1 Samuel 3:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹³ For I have told him that I am about to punish his house forever for the iniquity that he knew, because his sons were blaspheming God, and he did not restrain them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ And I [now] announce to him that I will judge and punish his house forever for the iniquity of which he knew, for his sons were bringing a curse upon themselves [blaspheming God], and he did not restrain them.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons did bring a curse upon themselves, and he restrained them not.

Common English Bible

¹³ I told him that I would punish his family forever because of the wrongdoing he knew about—how his sons were cursing God, but he wouldn’t stop them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ For I have foretold to him that I will judge his house unto eternity, because of iniquity. For he had known that his sons acted shamefully, and he did not chastise them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ For I have foretold unto him, that I will judge his house for ever, for iniquity; because he knew that his sons did wickedly, and did not chastise them.

1 Samuel 3:13 Cross References

1 Kings 1:6

His father had never at any time reprimanded him by asking, “Why have you done thus and so?” He was also a very handsome man, and he was born next after Absalom.

1 Kings 2:44

The king also said to Shimei, “You know in your own heart all the evil that you did to my father David, so the Lord will bring back your evil on your own head.

2 Chronicles 20:12

O our God, will you not execute judgment upon them? For we are powerless against this great multitude that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”

Proverbs 19:18

Discipline your children while there is hope; do not set your heart on their destruction.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a mother is disgraced by a neglected child.

Ecclesiastes 7:22

your heart knows that many times you have yourself cursed others.

Ezekiel 18:30

Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, all of you according to your ways, says the Lord God. Repent and turn from all your transgressions; otherwise iniquity will be your ruin.

Ezekiel 7:3

Now the end is upon you; I will let loose my anger upon you; I will judge you according to your ways; I will punish you for all your abominations.

Joel 3:12

Let the nations rouse themselves and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the neighboring nations.

Matthew 10:37

“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me,

Deuteronomy 17:12

As for anyone who presumes to disobey the priest appointed to minister there to the Lord your God or the judge, that person shall die. So you shall purge the evil from Israel.

Deuteronomy 21:18

“If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father and mother, who does not heed them when they discipline him,

1 John 3:20

whenever our hearts condemn us, for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

1 Samuel 2:12

Now the sons of Eli were scoundrels; they had no regard for the Lord

1 Samuel 2:17

Thus the sin of the young men was very great in the sight of the Lord, for they treated the offerings of the Lord with contempt.