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1 Samuel 8:19
1 Samuel 8:19 is verse 19 of 1 Samuel chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.
King James Version
Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
World English Bible
But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No, but we will have a king over us,
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1 Samuel 8:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible
17 He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.
18 When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”
19 Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.
20 Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles.”
21 Samuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them in the hearing of the LORD.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 81:11But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
Jeremiah 7:13And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,
Jeremiah 44:16“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
Ezekiel 33:31So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.