1 Samuel 2:17

Bible in Basic English 1965

And the sin of these young men was very great before the Lord; for they gave no honour to the Lord's offerings.

Cross References

Genesis 10:9

He was a very great bowman, so that there is a saying, Like Nimrod, a very great bowman.

Genesis 13:13

Now the men of Sodom were evil, and great sinners before the Lord.

Genesis 6:11

And the earth was evil in God's eyes and full of violent ways.

2 Kings 21:6

And he made his son go through the fire, and made use of secret arts and signs for reading the future; he gave positions to those who had control of spirits and to wonder-workers; he did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath.

Psalm 51:4

Against you, you only, have I done wrong, working that which is evil in your eyes; so that your words may be seen to be right, and you may be clear when you are judging.

Isaiah 3:8

For Jerusalem has become feeble, and destruction has come on Judah, because their words and their acts are against the Lord, moving the eyes of his glory to wrath.

Malachi 2:13

And this again you do: covering the altar of the Lord with weeping and with grief, so that he gives no more thought to the offering, and does not take it with pleasure from your hand.

Matthew 18:7

A curse is on the earth because of trouble! for it is necessary for trouble to come; but unhappy is that man through whom the trouble comes.

1 Samuel 2:16

And if the man said to him, First let the fat be burned, then take as much as you will; then the servant would say, No, you are to give it to me now, or I will take it by force.

1 Samuel 3:13

And you are to say to him that I will send punishment on his family for ever, for the sin which he had knowledge of; because his sons have been cursing God and he had no control over them.