1 Samuel 8:7

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Summary

And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

They have not

General references

1 Samuel 8:22

Hosea 13:11

Luke 19:14

Bible References

They have not

but ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your troubles, and have said unto him, Nay, but a king shalt thou set over us. Now therefore present yourselves before Jehovah by your tribes, and by your thousands.

Is it not wheat-harvest to-day? I will call unto Jehovah, and he will send thunder and rain; and ye shall perceive and see that your wickedness is great which ye have done in the sight of Jehovah in asking for yourselves a king.

And Moses said, When Jehovah gives you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for Jehovah hears your murmurings which ye murmur against him ... and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against Jehovah.

The disciple is not above his teacher, nor the bondman above his lord.

He that hears you hears me; and he that rejects you rejects me; and he that rejects me rejects him that sent me.

But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, We will not that this man should reign over us.

Verily, verily, I say to you, The bondman is not greater than his lord, nor the sent greater than he who has sent him.

Remember the word which I said unto you, The bondman is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep also yours.

General references

And Jehovah said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel, Go ye every man to his city.

I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.

But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, We will not that this man should reign over us.