A moment in scripture
1 Samuel 15:29
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And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
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The surrounding passage
- 1 Samuel 15:27
And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
- 1 Samuel 15:28
And Samuel said unto him, The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.
- 1 Samuel 15:30
Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord thy God.
- 1 Samuel 15:31
So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the Lord.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.