Exodus 32:10
10Now therefore alet me alone, that bmy wrath may burn hot against them and cI may consume them, in order that dI may make a great nation of you.”Exodus 32:13
13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you eswore by your own self, and said to them, f‘I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.’”1 Samuel 12:23
23Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing gto pray for you, hand I will instruct you in the good and the right way.1 Samuel 15:11
11 i“I regret ▼▼See also verses 29, 35
that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and khas not performed my commandments.” And Samuel was angry, and he cried to the Lord all night. 1 Samuel 15:35
35 lAnd Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, mbut Samuel grieved over Saul. nAnd the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.1 Samuel 16:1
David Anointed King
1The Lord said to Samuel, o“How long will you grieve over Saul, since pI have rejected him from being king over Israel? qFill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, rfor I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”Jeremiah 17:16
16I have not run away from being your shepherd,nor have I desired the day of sickness.
sYou know twhat came out of my lips;
it was before your face.
Jeremiah 18:20
20 uShould good be repaid with evil?Yet vthey have dug a pit for my life.
wRemember how I stood before you
to speak good for them,
to turn away your wrath from them.
Romans 9:1-3
God’s Sovereign Choice
1 xI am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit— 2that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3For yI could wish that I myself were zaccursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, ▼▼Or brothers and sisters
my kinsmen abaccording to the flesh.
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