1 Samuel 15

1 Samuel 15:23

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft.

Thou wilt grant that witchcraft is a most heinous and abominable sin; I tell thee, that this thy disobedience to God’s command, is no less odious to him, than that witchcraft, which thou justly hatest and punishest in others.

1 Samuel 15:29

And also the strength of Israel will not lie nor repent.

He, that is the holy and strong God of Israel, as he hath decreed thy kingdom to another; so he will be sure not to falsify his word, nor retract that his just purpose.

1 Samuel 15:35

And the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

And God did (as those do which repent them of their former actions) profess to undo that, which he had done in setting up Saul; and therefore did now cast him off, and anoint another in his stead.