1 Samuel 15:11

John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XVII.25Conference XVII

  “…forsaken Me, and hath not performed My words;” and again: “But Samuel was grieved for Saul because the Lord repented that He had made Saul king over Israel.”” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xv. 11, 35.

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Origen

• Origen, De Principiis IV.1Book IV

  “…(God), visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation;” and that “it repenteth Me that I anointed Saul to be king;” and, “I am the Lord, who make peace and create evil;” and again, “There is not evil in a city which the Lord hath not done;” and, “Evils came down from the…” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Sam. xv. 11.

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• Origen, De Principiis IV.2Book IV

  “…God, visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation;” and this, “I repent of having anointed Saul to be king;” and this, “I am a God that maketh peace, and createth evil;” and, among others, this, “There is not wickedness in the city which the Lord hath not done;” and…” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Sam. xv. 11.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 132

  “He changed Saul’s kingdom, when He repented, as it is said: and in the very passage where the Scripture saith, “It repented Him;” it is said a little after, “for He is not a man that He should repent.”” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xv. 11, 29.

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XIV.11Book XIV

  “For though God is said to change His determinations (so that in a tropical sense the Holy Scripture says even that God repented), this is said with reference to man’s expectation, or the order of natural causes, and not with reference to that which the Almighty had foreknown that He would do.” — editor's note: Gen. vi. 6, and 1 Sam. xv. 11.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Letters Letter 147

  “Of old, when it had repented the Lord that he had anointed Saul to be king over Israel, we are told that Samuel mourned for him; and again, when Paul heard that there was fornication among the Corinthians and such fornication as was not so much as…” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xv. 11, 17.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion II.24Book II

  “…and improvidence that He repented, or on the recollection of some wrong-doing; because He actually said, “It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king,” very much as if He meant that His repentance savoured of an acknowledgment of some evil work or error.” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xv. 11.

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• Ecclesiastes 7:29

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.11.

• Isaiah 45:7

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.24.

• Jeremiah 18:11

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.24.

• Jonah 3:10

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.24.

• Jonah 4:2

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.24.

• Matthew 6:34

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.24.

• Romans 5:12

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.11.

• 1 Timothy 2:14

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.11.

• Genesis 3:12

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.11.

• Genesis 6:6

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.11.

• 1 Samuel 9:2

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.24.