1 Samuel 2:30

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

I said

Exodus 28:43

Exodus 29:9

Numbers 25:11

Them

I will honour

General references

Proverbs 4:8

Jeremiah 49:15

Bible References

I said

and they have been on Aaron and on his sons, in their going in unto the tent of meeting, or in their drawing nigh unto the altar to minister in the sanctuary, and they do not bear iniquity nor have they died; a statute age-during to him, and to his seed after him.

and hast girded them with a girdle (Aaron and his sons), and hast bound on them bonnets; and the priesthood hath been theirs by a statute age-during, and thou hast consecrated the hand of Aaron, and the hand of his sons,

'Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, hath turned back My fury from the sons of Israel, by his being zealous with My zeal in their midst, and I have not consumed the sons of Israel in My zeal.

Them

And the trees say to the fig, Come thou, reign over us.

He who is sacrificing praise honoureth Me, As to him who maketh a way, I cause him to look on the salvation of God!

Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase;

And the Lord saith: Because drawn near hath this people, with its mouth, And with its lips they have honoured Me, And its heart it hath put far off from Me, And their fear of Me is -- A precept of men is taught!

And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, mine eyes to the heavens have lifted up, and mine understanding unto me returneth, and the Most High I have blessed, and the Age-during Living One I have praised and honoured, whose dominion is a dominion age-during, and His kingdom with generation and generation;

A son honoureth a father, and a servant his master. And if I am a father, where is Mine honour? And if I am a master, where is My fear? Said Jehovah of Hosts to you, O priests, despising My name! And ye have said: 'In what have we despised Thy name?'

that all may honour the Son according as they honour the Father; he who is not honouring the Son, doth not honour the Father who sent him.

Jesus answered, 'I have not a demon, but I honour my Father, and ye dishonour me;

When, therefore, he went forth, Jesus saith, 'Now was the Son of Man glorified, and God was glorified in him;

I did glorify Thee on the earth, the work I did finish that Thou hast given me, that I may do it.

I will honour

Jehovah doth recompense me According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me.

Because in Me he hath delighted, I also deliver him -- I set him on high, Because he hath known My name.

how are ye able -- ye -- to believe, glory from one another receiving, and the glory that is from God alone ye seek not?

if any one may minister to me, let him follow me, and where I am, there also my ministrant shall be; and if any one may minister to me -- honour him will the Father.

so, then, nothing before the time judge ye, till the Lord may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise shall come to each from God.

that the proof of your faith -- much more precious than of gold that is perishing, and through fire being approved -- may be found to praise, and honour, and glory, in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

General references

Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her.

For, lo, little I have made thee among nations, Despised among men.