1 Samuel 8:7
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7 And the Lord said to Samuel, “Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for (A)they have not rejected you, but (B)they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them.
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1 Samuel 10:19
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19 (A)But you have today rejected your God, who Himself saved you from all your adversities and your tribulations; and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us!’ Now therefore, present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your [a]clans.”
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- 1 Samuel 10:19 Lit. thousands
Luke 19:27
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27 But bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay them before me.’ ”
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Exodus 16:8
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8 Also Moses said, “This shall be seen when the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to the full; for the Lord hears your complaints which you make against Him. And what are we? Your complaints are not against us but (A)against the Lord.”
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Luke 19:14
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14 (A)But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We will not have this man to reign over us.’
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Luke 10:16
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16 (A)He who hears you hears Me, (B)he who rejects you rejects Me, and (C)he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.”
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Matthew 10:40
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A Cup of Cold Water(A)
40 (B)“He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.
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Hosea 13:10-11
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10 [a]I will be your King;
(A)Where is any other,
That he may save you in all your cities?
And your judges to whom (B)you said,
‘Give me a king and princes’?
11 (C)I gave you a king in My anger,
And took him away in My wrath.
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- Hosea 13:10 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. Where is your king?
John 15:20-21
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20 Remember the word that I said to you, (A)‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. (B)If they kept My word, they will keep yours also. 21 But (C)all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me.
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John 13:16
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16 (A)Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him.
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Matthew 10:24-25
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24 (A)“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. 25 It is enough for a disciple that he be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If (B)they have called the master of the house [a]Beelzebub, how much more will they call those of his household!
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- Matthew 10:25 NU, M Beelzebul; a Philistine deity, 2 Kin. 1:2, 3
Isaiah 66:4
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4 So will I choose their delusions,
And bring their fears on them;
(A)Because, when I called, no one answered,
When I spoke they did not hear;
But they did evil before My eyes,
And chose that in which I do not delight.”
Psalm 81:11-12
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11 “But My people would not heed My voice,
And Israel would have (A)none of Me.
12 (B)So I gave them over to [a]their own stubborn heart,
To walk in their own counsels.
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- Psalm 81:12 the dictates of their heart
1 Samuel 12:17-19
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17 Is today not the (A)wheat harvest? (B)I will call to the Lord, and He will send thunder and (C)rain, that you may perceive and see that (D)your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking a king for yourselves.”
18 So Samuel called to the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day; and (E)all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.
19 And all the people said to Samuel, (F)“Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we may not die; for we have added to all our sins the evil of asking a king for ourselves.”
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Numbers 22:20
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20 (A)And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men come to call you, rise and go with them; but (B)only the word which I speak to you—that you shall do.”
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