1 Samuel 2:12 - Tree of Life Version

¹² Now Eli’s sons were worthless men; they did not acknowledge Adonai.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² The sons of Eli were base and worthless; they did not know or regard the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² Now the sons of Eli were base men; they knew not Jehovah.

Common English Bible

¹² Now Eli’s sons were despicable men who didn’t know the LORD.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² But the sons of Eli were sons of Belial, not knowing the Lord,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² Now the sons of Heli were children of Belial, not knowing the Lord,

1 Samuel 2:12 Cross References

1 Kings 21:10

Then seat two sons of Belial before him, and let them testify against him saying, ‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”

1 Kings 21:13

Then the two worthless men came in and sat before him, and the worthless men testified against him, against Naboth, before the people saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death.

Jeremiah 2:8

The kohanim did not ask, ‘Where is Adonai?’ The Torah experts did not know Me. The shepherds rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and went after unprofitable things.

Jeremiah 22:16

He pled the case of the poor and weak, so it went well. Is not this knowledge of Me?” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Jeremiah 9:3

Beware, everyone, of your neighbor! Don’t even trust a brother. For every brother grabs like Jacob and every neighbor spreads slander.

Jeremiah 9:6

Therefore thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: “I am about to refine them and test them. For what else can I do for the daughter of My people?

Ezekiel 22:26

Her kohanim have done violence to My Torah and have profaned My holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the profane, nor have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean. They shut their eyes to My Shabbatot. So I am profaned among them.

John 16:3

They will do these things because they have never known the Father or Me.

John 17:3

And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Yeshua the Messiah, the One You sent.

John 8:55

Yet you do not know Him, but I know Him. If I say I do not know Him, I will be a liar like you. Yet I do know Him and keep His Word.

Romans 1:21

for even though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or give Him thanks. Instead, their thinking became futile, and their senseless hearts were made dark.

2 Corinthians 6:15

What harmony does Messiah have with Belial? Or what part does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?

Deuteronomy 13:13

“Suppose you hear it said in one of your cities, which Adonai your God is giving you to dwell in,

Deuteronomy 13:14

that worthless fellows have gone out from among you and enticed the inhabitants of their city, saying, ‘Let’s go and serve other gods’—that you have not known.

Judges 19:22

While they were making their hearts merry, behold, some worthless men of the town surrounded the house. Pounding the door, they shouted to the owner of the house, “Bring out the man that came into your house,” they said to the old man, “so we may have relations with him.”

Judges 2:10

But when all that generation were gathered to their fathers, there arose another generation after them that did not experience Adonai or the work that He had done for Israel.

1 Samuel 10:27

But certain worthless men said, “How can this one save us?” So they despised him and brought him no present. But he kept silent.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now therefore, know and consider what you will do, for evil is determined against our master and against all his household. But he is such a worthless fellow that no one can speak to him.”

1 Samuel 3:13

For I have told him that I am about to judge his house forever for the iniquity that he knew about, because his sons brought a curse on themselves yet he did not rebuke them.

1 Samuel 3:7

Now Samuel had not experienced Adonai yet, since the word of Adonai had not yet been revealed to him.