1 Samuel 3:13
You should tell him that I am about to judge his house forever because of the sin that he knew about. For his sons were cursing God, and he did not rebuke them.
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- 1 Sam 2:12 : 12 But the sons of Eli were wicked men. They did not acknowledge the LORD’s authority.
- 1 Sam 2:17 : 17 The sin of these young men was very great in the LORD’s sight, for they treated the LORD’s offering with contempt.
- 1 Sam 2:22-36 : 22 Eli was very old. And he would hear about everything that his sons used to do to all the people of Israel and how they used to go to bed with the women who were stationed at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 23 So he said to them,“Why do you do these things, these evil things which I hear about from all these people? 24 No, my sons! For the report that I hear circulating among the LORD’s people is not good. 25 If a man sins against a man, one may appeal to God on his behalf. But if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him then?” But Eli’s sons would not listen to their father. Indeed the LORD had decided to kill them. 26 However, the boy Samuel was growing up and finding favor both with the LORD and with people. 27 The Lord Judges the House of Eli Then a man of God came to Eli and said to him,“This is what the LORD has said:‘I plainly revealed myself to your ancestor’s house when they were slaves to the house of Pharaoh in Egypt. 28 I chose your ancestor from all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer sacrifice on my altar, to burn incense, and to bear the ephod before me. I gave to your ancestor’s house all the fire offerings made by the Israelites. 29 Why are you scorning my sacrifice and my offering that I commanded for my dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than you have me by having made yourselves fat from the best parts of all the offerings of my people Israel.’ 30 Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, says,‘I really did say that your house and your ancestor’s house would serve me forever.’ But now the LORD says,‘May it never be! For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed! 31 In fact, days are coming when I will remove your strength and the strength of your father’s house. There will not be an old man in your house! 32 You will see trouble in my dwelling place! Israel will experience blessings, but there will not be an old man in your house for all time. 33 Any man of yours that I do not cut off from my altar, I will cause his eyes to fail and will cause him grief. All of those born to your family will die by the sword of man. 34 This will be a confirming sign for you that will be fulfilled through your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: in a single day they both will die! 35 Then I will raise up for myself a faithful priest. He will do what is in my heart and soul. I will build for him a lasting dynasty and he will serve my chosen one for all time. 36 Everyone who remains in your house will come to bow before him for a little money and for a scrap of bread. Each will say,‘Assign me to a priestly task so I can eat a scrap of bread.’”
- 1 Kgs 1:6 : 6 (Now his father had never corrected him by saying,“Why do you do such things?” He was also very handsome and had been born right after Absalom.)
- Prov 19:18 : 18 Discipline your child, for there is hope, but do not set your heart on causing his death.
- Prov 23:13-14 : 13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die. 14 If you strike him with the rod, you will deliver him from death.
- Prov 29:15 : 15 A rod and reproof impart wisdom, but a child who is unrestrained brings shame to his mother.
- Matt 10:37 : 37 “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
- 1 John 3:20 : 20 that if our conscience condemns us, that God is greater than our conscience and knows all things.
- Eccl 7:22 : 22 For you know in your own heart that you also have cursed others many times.
- Ezek 7:3 : 3 The end is now upon you, and I will release my anger against you; I will judge you according to your behavior, I will hold you accountable for all your abominable practices.
- Ezek 18:30 : 30 “Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, O house of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity.
- Joel 3:12 : 12 Let the nations be roused and let them go up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit in judgment on all the surrounding nations.
- 1 Kgs 2:44 : 44 Then the king said to Shimei,“You are well aware of the way you mistreated my father David. The LORD will punish you for what you did.
- 2 Chr 20:12 : 12 Our God, will you not judge them? For we are powerless against this huge army that attacks us! We don’t know what we should do; we look to you for help.”
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- 1 Sam 3:14-152 verses87%
14 Therefore I swore an oath to the house of Eli,‘The sin of the house of Eli can never be forgiven by sacrifice or by grain offering.’”
15 So Samuel lay down until morning. Then he opened the doors of the LORD’s house. But Samuel was afraid to tell Eli about the vision.
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12 On that day I will carry out against Eli everything that I spoke about his house– from start to finish!
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19 I have chosen him so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just. Then the LORD will give to Abraham what he promised him.”
- 1 Sam 2:30-334 verses73%
30 Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, says,‘I really did say that your house and your ancestor’s house would serve me forever.’ But now the LORD says,‘May it never be! For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed!
31 In fact, days are coming when I will remove your strength and the strength of your father’s house. There will not be an old man in your house!
32 You will see trouble in my dwelling place! Israel will experience blessings, but there will not be an old man in your house for all time.
33 Any man of yours that I do not cut off from my altar, I will cause his eyes to fail and will cause him grief. All of those born to your family will die by the sword of man.
- 1 Sam 2:23-253 verses73%
23 So he said to them,“Why do you do these things, these evil things which I hear about from all these people?
24 No, my sons! For the report that I hear circulating among the LORD’s people is not good.
25 If a man sins against a man, one may appeal to God on his behalf. But if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him then?” But Eli’s sons would not listen to their father. Indeed the LORD had decided to kill them.
- 2 Sam 7:13-153 verses71%
13 He will build a house for my name, and I will make his dynasty permanent.
14 I will become his father and he will become my son. When he sins, I will correct him with the rod of men and with wounds inflicted by human beings.
15 But my loyal love will not be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
- Amos 3:1-22 verses71%
1 Every Effect has its Cause Listen, you Israelites, to this message which the LORD is proclaiming against you! This message is for the entire clan I brought up from the land of Egypt:
2 “I have chosen you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins.”
- 1 Chr 17:12-132 verses71%
12 He will build me a house, and I will make his dynasty permanent.
13 I will become his father and he will become my son. I will never withhold my loyal love from him, as I withheld it from the one who ruled before you.
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5 You will not always be angry with me, will you? You will not be mad at me forever, will you?’ That is what you say, but you continually do all the evil that you can.”
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14 “But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father’s example.
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12 However, for your father David’s sake I will not do this while you are alive. I will tear it away from your son’s hand instead.
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4 This is what the LORD says:“Because Judah has committed three covenant transgressions– make that four!– I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They rejected the LORD’s law; they did not obey his commands. Their false gods, to which their fathers were loyal, led them astray.
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11 This is what the LORD says:“Because Edom has committed three crimes– make that four!– I will not revoke my decree of judgment. He chased his brother with a sword; he wiped out his allies. In his anger he tore them apart without stopping to rest; in his fury he relentlessly attacked them.
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35 Then I will raise up for myself a faithful priest. He will do what is in my heart and soul. I will build for him a lasting dynasty and he will serve my chosen one for all time.
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18 As for his father, because he practices extortion, robs his brother, and does what is not good among his people, he will die for his iniquity.
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15 If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your people.
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17 I was angry because of their sinful greed; I attacked them and angrily rejected them, yet they remained disobedient and stubborn.
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39 I will humiliate David’s descendants because of this, but not forever.”
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19 You may say,‘God stores up a man’s punishment for his children!’ Instead let him repay the man himself so that he may be humbled!
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30 If his sons reject my law and disobey my regulations,
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16 In this way I will pass sentence on the people of Jerusalem and Judah because of all their wickedness. For they rejected me and offered sacrifices to other gods, worshiping what they made with their own hands.”
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31 I will punish him and his descendants and the officials who serve him for the wicked things they have done. I will bring on them, the citizens of Jerusalem, and the people of Judah all the disaster that I threatened to do to them. I will punish them because I threatened them but they still paid no heed.”’”
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13 Then Samuel said to Saul,“You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed the commandment that the LORD your God gave you. Had you done that, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever!
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32 because the message that he announced as the LORD’s message against the altar in Bethel and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north will certainly be fulfilled.”
- Amos 3:14-152 verses69%
14 “Certainly when I punish Israel for their covenant transgressions, I will destroy Bethel’s altars. The horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.
15 I will destroy both the winter and summer houses. The houses filled with ivory will be ruined, the great houses will be swept away.” The LORD is speaking!
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17 Eli said,“What message did he speak to you? Don’t conceal it from me. God will judge you severely if you conceal from me anything that he said to you!”
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12 But the sons of Eli were wicked men. They did not acknowledge the LORD’s authority.
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11 I will punish the world for its evil, and wicked people for their sin. I will put an end to the pride of the insolent, I will bring down the arrogance of tyrants.
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7 I thought,‘Certainly you will respect me! Now you will accept correction!’ If she had done so, her home would not be destroyed by all the punishments I have threatened. But they eagerly sinned in everything they did.
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9 He said to his father and mother,“I have not seen him,” and he did not acknowledge his own brothers or know his own children, for they kept your word, and guarded your covenant.
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34 This sin caused Jeroboam’s dynasty to come to an end and to be destroyed from the face of the earth.
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10 But as for me, my eye will not pity them nor will I spare them; I hereby repay them for what they have done.”
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14 So I will destroy this temple which I have claimed as my own, this temple that you are trusting to protect you. I will destroy this place that I gave to you and your ancestors, just like I destroyed Shiloh.
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9 The Lord Charges Contemporary Israel with Spiritual Adultery“So, once more I will state my case against you,” says the LORD.“I will also state it against your children and grandchildren.
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14 The LORD of Heaven’s Armies told me this:“Certainly this sin will not be forgiven as long as you live,” says the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
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27 “Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and tell them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: In this way too your fathers blasphemed me when they were unfaithful to me.
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3 Therefore the LORD says this:“Look, I am devising disaster for this nation! It will be like a yoke from which you cannot free your neck. You will no longer walk proudly, for it will be a time of catastrophe.
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18 Since you did not obey the LORD and did not carry out his fierce anger against the Amalekites, the LORD has done this thing to you today.
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16 But the king said,“You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!”