1 Samuel 8:18

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On that day, you will cry out because of the king you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.

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  • Isa 1:15 : 15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you. Even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood.
  • Mic 3:4 : 4 Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. He will hide His face from them at that time because of the evil they have done.
  • Isa 8:21 : 21 Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged, and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.
  • Prov 1:25-28 : 25 And you ignored all my advice and would have none of my correction, 26 I too will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when terror strikes you, 27 When your terror comes like a storm, and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you. 28 Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will seek me earnestly, but they will not find me.
  • Prov 21:13 : 13 Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.
  • Job 27:9 : 9 Will God listen to his cry when distress comes upon him?
  • Ps 18:41 : 41 You have made my enemies turn their backs in retreat, and I destroy those who hate me.
  • Luke 13:25 : 25 Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will answer, 'I don’t know you or where you come from.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 8:19-22
    4 verses
    84%

    19The people refused to listen to Samuel and said, 'No! We want a king to rule over us.'

    20Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us, govern us, and fight our battles.

    21Samuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them to the LORD.

    22The LORD said to Samuel, 'Listen to them and appoint a king for them.' Then Samuel said to the people of Israel, 'Each of you, return to your own town.'

  • 1 Sam 8:5-11
    7 verses
    81%

    5They said to him, 'You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us, like all the other nations.'

    6But their request for a king displeased Samuel, and he prayed to the LORD.

    7The LORD said to Samuel, 'Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. It is not you they have rejected but they have rejected me as their king.

    8Just as they have done to me from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day—forsaking me and serving other gods—so they are also doing to you.

    9Now then, listen to them, but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will demand.'

    10Samuel relayed all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.

    11He said, 'This is what the king who will reign over you will demand: He will take your sons and assign them to his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots.

  • 1 Sam 12:12-15
    4 verses
    80%

    12But when you saw that Nahash, king of the Ammonites, came against you, you said to me, ‘No, we want a king to reign over us,’ even though the LORD your God was your king.

    13Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you asked for. See, the LORD has set a king over you.

    14If you fear the LORD, serve Him, obey His voice, and do not rebel against His command, then both you and the king who reigns over you will follow the LORD your God.

    15But if you do not obey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you, as it was against your ancestors.

  • 1 Sam 10:19
    79%

    19'But today you have rejected your God, who delivers you from all your calamities and distresses. You have said to Him, "Set a king over us." Now present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.'

  • 1 Sam 8:17
    76%

    17He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.

  • Hos 13:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10Where now is your king to save you in all your cities? And where are your rulers, about whom you said, 'Give me a king and princes'?

    11I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my wrath.

  • Hos 10:3
    75%

    3Now they will say, 'We have no king, for we did not fear the LORD. And as for the king, what could he do for us?

  • 1 Sam 12:1
    74%

    1Then Samuel said to all Israel, 'Here I am; I have listened to you in everything you have said to me, and I have set a king over you.'

  • 1 Sam 12:19
    74%

    19The people all said to Samuel, 'Pray to the LORD your God for your servants, so that we will not die, for we have added this evil to all our sins by asking for a king.'

  • Deut 1:45
    73%

    45Then you returned and wept before the LORD, but He did not listen to your cries or pay attention to you.

  • 1 Sam 12:17
    73%

    17Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call out to the LORD, and He will send thunder and rain. Then you will realize and see how great is the evil you have done in the eyes of the LORD by asking for a king.

  • Mic 3:4
    73%

    4Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. He will hide His face from them at that time because of the evil they have done.

  • Deut 17:14
    73%

    14When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you and take possession of it and settle in it, and you say, 'Let us appoint a king over us, like all the nations around us,'

  • Judg 10:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13'But you have forsaken Me and served other gods. Therefore, I will no longer rescue you.'

    14'Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble!'

  • 1 Sam 15:26
    72%

    26But Samuel replied to Saul, 'I will not go back with you, because you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel.'

  • Ps 81:11
    72%

    11I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.

  • Jer 11:11
    72%

    11Therefore, this is what the LORD says: ‘I am bringing disaster upon them from which they cannot escape. Even though they will cry out to me, I will not listen to them.’

  • 1 Sam 13:14
    72%

    14But now your kingdom will not endure. The Lord has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him leader over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you."

  • Jer 7:27
    72%

    27When you speak all these words to them, they will not listen to you; when you call to them, they will not answer you.

  • 1 Sam 28:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17The LORD has done as he spoke through me. He has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, to David.

    18Because you did not obey the voice of the LORD or carry out his fierce wrath against Amalek, the LORD has done this to you today.

  • 1 Sam 15:28
    71%

    28And Samuel said to him, 'The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel away from you today and has given it to one of your neighbors, someone better than you.'

  • Isa 3:7
    71%

    7But he will say in that day, ‘I will not be a healer. I have no food or clothing in my house. Do not appoint me as the ruler of the people.’

  • 1 Sam 10:24
    71%

    24Samuel said to the people, 'Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.' Then the people shouted, 'Long live the king!'

  • Jer 11:14
    71%

    14As for you, do not pray for this people or lift up a cry or petition for them, for I will not listen to them when they cry out to me because of their disaster.

  • 2 Chr 10:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15So the king did not listen to the people, for this turn of events was from God, to fulfill the word the Lord had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

    16When all Israel realized that the king had not listened to them, they responded to the king, saying, "What share do we have in David? What inheritance is there for us in the son of Jesse? Every man to your tents, Israel! Now take care of your own house, David!" So all the Israelites returned to their homes.

  • Ps 18:41
    71%

    41You have made my enemies turn their backs in retreat, and I destroy those who hate me.

  • Jer 7:16
    71%

    16As for you, do not pray for this people, do not raise a cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me, for I will not listen to you.

  • 1 Sam 15:11
    70%

    11I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following me and has not carried out my commands. This grieved Samuel, and he cried out to the LORD all night.

  • Prov 1:28
    70%

    28Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will seek me earnestly, but they will not find me.

  • Judg 8:23
    70%

    23But Gideon replied, 'I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The Lord will rule over you.'

  • Zech 7:13
    70%

    13'Just as I called, and they did not listen, so when they call, I will not listen,' says the LORD of Hosts.

  • Isa 65:12
    70%

    12I will destine you for the sword, and all of you will bow down to the slaughter, because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not listen. You did evil in my sight and chose what I did not delight in.

  • Deut 28:36
    70%

    36The LORD will drive you and the king you set over yourself to a nation that neither you nor your ancestors have known, and there you will serve other gods made of wood and stone.

  • 1 Kgs 12:16
    70%

    16When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, they answered the king: "What share do we have in David, what part in Jesse's son? To your tents, Israel! Look after your own house, David!" So the Israelites went home.