1 Samuel 2:12

God's Word

Eli’s sons, ⌞Hophni and Phinehas,⌟ were good-for-nothing priests; they had no faith in the Lord.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:10

Have two good-for-nothing men sit opposite him and accuse him of cursing God and the king. Then stone him to death outside the city.”

1 Kings 21:13

The two good-for-nothing men came in and sat opposite him. In front of the people, these men accused Naboth of cursing God and the king. So the people stoned him to death outside the city.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests didn’t ask, “Where is the Lord?” Those who deal with my teachings didn’t know me. The rulers rebelled against me. The prophets prophesied in the name of Baal and followed statues that couldn’t help them.

Jeremiah 22:16

He defended the cause of the poor and needy. Everything went well for him. Isn’t this what it means to know me?” asks the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:3

They use their tongues like bows that shoot arrows. Lies and dishonesty rule the land. They go from one evil thing to another, and they don’t know me,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:6

Oppression follows oppression. Deceit follows deceit. They refuse to acknowledge me,” declares the Lord.

Ezekiel 22:26

Your priests violate my teachings and dishonor my holy things. They don’t distinguish between what is holy and what is unholy. They don’t teach the difference between what is clean and what is unclean. They ignore the days to worship me. So I am dishonored among the people.

John 16:3

They will do these things to you because they haven’t known the Father or me.

John 17:3

This is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.

John 8:55

Yet, you haven’t known him. However, I know him. If I would say that I didn’t know him, I would be a liar like all of you. But I do know him, and I do what he says.

Romans 1:21

They knew God but did not praise and thank him for being God. Instead, their thoughts were pointless, and their misguided minds were plunged into darkness.

2 Corinthians 6:15

Can Christ agree with the devil? Can a believer share life with an unbeliever?

Deuteronomy 13:13

have been led away from the Lord your God by worthless people. You may hear that these people have been saying, “Let’s worship other gods.” (Those gods may be gods you’ve never heard of.)

Deuteronomy 13:14

Then make a thorough investigation. If it is true, and you can prove that this disgusting thing has been done among you,

Judges 19:22

While they were enjoying themselves, some worthless men from the city surrounded the house and pounded on the door. They told the old man, the owner of the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house so that we can have sex with him.”

Judges 2:10

That whole generation had joined their ancestors in death. So another generation grew up after them. They had no personal experience with the Lord or with what he had done for Israel.

1 Samuel 10:27

However, some good-for-nothing people asked, “How can this man save us?” They despised him and wouldn’t bring him presents, but he didn’t respond.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now, consider what you should do because our master and his whole household are doomed. And he’s such a worthless man that it’s useless to talk to him.”

1 Samuel 3:13

I told him that I would hand down a permanent judgment against his household because he knew about his sons’ sin—that they were cursing God  —but he didn’t try to stop them.

1 Samuel 3:7

Samuel had no experience with the Lord, because the Lord’s word had not yet been revealed to him.