1Sa 2:12 Cross References

1 Samuel 2:12

12: Now the sons of Eli were scoundrels who had no respect for the LORD

The priests did not ask, `Where is the LORD?' The judges ignored me, the rulers turned against me, and the prophets spoke in the name of Baal, wasting their time on nonsense.

What harmony can there be between Christ and the Devil? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever?

When they refused to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their evil minds and let them do things that should never be done.
Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, fighting, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip.
They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They are forever inventing new ways of sinning and are disobedient to their parents.

After that generation died, another generation grew up who did not acknowledge the LORD or remember the mighty things he had done for Israel.

Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn't worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. The result was that their minds became dark and confused.

He made sure that justice and help were given to the poor and needy, and everything went well for him. Isn't that what it means to know me?" asks the LORD.

While they were enjoying themselves, some of the wicked men in the town surrounded the house. They began beating at the door and shouting to the old man, "Bring out the man who is staying with you so we can have sex with him."

Find two scoundrels who will accuse him of cursing God and the king. Then take him out and stone him to death."

Samuel did not yet know the LORD because he had never had a message from the LORD before.

And this is the way to have eternal life--to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.

that some worthless rabble among you have led their fellow citizens astray by encouraging them to worship foreign gods.

but you do not even know him. I know him. If I said otherwise, I would be as great a liar as you! But it is true--I know him and obey him.

You'd better think fast, for there is going to be trouble for our master and his whole family. He's so ill-tempered that no one can even talk to him!"

Then two scoundrels accused him before all the people of cursing God and the king. So he was dragged outside the city and stoned to death.

"Listen, you priests; this command is for you!
Listen to me and take it to heart. Honor my name," says the LORD Almighty, "or I will bring a terrible curse against you. I will curse even the blessings you receive. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you have not taken my warning seriously.
I will rebuke your descendants and splatter your faces with the dung of your festival sacrifices, and I will add you to the dung heap.
Then at last you will know it was I who sent you this warning so that my covenant with the Levites may continue," says the LORD Almighty.
"The purpose of my covenant with the Levites was to bring life and peace, and this is what I gave them. This called for reverence from them, and they greatly revered me and stood in awe of my name.

My people are being destroyed because they don't know me. It is all your fault, you priests, for you yourselves refuse to know me. Now I refuse to recognize you as my priests. Since you have forgotten the laws of your God, I will forget to bless your children.
The more priests there are, the more they sin against me. They have exchanged the glory of God for the disgrace of idols.
"The priests get fed when the people sin and bring their sin offerings to them. So the priests are glad when the people sin!
`Like priests, like people'--since the priests are wicked, the people are wicked, too. So now I will punish both priests and people for all their wicked deeds.

But there were some wicked men who complained, "How can this man save us?" And they despised him and refused to bring him gifts. But Saul ignored them.

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