1 Samuel 3:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.

For i have told him

1 Samuel 2:27

I will

Which he knoweth

1 Kings 2:44

Ecclesiastes 7:22

1 John 3:20

His sons

1 Samuel 2:12

Vile

Bible References

For i have told him

Then a man of God came to Eli and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Did I not indeed reveal Myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh’s house?

I will

O our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this great multitude who are coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are on You.”

Now the end is upon you, and I will send My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and bring all your abominations upon you.

“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each according to his conduct,” declares the Lord God. “Repent and turn away from all your transgressions, so that iniquity may not become a stumbling block to you.

Let the nations be aroused
And come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat,
For there I will sit to judge
All the surrounding nations.

Which he knoweth

The king also said to Shimei, “You know all the evil which you acknowledge in your heart, which you did to my father David; therefore the Lord shall return your evil on your own head.

For you also have realized that you likewise have many times cursed others.

in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things.

His sons

Now the sons of Eli were

worthless men; they did not know the Lord

Vile

He said to them, “Why do you do such things, the evil things that I hear from all these people?

His father had never crossed him at any time by asking, “Why have you done so?” And he was also a very handsome man, and

he was born after Absalom.

Discipline your son while there is hope,

And do not desire his death.

Do not hold back discipline from the child,

Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

The rod and reproof give wisdom,
But a child who gets his own way brings shame to his mother.

“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.