And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, Blessed are you of Jehovah! I have carried out the Word of Jehovah.

I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent, and there is no iniquity in me.

For Job has said, I am righteous, but the Mighty God has taken away my justice;

Do you think this is just? Do you say, I am more righteous than the Mighty God?

Would you indeed annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me so that you may be justified?

The young man said to Him, All these things I have kept from my youth. What do I still lack?

But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus to himself, God, I thank You that I am not like other men; extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.

For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.

Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.

He also took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.