1 Samuel 3:13
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13 For I have told him that I am about to punish his house forever for the iniquity that he knew, because his sons were blaspheming God,[a] and he did not restrain them.(A)
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- 3.13 Gk: Heb cursing for themselves
Matthew 10:37
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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,(A)
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Proverbs 19:18
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18 Discipline your children while there is hope;
do not set your heart on their destruction.(A)
1 Samuel 2:12
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12 Now the sons of Eli were scoundrels; they had no regard for the Lord(A)
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1 Samuel 2:17
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17 Thus the sin of the young men was very great in the sight of the Lord, for they treated the offerings of the Lord with contempt.(A)
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Proverbs 23:13-14
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13 Do not withhold discipline from your children;
if you beat them with a rod, they will not die.(A)
14 If you beat them with the rod,
you will save their lives from Sheol.
Ezekiel 18:30
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30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, all of you according to your ways, says the Lord God. Repent and turn from all your transgressions; otherwise iniquity will be your ruin.[a](A)
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- 18.30 Or so that they shall not be a stumbling block of iniquity to you
Ezekiel 7:3
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3 Now the end is upon you;
I will let loose my anger upon you;
I will judge you according to your ways;
I will punish you for all your abominations.
1 Kings 1:6
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6 His father had never at any time reprimanded him by asking, “Why have you done thus and so?” He was also a very handsome man, and he was born next after Absalom.(A)
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Proverbs 29:15
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15 The rod and reproof give wisdom,
but a mother is disgraced by a neglected child.(A)
1 John 3:20
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20 whenever our hearts condemn us, for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.
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Joel 3:12
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12 Let the nations rouse themselves
and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat,
for there I will sit to judge
all the neighboring nations.(A)
Ecclesiastes 7:22
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22 your heart knows that many times you have yourself cursed others.
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2 Chronicles 20:12
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12 O our God, will you not execute judgment upon them? For we are powerless against this great multitude that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”(A)
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1 Kings 2:44
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44 The king also said to Shimei, “You know in your own heart all the evil that you did to my father David, so the Lord will bring back your evil on your own head.(A)
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1 Samuel 2:22-36
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Prophecy against Eli’s Household
22 Now Eli was very old. He heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel and how they lay with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.(A) 23 He said to them, “Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all these people. 24 No, my sons; it is not a good report that I hear the people of the Lord spreading abroad.(B) 25 If one person sins against another, someone can intercede for the sinner with the Lord,[a] but if someone sins against the Lord, who can make intercession?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for it was the will of the Lord to kill them.(C)
26 Now the boy Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and with the people.(D)
27 A man of God came to Eli and said to him, “Thus the Lord has said: I revealed[b] myself to the family of your ancestor in Egypt when they were slaves[c] to the house of Pharaoh.(E) 28 I chose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to offer incense, to wear an ephod before me, and I gave to the family of your ancestor all my offerings by fire[d] from the Israelites.(F) 29 Why then look[e] with greedy eye at my sacrifices and my offerings[f] and honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choicest parts of every offering of my people Israel?(G) 30 Therefore the Lord the God of Israel declares: I promised that your family and the family of your ancestor should go in and out before me forever, but now the Lord declares: Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be treated with contempt.(H) 31 See, a time is coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your ancestor’s family.[g](I) 32 No one in your family shall ever live to old age.(J) 33 The only one of you whom I shall not cut off from my altar shall be spared to weep out his[h] eyes and grieve his[i] heart; all the members of your household shall die by the sword.[j] 34 The fate of your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, shall be the sign to you: both of them shall die on the same day.(K) 35 I will raise up for myself a faithful priest who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before my anointed one forever.(L) 36 Everyone who is left in your family shall come and prostrate himself before him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread and shall say, ‘Please put me in one of the priest’s places, that I may eat a morsel of bread.’ ”(M)
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- 2.25 Gk Q ms: MT another, God will intercede for him
- 2.27 Gk Tg Syr: Heb Did I reveal
- 2.27 Q ms Gk: MT lacks slaves
- 2.28 Or my gifts
- 2.29 Q ms Gk: MT then kick
- 2.29 Q ms Gk: MT adds that I commanded at this dwelling
- 2.31–32 Q ms Gk: MT adds so that no one in your family will live to old age.
Then in a distressed place you will look upon all the prosperity of Israel. No one - 2.33 Q ms Gk: MT your
- 2.33 Q ms Gk: MT your
- 2.33 Q ms Gk: MT die like mortals
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