13 (A)For I have told him that I will (B)judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows, because (C)his sons made themselves vile, and he (D)did not [a]restrain them.

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  1. 1 Samuel 3:13 Lit. rebuke

37 (A)He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

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18 (A)Chasten your son while there is hope,
And do not set your heart [a]on his destruction.

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  1. Proverbs 19:18 Lit. to put him to death; a Jewish tradition on his crying

The Wicked Sons of Eli

12 Now the sons of Eli were (A)corrupt;[a] (B)they did not know the Lord.

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  1. 1 Samuel 2:12 Lit. sons of Belial

17 Therefore the sin of the young men was very great (A)before the Lord, for men (B)abhorred[a] the offering of the Lord.

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  1. 1 Samuel 2:17 despised

13 (A)Do not withhold correction from a child,
For if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.
14 You shall beat him with a rod,
And deliver his soul from [a]hell.

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  1. Proverbs 23:14 Or Sheol

30 (A)“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways,” says the Lord God. (B)“Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin.

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Now the end has come upon you,
And I will send My anger against you;
I will judge you (A)according to your ways,
And I will repay you for all your abominations.

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(And his father had not [a]rebuked him at any time by saying, “Why have you done so?” He was also very good-looking. (A)His mother had borne him after Absalom.)

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  1. 1 Kings 1:6 Lit. pained

15 The rod and rebuke give (A)wisdom,
But a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

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20 (A)For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

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12 “Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
For there I will sit to (A)judge all the surrounding nations.

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22 For many times, also, your own heart has known
That even you have cursed others.

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