1 Samuel 15:13, 14 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) 13 When Samuel finally came to him, Saul said to him: “May Jehovah bless you. I have carried out the word of Jehovah.” 14 But Samuel said: “Then what is this sound of the flock in my ears and the sound of the cattle that I hear?”+ Psalm 36:1, 2 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) 36 Transgression speaks to the wicked one deep within his heart;There is no fear of God before his eyes.+ 2 For in his own eyes he flatters himself too muchTo detect and hate his error.+ Proverbs 21:2 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) 2 All of a man’s ways seem right to him,+But Jehovah examines the hearts.*+ Jeremiah 17:9 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) 9 The heart is more treacherous* than anything else and is desperate.*+ Who can know it?
13 When Samuel finally came to him, Saul said to him: “May Jehovah bless you. I have carried out the word of Jehovah.” 14 But Samuel said: “Then what is this sound of the flock in my ears and the sound of the cattle that I hear?”+
36 Transgression speaks to the wicked one deep within his heart;There is no fear of God before his eyes.+ 2 For in his own eyes he flatters himself too muchTo detect and hate his error.+