1Sa 8:7 Cross References

1 Samuel 8:7

7: "Do as they say," the LORD replied, "for it is me they are rejecting, not you. They don't want me to be their king any longer.

But though I have done so much for you, you have rejected me and said, `We want a king instead!' Now, therefore, present yourselves before the LORD by tribes and clans."

The LORD will give you meat to eat in the evening and bread in the morning, for he has heard all your complaints against him. Yes, your complaints are against the LORD, not against us."

And now about these enemies of mine who didn't want me to be their king--bring them in and execute them right here in my presence.'"

But his people hated him and sent a delegation after him to say they did not want him to be their king.

Then he said to the disciples, "Anyone who accepts your message is also accepting me. And anyone who rejects you is rejecting me. And anyone who rejects me is rejecting God who sent me."

"Anyone who welcomes you is welcoming me, and anyone who welcomes me is welcoming the Father who sent me.

Where now is your king? Why don't you call on him for help? Where are all the leaders of the land? You asked for them, now let them save you!
In my anger I gave you kings, and in my fury I took them away.

Do you remember what I told you? 'A servant is not greater than the master.' Since they persecuted me, naturally they will persecute you. And if they had listened to me, they would listen to you!
The people of the world will hate you because you belong to me, for they don't know God who sent me.

"But no, my people wouldn't listen. Israel did not want me around.
So I let them follow their blind and stubborn way, living according to their own desires.

That night God came to Balaam and told him, "Since these men have come for you, get up and go with them. But be sure to do only what I tell you to do."

How true it is that a servant is not greater than the master. Nor are messengers more important than the one who sends them.

"A student is not greater than the teacher. A servant is not greater than the master.
The student shares the teacher's fate. The servant shares the master's fate. And since I, the master of the household, have been called the prince of demons, how much more will it happen to you, the members of the household!

I will send great troubles against them--all the things they feared. For when I called, they did not answer. When I spoke, they did not listen. They deliberately sinned--before my very eyes--and chose to do what they know I despise."

You know that it does not rain at this time of the year during the wheat harvest. I will ask the LORD to send thunder and rain today. Then you will realize how wicked you have been in asking the LORD for a king!"
So Samuel called to the LORD, and the LORD sent thunder and rain. And all the people were terrified of the LORD and of Samuel.
"Pray to the LORD your God for us, or we will die!" they cried out to Samuel. "For now we have added to our sins by asking for a king."

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