Cross references

1 Samuel 15:23

For rebellion is like the sin of divination,

and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry.

Because you have rejected the word of the LORD,

He has rejected you as king.”

1 Samuel 15:23 BSB

1 Samuel 15:23 has 27 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 19 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Jeremiah 28:16 (15 votes) and 1 Samuel 13:14 (12 votes). 48 other verses point back to it. It links with 26 other books, from Genesis 3 to Revelation 22.

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Which verses does 1 Samuel 15:23 point to?

The 20 strongest of 27, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.’”

  2. But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”

  3. Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.

  4. idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,

  5. Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery, casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.

  6. this is what the LORD says: ‘I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.’”

  7. What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”

  8. Now Rachel had taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of her camel, and was sitting on them. And Laban searched everything in the tent but found nothing.

  9. You must not allow a sorceress to live.

  10. “This is what the whole congregation of the LORD says: ‘What is this breach of faith you have committed today against the God of Israel by turning away from the LORD and building for yourselves an altar, that you might rebel against the LORD this day? Was not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD. …

  11. Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.

  12. Job 34:374 votes

Which verses point to 1 Samuel 15:23?

The 10 strongest of 48.