1 Samuel 8:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

And we also will be like all other nations, and our King shall iudge vs, and goe out before vs, and fight our battels.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 8:5 : 5 And said vnto him, Beholde, thou art olde, and thy sonnes walke not in thy wayes: make vs nowe a King to iudge vs like all nations.
  • Ps 106:35 : 35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their workes,
  • John 15:19 : 19 If ye were of the worlde, the world woulde loue his owne: but because ye are not of ye world, but I haue chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
  • Rom 12:12 : 12 Reioycing in hope, pacient in tribulation, continuing in prayer,
  • 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and separate your selues, saith the Lord, and touch none vncleane thing, and I wil receiue you.
  • Phil 3:20 : 20 But our conuersation is in heauen, from whence also we looke for the Sauiour, euen the Lord Iesus Christ,
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But yee are a chosen generation, a royall Priesthoode, an holy nation, a people set at libertie, that yee shoulde shewe foorth the vertues of him that hath called you out of darkenesse into his marueilous light,
  • Exod 33:16 : 16 And wherein nowe shal it be knowen, that I and thy people haue found fauour in thy sight? Shall it not be when thou goest with vs? so I, and thy people shall haue preeminence before all the people that are vpon the earth.
  • Lev 20:24-26 : 24 But I haue saide vnto you, ye shall inherite their land, & I will giue it vnto you to possesse it, euen a land that floweth with milke and honie: I am the Lorde your God, which haue separated you from other people. 25 Therefore shall ye put difference betweene cleane beastes and vncleane, & betweene vncleane foules and cleane: neither shall ye defile your selues with beastes and foules, nor with any creeping thing, that ye ground bringeth forth, which I haue separated from you as vncleane. 26 Therefore shall ye be holie vnto me: for I the Lorde am holy, and I haue separated you from other people, that ye shoulde be mine.
  • Num 23:9 : 9 For from the top of the rocks I did see him, and from the hils I did beholde him: lo, the people shal dwell by themselues, and shal not be reckened among the nations.
  • Deut 7:6 : 6 For thou art an holy people vnto the Lord thy God, the Lorde thy God hath chosen thee, to be a precious people vnto himselfe, aboue all people that are vpon the earth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

    18And ye shall crie out at that day, because of your King, whom ye haue chosen you, and the Lord will not heare you at that day.

    19But the people would not heare the voyce of Samuel, but did say, Nay, but there shall be a King ouer vs.

  • 1 Sam 8:4-11
    8 verses
    83%

    4Wherefore all the Elders of Israel gathered them together, and came to Samuel vnto Ramah,

    5And said vnto him, Beholde, thou art olde, and thy sonnes walke not in thy wayes: make vs nowe a King to iudge vs like all nations.

    6But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Giue vs a King to iudge vs: and Samuel prayed vnto the Lord.

    7And the Lord said vnto Samuel, Heare the voyce of the people in all that they shall say vnto thee: for they haue not cast thee away, but they haue cast me away, that I should not reigne ouer the.

    8As they haue euer done since I brought them out of Egypt euen vnto this day, (and haue forsaken me, and serued other gods) euen so doe they vnto thee.

    9Nowe therefore hearken vnto their voyce: howbeit yet testifie vnto them, and shewe them the maner of ye King that shall reigne ouer them.

    10So Samuel told all the wordes of the Lord vnto the people that asked a King of him.

    11And he saide, This shall be the maner of the King that shall reigne ouer you: he will take your sonnes, and appoint them to his charets, and to be his horsemen, and some shall runne before his charet.

  • 1 Sam 8:21-22
    2 verses
    79%

    21Therefore when Samuel heard all ye wordes of ye people, he rehearsed the in ye eares of ye Lord.

    22And the Lord saide to Samuel, Hearken vnto their voyce, and make them a King; Samuel said vnto the men of Israel, Goe euery man vnto his citie.

  • 1 Sam 12:19
    78%

    19And all the people said vnto Samuel, Pray for thy seruaunts vnto the Lord thy God, that we die not: for we haue sinned in asking vs a King, beside all our other sinnes.

  • Deut 17:14
    76%

    14Whe thou shalt come vnto ye land which the Lorde thy God giueth thee, and shalt possesse it, and dwell therein, if thou say, I will set a King ouer me, like as all the nations that are about me,

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

    12Notwithstanding when you sawe, that Nahash the King of the children of Ammon came against you, ye sayde vnto me, No, but a King shall reigne ouer vs: when yet the Lord your God was your King.

    13Nowe therefore beholde the King whome yee haue chosen, and whome yee haue desired: loe therefore, the Lord hath set a King ouer you.

  • 1 Sam 10:19
    74%

    19But ye haue this day cast away your God, who onely deliuereth you out of all your aduersities and tribulations: and ye said vnto him, No, but appoint a King ouer vs. Nowe therefore stand ye before the Lord according to your tribes, and according to your thousands.

  • Hos 10:3
    72%

    3For now they shal say, We haue no King because we feared not the Lord: and what should a King doe to vs?

  • 1 Sam 12:1
    72%

    1Samuel then said vnto all Israel, Behold, I haue hearkened vnto your voyce in all that yee sayde vnto mee, and haue appoynted a King ouer you.

  • 1 Sam 11:12
    72%

    12Then the people said vnto Samuel, Who is he that saide, Shall Saul reigne ouer vs? bring those men that we may slaie them.

