1 Samuel 10:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no gifts. But he held his peace.

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  • Deut 13:13 : 13 Certain men, the children of Belial, have gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known;
  • 1 Kgs 10:25 : 25 And they brought every man his gift, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a yearly rate.
  • 2 Chr 17:5 : 5 Therefore the LORD established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honor in abundance.
  • 1 Sam 2:12 : 12 Now the sons of Eli were worthless men; they did not know the LORD.
  • 1 Sam 11:12 : 12 And the people said to Samuel, "Who is he that said, 'Shall Saul reign over us?' bring the men, that we may put them to death."
  • 2 Sam 8:2 : 2 And he defeated Moab and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; with two lines he measured to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants and brought gifts.
  • 2 Sam 20:1 : 1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew a trumpet and said, We have no part in David, nor any inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
  • 1 Kgs 4:21 : 21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt: they brought presents and served Solomon all the days of his life.
  • 2 Chr 13:7 : 7 And there gathered to him worthless men, sons of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not resist them.
  • Ps 38:13 : 13 But I, like a deaf man, do not hear, and I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.
  • Ps 72:10 : 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
  • Isa 36:21 : 21 But they held their peace and answered him not a word, for the king's order was, Do not answer him.
  • Matt 2:11 : 11 And when they had come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
  • Matt 27:12-14 : 12 And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. 13 Then Pilate said unto him, Don't you hear how many things they testify against you? 14 And he answered him to never a word, so much that the governor marveled greatly.
  • Acts 7:35 : 35 This Moses, whom they refused, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? the same God sent to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
  • Acts 7:51-52 : 51 You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. 52 Which of the prophets have your fathers not persecuted? And they have killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you have now become the betrayers and murderers,

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