1 Samuel 2:12

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'The sons of Eli were wicked men; they did not know the LORD.'

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  • Jer 2:8 : 8 The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ Those who handle the law did not know me; the shepherds rebelled against me; the prophets prophesied by Baal and followed worthless things.
  • Judg 2:10 : 10 After that whole generation had been gathered to their ancestors, another generation arose after them who did not know the LORD or the works he had done for Israel.
  • Rom 1:21 : 21 For although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or give thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
  • Rom 1:28-30 : 28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29 They have become filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, and malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;
  • 2 Cor 6:15 : 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever?
  • Deut 13:13 : 13 If you hear about one of the cities the LORD your God is giving you to live in,
  • Judg 19:22 : 22 While they were enjoying themselves, some wicked men of the city surrounded the house. They pounded on the door and said to the old man, the owner of the house, "Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him."
  • 1 Sam 3:7 : 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.
  • 1 Sam 10:27 : 27 But some worthless men said, 'How can this man save us?' So they despised him and did not bring him a gift, but Saul kept silent.
  • 1 Sam 25:17 : 17 Now consider and see what you should do, for disaster is certain for our master and his entire household. He is such a worthless man that no one can speak to him.
  • 1 Kgs 21:10 : 10 Then seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them accuse him, saying, 'You have cursed God and the king.' Then take him out and stone him to death.
  • 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 Two worthless men came and sat opposite Naboth. They testified against him before the people, saying, 'Naboth has cursed God and the king.' So they took him outside the city, stoned him to death, and he died.
  • Jer 9:6 : 6 Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says: Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the sin of my people?
  • Jer 22:16 : 16 He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and it was well with him. Is this not what it means to know me? declares the LORD.
  • Hos 4:6-9 : 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. 7 The more they increased, the more they sinned against me. I will turn their glory into shame. 8 They feed on the sins of my people; they are greedy for their iniquity. 9 And it will be like people, like priest. I will punish them for their ways, and repay them for their deeds.
  • Mal 2:1-9 : 1 And now, this command is for you, O priests. 2 If you do not listen and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name, says the Lord of Hosts, I will send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them because you do not take it to heart. 3 Behold, I will rebuke your descendants and spread dung on your faces, the dung of your feasts, and it will be carried away with you. 4 Then you will know that I have sent this command to you so that My covenant with Levi may continue, says the Lord of Hosts. 5 My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him. It called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name. 6 True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and turned many from sin. 7 For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts. 8 But you have turned aside from the way, and by your teaching have caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant with Levi, says the Lord of Hosts. 9 So I have also made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways but have shown partiality in matters of the law.
  • John 8:55 : 55 Yet you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I know him and I keep his word.
  • John 16:3 : 3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me.
  • John 17:3 : 3 Now this is eternal life: that they know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 13:13
    74%

    13 If you hear about one of the cities the LORD your God is giving you to live in,

  • Judg 2:10-13
    4 verses
    72%

    10 After that whole generation had been gathered to their ancestors, another generation arose after them who did not know the LORD or the works he had done for Israel.

    11 The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD and served the Baals.

    12 They abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods, the gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger.

    13 They abandoned the LORD and worshipped Baal and the Ashtaroth.

  • 1 Sam 2:11
    72%

    11 'Then Elkanah went to his home at Ramah, but the boy stayed to serve the LORD under the supervision of Eli the priest.'

  • 2 Sam 23:6
    72%

    6 But wicked people are like thorns cast aside, for they cannot be gathered with the hand.

  • 1 Sam 25:17
    71%

    17 Now consider and see what you should do, for disaster is certain for our master and his entire household. He is such a worthless man that no one can speak to him.

  • 1 Sam 2:22-25
    4 verses
    71%

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

    23 So he said to them, ‘Why do you do such things? I hear from all the people about these wicked deeds of yours.’

    24 ‘No, my sons; the report I hear spreading among the LORD’s people is not good.’

    25 ‘If a man sins against another man, God may mediate for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who will intercede for him?’ But they would not listen to their father, for it was the LORD’s will to put them to death.

  • 1 Sam 2:13
    70%

    13 'This was the custom of the priests with the people: Whenever someone offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant came with a three-pronged fork while the meat was boiling.'

  • 1 Sam 3:7
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    7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.

