¹⁰ and if it does evil^(A) in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider^(B) the good I had intended to do for it.^(C)

¹⁸ If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and does evil,^(A) they will die for it.^(B)

³⁰ “Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that members of your family would minister before me forever.^(A)’ But now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor,^(B) but those who despise^(C) me will be disdained.^(D)

¹³ “You have done a foolish thing,^(A)” Samuel said. “You have not kept^(B) the command the Lord your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.^(C)

²⁴ “But if a righteous person turns^(A) from their righteousness and commits sin and does the same detestable things the wicked person does, will they live? None of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness^(B) they are guilty of and because of the sins they have committed, they will die.^(C)

¹¹ “I regret^(A) that I have made Saul king, because he has turned^(B) away from me and has not carried out my instructions.”^(C) Samuel was angry,^(D) and he cried out to the Lord all that night.

²³ but I gave them this command:^(A) Obey^(B) me, and I will be your God and you will be my people.^(C) Walk in obedience to all^(D) I command you, that it may go well^(E) with you. ²⁴ But they did not listen^(F) or pay attention;^(G) instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts.^(H) They went backward^(I) and not forward. ²⁵ From the time your ancestors left Egypt until now, day after day, again and again^(J) I sent you my servants^(K) the prophets.^{(L) 26} But they did not listen to me or pay attention.^(M) They were stiff-necked^(N) and did more evil than their ancestors.’^(O)

²⁷ “When you tell^(P) them all this, they will not listen^(Q) to you; when you call to them, they will not answer.^{(R) 28} Therefore say to them, ‘This is the nation that has not obeyed the Lord its God or responded to correction.^(S) Truth^(T) has perished; it has vanished from their lips.