night in prayer to God.