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1 Samuel 12:19-21
English Standard Version
1 Samuel 12:19-21
English Standard Version
19 And all the people said to Samuel, (A)“Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for ourselves a king.” 20 And Samuel said to the people, “Do not be afraid; you have done all this evil. Yet (B)do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. 21 And (C)do not turn aside after (D)empty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are empty.
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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