  • 1 Sam 7:8
    72%

    8And the children of Israel sayd to Samuel, Cease not to crie vnto the Lorde our God for vs, that hee may saue vs out of the hand of the Philistims.

  • Hos 13:10
    72%

    10I am: where is thy King, that shoulde help thee in al thy cities? and thy iudges, of whom thou saidest, Giue me a King, and princes?

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

    11Behold, I say, they reward vs, in coming to cast vs out of thine inheritance, which thou hast caused vs to inherit.

    12O our God, wilt thou not iudge them? For there is no strength in vs to stand before this great multitude that commeth against vs, neither doe wee knowe what to doe: but our eyes are toward thee.

  • 1 Sam 10:24
    71%

    24And Samuel saide to all the people, See ye not him, whom the Lorde hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? and all the people shouted and saide, God saue the King.

  • Judg 20:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8Then all the people arose as one man, saying, There shal not a man of vs goe to his tent, neither any turne into his house.

    9But now this is that thing which we will do to Gibeah: we wil goe vp by lot against it,

  • Judg 11:8
    71%

    8Then the Elders of Gilead saide vnto Iphtah, Therefore we turne againe to thee now, that thou mayest goe with vs, and fight against the children of Ammon, and bee our head ouer all the inhabitants of Gilead.

  • Judg 11:6
    71%

    6And they saide vnto Iphtah, Come and be our captaine, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

  • Josh 8:5
    70%

    5And I and all the people that are with me, will approche vnto the citie: and when they shall come out against vs, as they did at the first time, then will we flee before them.

  • Acts 13:21
    70%

    21So after that, they desired a King, & God gaue vnto them Saul, the sonne of Cis, a man of ye tribe of Beniamin, by the space of fourty yeres.

  • Josh 24:18
    69%

    18And the Lorde did cast out before vs all the people, euen the Amorites which dwelt in the lande: therefore will we also serue the Lord, for he is our God.

  • 1 Sam 11:14
    69%

    14Then saide Samuel vnto ye people, Come, that we may goe to Gilgal, and renue the kingdome there.

  • Judg 20:18
    69%

    18And the children of Israel arose, and went vp to the house of God, and asked of God, saying, Which of vs shal goe vp first to fight against the children of Beniamin? And the Lord said, Iudah shalbe first.

  • 1 Chr 19:13
    69%

    13Be strong, and let vs shewe our selues valiant for our people, and for the cities of our God, and let the Lorde doe that which is good in his owne sight.

  • 1 Kgs 12:16
    69%

    16So when all Israel sawe that the King regarded them not, the people answered the King thus, saying, What portion haue we in Dauid? we haue none inheritance in the sonne of Ishai. To your tents, O Israel: nowe see to thine owne house, Dauid. So Israel departed vnto their tents.

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

    57The Lorde our God be with vs, as he was with our fathers, that he forsake vs not, neither leaue vs,

    58That he may bow our heartes vnto him, that we may walke in all his waies, and keepe his commandements, and his statutes, and his lawes, which he commanded our fathers.

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

    9If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, then wil we be your seruants: but if I ouercome him, and kill him, then shal yee be our seruants, and serue vs.

    10Also the Philistim saide, I defie the hoste of Israel this day: giue mee a man, that we may fight together.

  • Deut 1:41
    69%

    41Then ye answered and sayd vnto me, We haue sinned against the Lord, we wil go vp, and fight, according to all that the Lorde our God hath commaunded vs: and ye armed you euery man to the warre, and were ready to goe vp into the mountaine.

  • 1 Kgs 22:4
    69%

    4And he sayde vnto Iehoshaphat, Wilt thou goe with mee to battel against Ramoth Gilead? And Iehoshaphat saide vnto the King of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and mine horses as thine horses.

  • Deut 20:9
    69%

    9And after that the officers haue made an ende of speaking vnto the people, they shal make captaines of the armie to gouerne the people.

  • 2 Chr 10:16
    69%

    16So when all Isarael sawe that the King would not heare them, the people answered the King, saying, What portion haue we in Dauid? for we haue none inheritance in the sonue of Ishai. O Israel, euery man to your tents: now see to thine owne house, Dauid. So all Israel departed to their tents.

  • Josh 24:16
    68%

    16Then the people answered and saide, God forbid, that we shoulde forsake the Lord, to serue other gods.

  • 2 Chr 18:3
    68%

    3And Ahab King of Israel saide vnto Iehoshaphat King of Iudah, Wilt thou goe with mee to Ramoth Gilead? And hee answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people, and wee will ioyne with thee in the warre.

  • 1 Sam 10:17
    68%

    17And Samuel assembled the people vnto the Lord in Mizpeh,

  • 1 Sam 14:40
    68%

    40Then he saide vnto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Ionathan my sonne will be on the other side; the people saide vnto Saul, Doe what thou thinkest best.

  • 2 Sam 19:43
    68%

    43And the men of Israel answered the men of Iudah, and saide, Wee haue ten partes in the King, and haue also more right to Dauid then ye: Why then did ye despise vs, that our aduise should not bee first had in restoring our King? And the wordes of the men of Iudah were fiercer then the wordes of the men of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 13:3
    68%

    3And we will bring againe the Arke of our God to vs: for we sought not vnto it in the dayes of Saul.