1 Samuel 8:20

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Then we’ll be like all the other nations: our king will judge us, go out before us,  and fight our battles.’

Cross References

1 Samuel 8:5

They said to him, ‘Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Therefore, appoint a king to judge us the same as all the other nations have.’

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race,   ,, a royal priesthood,   , a holy nation,   , a people for his possession,   , so that you may proclaim the praises   ,, of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.

Philippians 3:20

Our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly wait for a Saviour from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 6:17

Therefore, come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord; do not touch any unclean thing, and I will welcome you.   ,

Romans 12:12

Rejoice in hope;  be patient in affliction;  be persistent in prayer.

John 15:19

If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen   you out of it, the world hates you.

Deuteronomy 7:6

For you are a holy people  belonging to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be his own possession  out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

Numbers 23:9

I see them from the top of rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. There is a people living alone; it does not consider itself among the nations.

Exodus 33:16

How will it be known that I and your people have found favour with you unless you go with us? I and your people will be distinguished by this from all the other people on the face of the earth.’

1 Samuel 12:2

Now you can see that the king is leading you. As for me, I’m old and grey, and my sons are here with you. I have led you from my youth until now.

1 Samuel 12:12

But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was coming against you, you said to me, “No, we must have a king reign over us” #– #even though the Lord your God is your king.