1 Samuel key verses

1 Samuel 2:2 “There is none holy like the LORD; there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God.”

Hannah’s confession of the incomparable God

1 Samuel 8:7 “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.”

The demand for a king as a rejection of God

1 Samuel 12:24 “Only fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you.”

Samuel’s charge to Israel

1 Samuel 15:22 “Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.”

The heart of Saul’s rejection

1 Samuel 16:7 “For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.”

Why David was chosen

1 Samuel 13:14 “The LORD has sought out a man after his own heart, and the LORD has commanded him to be prince over his people.”

The king the LORD wants

1 Samuel 17:47 “The battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hand.”

David’s faith before Goliath