1Sa 15:35-16:1, Jer 7:16, 1Jo 5:16 | ESV | STEP | And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death , but Samuel grieved over Saul . And the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel .

1 Samuel 15:35

35 ^aAnd Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, ^bbut Samuel grieved over Saul. ^cAnd the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.

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.”

Jeremiah 7:16

16 “As for you, ^hdo not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me, for I will not hear you.

1 John 5:16

16 If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and ⁱGod ^{▼▼Greek he} will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. ^kThere is sin that leads to death; ^lI do not say that one should pray for that.