1 Samuel 3:13 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹³ And I tell him that I am about to punish his house for ever, for the iniquity which 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 displeased 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 Shime-i, “You know in your own heart all the evil that you did to David my father; so the Lord will bring back your evil upon your own head.

2 Chronicles 20:12

O our God, wilt thou 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 upon thee.”

Proverbs 19:18

Discipline your son while there is hope; do not set your heart on his destruction.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

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, every one according to his ways, says the Lord God. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, lest iniquity be your ruin.

Ezekiel 7:3

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

Joel 3:12

Let the nations bestir themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the nations round about.

Matthew 10:37

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;

Deuteronomy 17:12

The man who acts presumptuously, by not obeying the priest who stands to minister there before the Lord your God, or the judge, that man shall die; so you shall purge the evil from Israel.

Deuteronomy 21:18

“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they chastise him, will not give heed to them,

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 worthless men; 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 the men treated the offering of the Lord with contempt.