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1 Samuel 8:7

WEB

7The LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me as the king over them.

KJV

7And 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.

BSB

7And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.

FBV

7“Do what the people tell you,” the Lord said to Samuel, “because it's not you they're rejecting, but me as their king.

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Extra References

Luke 10:16

16[+] Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

1 Samuel 10:19

19But you have today rejected your God, who himself saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said to him, ‘No! Set a king over us!’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and by your thousands.”

Exodus 16:8

8Moses said, “Now the LORD will give you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to satisfy you, because the LORD hears your murmurings which you murmur against him. And who are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.”

Luke 19:27

27But bring those enemies of mine who didn’t want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.’”

Luke 19:14

14But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to reign over us.’

Hosea 13:10-11

10Where is your king now, that he may save you in all your cities? And your judges, of whom you said, ‘Give me a king and princes’? 11I have given you a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.

Matthew 10:40

40“He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

Psalms 81:11-12

11But my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me. 12So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

Matthew 10:24-25

24“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord. 25It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul,[+] how much more those of his household!

1 Samuel 12:17-19

17Isn’t it wheat harvest today? I will call to the LORD, that he may send thunder and rain; and you will know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the LORD’s sight, in asking for a king.”

18So Samuel called to the LORD, and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day. Then all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.

19All the people said to Samuel, “Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, that we not die; for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for a king.”