Verse 18

So Samuel told him everything. He did not hold back anything from him. Eli said,“The LORD will do what he pleases.”

Referenced Verses

• Job 2:10 : 10 But he replied,“You’re talking like one of the godless women would do! Should we receive what is good from God, and not also receive what is evil?” In all this Job did not sin by what he said.
• Isa 39:8 : 8 Hezekiah said to Isaiah,“The LORD’s message which you have announced is appropriate.” Then he thought,“For there will be peace and stability during my lifetime.”
• Job 1:21 : 21 He said,“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return there. The LORD gives, and the LORD takes away. May the name of the LORD be blessed!”
• Ps 39:9 : 9 I am silent and cannot open my mouth because of what you have done.
• Gen 18:25 : 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing– to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?”
• Judg 10:15 : 15 But the Israelites said to the LORD,“We have sinned. You do to us as you see fit, but deliver us today!”
• 2 Sam 16:10-12 : 10 But the king said,“What do we have in common, you sons of Zeruiah? If he curses because the LORD has said to him,‘Curse David!’, who can say to him,‘Why have you done this?’” 11 Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants,“My own son, my very own flesh and blood, is trying to take my life. So also now this Benjaminite! Leave him alone so that he can curse, for the LORD has spoken to him. 12 Perhaps the LORD will notice my affliction and this day grant me good in place of his curse.”
• Lam 3:39 : 39 Why should any living person complain when punished for his sins?
• 1 Pet 5:6 : 6 And God will exalt you in due time, if you humble yourselves under his mighty hand