  • Jer 2:8
    70%

    8 The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ Those who handle the law did not know me; the shepherds rebelled against me; the prophets prophesied by Baal and followed worthless things.

  • 1 Sam 1:3
    70%

    3 Year after year, this man would go up from his city to worship and to offer sacrifices to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, served as priests of the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 2:17
    70%

    17 So the sin of the young men was very great in the LORD’s sight, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.

  • Jer 5:4
    69%

    4 Then I thought, 'These are only the poor; they are foolish because they do not know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God.'

  • 1 Sam 3:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1 The young boy Samuel was serving the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare; visions were not widespread.

    2 One day, Eli was lying in his usual place. His eyesight had begun to grow dim, so he could not see well.

  • 1 Sam 3:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13 I have told him that I will judge his house forever because of the sin he knew about. His sons were cursing God, and he did not restrain them.

    14 Therefore, I have sworn to the house of Eli that the guilt of his house will never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.

  • 2 Chr 13:7
    69%

    7 Then worthless and reckless men gathered around him and opposed Rehoboam, son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and inexperienced and could not stand against them.

  • Deut 29:26
    69%

    26 Therefore the LORD’s anger burned against this land, bringing upon it every curse written in this book.

  • Judg 19:22
    69%

    22 While they were enjoying themselves, some wicked men of the city surrounded the house. They pounded on the door and said to the old man, the owner of the house, "Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him."

  • Jer 4:22
    68%

    22 For my people are foolish; they do not know me. They are senseless children and have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they do not know how to do good.

  • 2 Kgs 17:12
    68%

    12 They served idols, about which the Lord had said to them, 'You shall not do this thing.'

  • 1 Sam 8:3
    68%

    3 However, his sons did not follow his ways. They turned aside to dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.

  • 1 Sam 4:11
    68%

    11 The Ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

  • Hos 5:4
    68%

    4 Their deeds do not allow them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the Lord.

  • Rom 3:17
    67%

    17 And the way of peace they have not known.

  • Judg 20:13
    67%

    13 Now hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so that we may put them to death and purge the evil from Israel." But the Benjaminites would not listen to their fellow Israelites.

  • Deut 32:17
    67%

    17 They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to new gods that had recently appeared, gods your ancestors did not fear.

  • 1 Sam 10:27
    67%

    27 But some worthless men said, 'How can this man save us?' So they despised him and did not bring him a gift, but Saul kept silent.

  • Job 30:8
    67%

    8 They are sons of fools, nameless men, driven out from the land.

  • Lam 4:16
    67%

    16 The LORD Himself has scattered them; He will no longer watch over them. The priests are not honored, and the elders receive no favor.

  • Prov 28:5
    66%

    5 Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand all things.

  • Prov 1:29
    66%

    29 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD,

  • Judg 14:4
    66%

    4 Now his father and mother did not know that this was from the LORD, for he was seeking an occasion to confront the Philistines. At that time, the Philistines were ruling over Israel.

  • Jude 1:10
    66%

    10 These people speak abusively about what they do not understand, and what they do understand by instinct—like unreasoning animals—these are the very things that destroy them.

  • Judg 2:17
    66%

    17 Yet they did not listen to their judges but prostituted themselves by worshiping other gods. They turned quickly from the way their ancestors had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments. They did not do as their ancestors had done.

  • Judg 3:7
    66%

    7 The Israelites did evil in the sight of the Lord. They forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

  • Ps 14:4
    66%

    4 Do all the evildoers not understand? They devour my people as if they were eating bread, but they do not call upon the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 25:25
    66%

    25 Please, my lord, pay no attention to this worthless man Nabal. He is exactly what his name suggests—his name means ‘fool,’ and folly goes with him. But I, your servant, did not see the men my lord sent.

  • Ps 82:5
    66%

    5 They do not know nor do they understand; they wander in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

  • Job 18:21
    66%

    21 Surely these are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of one who does not know God.

  • 2 Kgs 17:17
    66%

    17 They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire, practiced divination and sorcery, and sold themselves to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger.

  • Dan 5:22
    66%

    22 But you, his son Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.

  • 2 Pet 2:15
    66%

    15 They have abandoned the straight way and gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness.

  • Amos 3:10
    66%

    10 "They do not know how to do what is right," declares the Lord, "storing up violence and robbery in their fortresses."

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