1 Samuel 8:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses, and you have said to him, 'Set a king over us.' Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and by your thousands."

Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call upon the LORD, that he may send thunder and rain. And you shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking for yourselves a king."

And Moses said, "When the LORD gives you in the evening meat to eat and in the morning bread to the full, because the LORD has heard your grumbling that you grumble against him--what are we? Your grumbling is not against us but against the LORD."

"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.

"The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me."

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to reign over us.'

Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

General references

And the LORD said to Samuel, "Obey their voice and make them a king." Samuel then said to the men of Israel, "Go every man to his city."

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

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to reign over us.'