1 Samuel 15:15
And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
Cross-reference
In 1 Sam 15:9, the narrator records that Saul and the people spared the best; here Saul blames the people, revealing his complicity.
In 1 Sam 15:21, Saul repeats the same excuse about the people sparing livestock for sacrifice, reinforcing his deflection.
In 1 Samuel 15:24, Saul later admits he feared the people — contradicting his earlier excuse of sparing to sacrifice.
In Genesis 3:12, Adam blames Eve for giving him the fruit; Saul similarly blames the people for sparing the livestock.
In Genesis 3:13, Eve blames the serpent; Saul's blame-shifting follows the same pattern of deflecting responsibility.
In Exodus 32:22, Aaron blames the people's evil for the golden calf; Saul similarly blames the people for the Amalekite plunder.
In Exodus 32:23, Aaron says the people demanded idols; Saul's excuse also cites the people's actions to justify his disobedience.
Proverbs 28:13 warns that concealing sin leads to failure; Saul's excuse exemplifies concealing transgression behind a sacrificial motive.
In 2 Chronicles 15:11, Asa's people legitimately sacrifice spoil to God — contrasting with Saul's false claim of sacrificing.
In Job 31:33, Job denies hiding his sin; Saul here conceals his disobedience behind a religious pretext, contrasting integrity with evasion.