1 Samuel 8:20

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

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  • 1 Sam 8:5 : 5 They 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.'
  • Ps 106:35 : 35 but they mingled with the nations and adopted their ways.
  • John 15:19 : 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. But you do not belong to the world, for I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
  • Rom 12:12 : 12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer.
  • 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Therefore, 'Come out from among them and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.'
  • Phil 3:20 : 20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
  • Exod 33:16 : 16 For how will anyone know that You are pleased with me and with Your people unless You go with us? What else will distinguish me and Your people from all the other peoples on the face of the earth?
  • Lev 20:24-26 : 24 But I said to you, 'You will inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey.' I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples. 25 You must distinguish between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean. Do not make yourselves detestable by any animal, bird, or anything that moves on the ground that I have set apart as unclean for you. 26 You shall be holy to me, for I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the peoples to be mine.
  • Num 23:9 : 9 For from the top of the rocks I see them, from the hills I behold them; they are a people who live apart and do not consider themselves among the nations.
  • Deut 7:6 : 6 For you are a holy people to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be His treasured possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 8:18-19
    2 verses
    85%

    18 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.

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

  • 1 Sam 8:4-11
    8 verses
    83%

    4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.

    5 They 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.'

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

    7 The 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.

    8 Just 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.

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

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

    11 He 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 8:21-22
    2 verses
    79%

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

    22 The 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 12:19
    78%

    19 The 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 17:14
    76%

    14 When 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,'

  • 1 Sam 12:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12 But 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.

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

  • 1 Sam 10:19
    74%

    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.'

  • Hos 10:3
    72%

    3 Now 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
    72%

    1 Then 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 11:12
    72%

    12 Then the people said to Samuel, "Who was it that said, 'Shall Saul reign over us?' Bring those men to us, and we will put them to death."

  • 1 Sam 7:8
    72%

    8 The Israelites said to Samuel, 'Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, so that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.'

  • Hos 13:10
    72%

    10 Where 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'?

  • 2 Chr 20:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11 'See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession you gave us as an inheritance.'

    12 Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power to face this vast army coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.

  • 1 Sam 10:24
    71%

    24 Samuel 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!'

  • Judg 20:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8 All the people stood together as one and said, "None of us will go to his tent or turn back to his house.

    9 This is what we will do to Gibeah: We will decide by casting lots.

  • Judg 11:8
    71%

    8 The elders of Gilead replied, 'That is why we have now turned to you. Come with us to fight the Ammonites, and you will be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.'

  • Judg 11:6
    71%

    6 They said to Jephthah, 'Come and be our leader so we can fight against the Ammonites.'

  • Josh 8:5
    70%

    5 "I and all the people with me will approach the city, and when they come out to meet us as they did before, we will flee before them."

  • Acts 13:21
    70%

    21 Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled for forty years.

  • Josh 24:18
    69%

    18 The LORD drove out all the peoples before us, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, for He is our God.

  • 1 Sam 11:14
    69%

    14 Then Samuel said to the people, "Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there."

  • Judg 20:18
    69%

    18 The Israelites went up to Bethel and inquired of God. They said, "Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjaminites?" The LORD replied, "Judah shall go first."

  • 1 Chr 19:13
    69%

    13 Be strong, and let us show courage for the sake of our people and the cities of our God. And may the LORD do what is good in His sight.

  • 1 Kgs 12:16
    69%

    16 When 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.

  • 1 Kgs 8:57-58
    2 verses
    69%

    57 May the LORD our God be with us as He was with our ancestors; may He never leave us nor forsake us.

    58 May He turn our hearts to Him, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commands, statutes, and judgments, which He gave to our ancestors.

  • 1 Sam 17:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9 If he is able to fight me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I defeat him and kill him, then you will be our servants and serve us.

    10 The Philistine continued, 'I defy the armies of Israel this day. Give me a man so we can fight each other.'

  • Deut 1:41
    69%

    41 Then you answered me and said, 'We have sinned against the LORD. We will go up and fight, just as the LORD our God commanded us.' So each of you strapped on his weapons of war and thought it would be easy to go up into the hill country.

  • 1 Kgs 22:4
    69%

    4 So he said to Jehoshaphat, 'Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth Gilead?' Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, 'I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.'

  • Deut 20:9
    69%

    9 When the officers have finished speaking to the people, they shall appoint commanders to lead the armies at the head of the troops.

  • 2 Chr 10:16
    69%

    16 When 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.

  • Josh 24:16
    68%

    16 The people replied, "Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!

  • 2 Chr 18:3
    68%

    3 Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, 'Will you go with me to Ramoth Gilead?' Jehoshaphat replied, 'I am as you are, and my people as your people; we will join you in the battle.'

  • 1 Sam 10:17
    68%

    17 Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah.

  • 1 Sam 14:40
    68%

    40 Then Saul said to all Israel, 'You stand on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will stand on the other.' And the people said to Saul, 'Do whatever seems right to you.'

  • 2 Sam 19:43
    68%

    43 The men of Judah responded to the men of Israel, "The king is closely related to us. Why are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten any of the king’s provisions, or have we taken anything for ourselves?"

  • 1 Chr 13:3
    68%

    3 Let us bring back the ark of our God to us, for we did not seek it during the days of Saul.