1 Samuel 12:25 “But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept…”

1 Samuel 12:25

But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.

World English Bible

But if you keep doing evil, you will be consumed, both you and your king.”

American Standard Version

But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.

Geneva Bible 1599

But if ye doe wickedly, ye shall perish, both yee, and your King.

Darby Translation

But if ye do wickedly, ye shall perish, both ye and your king.

Young's Literal Translation

and if ye really do evil, both ye and your king are consumed.'

Bible in Basic English

But if you still do evil, destruction will overtake you and your king.

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Cross references

“But if”

Joshua 24:20 Isaiah 3:11 Deuteronomy 32:15–44

Joshua 24:20 · BSB

If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”

Isaiah 3:11 · BSB

Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.

Deuteronomy 32:15–44 · BSB

But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

“ye and”

1 Samuel 31:1–5 Hosea 10:3 Deuteronomy 28:36

1 Samuel 31:1–5 · BSB

Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

Hosea 10:3 · BSB

Surely now they will say, “We have no king, for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?”

Deuteronomy 28:36 · BSB

The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

24Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.

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