And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, “Blessed be you to the Lord. I have performed the commandment of the Lord.”
And he said, “May you be blessed by the Lord, my daughter. You have made this last kindness greater than the first in that you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich.
And he said to his mother, “The 1,100 pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.” And his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the Lord.”
The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’”
Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates.
There are those—how lofty are their eyes, how high their eyelids lift!
Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and has not performed my commandments.” And Samuel was angry, and he cried to the Lord all night.
But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep and of the oxen and of the fattened calves and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them. All that was despised and worthless they devoted to destruction.
And he blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth;
The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.”
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
As soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came. And Saul went out to meet him and greet him.
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