1Sa 15:11, 16:1, Psa 119:136, 158, Jer 9:1-2, Rom 9:2-3, Phili 3:18 | ESV | STEP | 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 .

n[See ch. 8:21 above]

p ch. 5:7, 8; 23:10; Hos. 7:4

q Isa. 21:2

r[Ex. 32:32]

s 1 Cor. 12:3; 16:22; Gal. 1:8, 9

u[ch. 11:14]

vSee 2 Cor. 11:13

w[Acts 20:31]

1 Samuel 15:11

11 ^a“I regret ^{▼▼See also verses 29, 35} that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and ^chas not performed my commandments.” And Samuel was angry, and he cried to the Lord all night.

1 Samuel 16:1

David Anointed King

1 The Lord said to Samuel, ^d“How long will you grieve over Saul, since ^eI have rejected him from being king over Israel? ^fFill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, ^gfor I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”

Psalms 119:136

136 My eyes ^hshed streams of tears,
because people ⁱdo not keep your law.

Psalms 119:158

158 I look at ^jthe faithless with ^kdisgust,
because they do not keep your commands.

Jeremiah 9:1-2

1 ^{▼▼Ch 8:23 in Hebrew} ^mOh that my head were waters,
and my eyes a fountain of tears,
that I might weep day and night
for the slain of ⁿthe daughter of my people!
2 ^{▼▼Ch 9:1 in Hebrew} Oh that I had in the desert
a travelers’ lodging place,
that I might leave my people
and go away from them!
For they are all ^padulterers,
a company of ^qtreacherous men.

Romans 9:2-3

2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For ^rI could wish that I myself were ^saccursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters} my kinsmen ^uaccording to the flesh.

Philippians 3:18

18 For ^vmany, of whom I have often told you and now tell you ^weven with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ.