Verse 7

And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 10:19 : 19 And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, [Nay], but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.
  • Exod 16:8 : 8 And Moses said, [This shall be], when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what [are] we? your murmurings [are] not against us, but against the LORD.
  • Num 22:20 : 20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, [and] go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
  • 1 Sam 12:17-19 : 17 [Is it] not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness [is] great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king. 18 So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. 19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins [this] evil, to ask us a king.
  • Ps 81:11-12 : 11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. 12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: [and] they walked in their own counsels.
  • Isa 66:4 : 4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose [that] in which I delighted not.
  • Hos 13:10-11 : 10 I will be thy king: where [is any other] that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes? 11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took [him] away in my wrath.
  • Matt 10:24-25 : 24 ‹The disciple is not above› [his] ‹master, nor the servant above his lord.› 25 ‹It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more› [shall they call] ‹them of his household?›
  • Matt 10:40 : 40 ‹He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.›
  • Luke 10:16 : 16 ‹He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.›
  • Luke 19:14 : 14 ‹But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this› [man] ‹to reign over us.›
  • Luke 19:27 : 27 ‹But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay› [them] ‹before me.›
  • John 13:16 : 16 ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.›
  • John 15:20-21 : 20 ‹Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.› 21 ‹But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.›