1 Samuel 8:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.”
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“Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;”
King James Version · Public Domain“But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay: but we will have a king over us,”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the people refuse to hearken to the voice of Samuel, and say, `Nay, but a king is over us,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 8:19 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 12:12But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.
- 2 Kings 21:9But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
- Psalms 81:11But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
- Psalms 81:12So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
- Isaiah 66:4So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
- Jeremiah 7:13And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,
- Jeremiah 44:16“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
- Ezekiel 33:31So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
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