1 Samuel 3:13

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1 Samuel 3:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible

11 Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle.

12 On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his family, from beginning to end.

13 I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.

14 Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘The iniquity of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’”

15 Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,

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1 Samuel 2:27

Then a man of God came to Eli and told him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your father’s house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh’s house?

1 Samuel 2:28

And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the offerings of the Israelites made by fire.

1 Samuel 2:29

Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’

1 Samuel 2:30

Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.

1 Samuel 2:31

Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no older man will be left in your house.

1 Samuel 2:32

You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.

1 Samuel 2:33

And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, your eyes will fail and your heart will grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.

1 Samuel 2:34

And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.

1 Samuel 2:35

Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. And I will build for him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed one for all time.

1 Samuel 2:36

And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”

2 Chronicles 20:12

Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast army that comes against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”

Ezekiel 7:3

The end is now upon you, and I will unleash My anger against you. I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.

Ezekiel 18:30

Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.

Joel 3:12

Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side.

1 Kings 2:44

The king also said, “You know in your heart all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore the LORD will bring your evil back upon your head.

Ecclesiastes 7:22

For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.

1 John 3:20

Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.

1 Samuel 2:12

Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD

1 Samuel 2:17

Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.

1 Samuel 2:22

Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

1 Samuel 2:23

“Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.

1 Samuel 2:24

No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.

1 Samuel 2:25

If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.

1 Samuel 2:26

And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with man.

1 Kings 1:6

(His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)

Proverbs 19:18

Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.

Proverbs 23:13

Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.

Proverbs 23:14

Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.

Proverbs 29:15

A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

Matthew 10:37

Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;