1 Samuel 2:30

God's Word

“Therefore, the Lord God of Israel declares: I certainly thought that your family and your father’s family would always live in my presence. “But now the Lord declares: I promise that I will honor those who honor me, and those who despise me will be considered insignificant.

Cross References

1 Kings 11:11

The Lord told Solomon, “Because this is your attitude and you have no respect for my promises  or my laws that I commanded you to keep, I will certainly tear the kingdom away from you. I will give it to one of your servants.

1 Kings 2:27

So Solomon removed Abiathar as the Lord’s priest and fulfilled the Lord’s word spoken at Shiloh about Eli’s family.

1 Chronicles 17:18

“What more can I do for you in light of the honor ⌞you have given⌟ to me and since you know me so well!

2 Chronicles 15:2

Azariah went to Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all you men from Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you will dedicate your lives to serving him, he will accept you. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

2 Chronicles 26:18

They opposed King Uzziah. They said to him, “Uzziah, you have no right to burn incense as an offering to the Lord. That right belongs to the priests, Aaron’s descendants, who have been given the holy task of burning incense. Get out of the holy place because you have been unfaithful. The Lord God will not honor you for this.”

Psalm 18:20

The Lord rewarded me because of my righteousness, because my hands are clean. He paid me back

Psalm 18:26

with pure people you are pure. ⌞In dealing⌟ with devious people you are clever.

Psalm 50:23

Whoever offers thanks as a sacrifice honors me. I will let everyone who continues in my way see the salvation that comes from God.”

Psalm 73:20

As ⌞someone⌟ gets rid of a dream when he wakes up, so you, O Lord, get rid of the thought of them when you wake up.

Psalm 91:14

Because you love me, I will rescue you. I will protect you because you know my name.

Psalm 91:15

When you call to me, I will answer you. I will be with you when you are in trouble. I will save you and honor you.

Exodus 28:43

Aaron and his sons must wear them when they go into the tent of meeting or when they come near the altar to serve as priests in the holy place. Then they will be blameless and won’t die. “This is a permanent law for him and his descendants.”

Exodus 29:9

and put turbans on them. Tie belts around the waists of Aaron and his sons. They alone are to be priests; this is a permanent law. In this way you will ordain Aaron and his sons.

Proverbs 12:8

A person will be praised based on his insight, but whoever has a twisted mind will be despised.

Proverbs 4:8

Cherish wisdom. It will raise you up. It will bring you honor when you embrace it.

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me. Those eagerly looking for me will find me.

Isaiah 29:13

The Lord says, “These people worship me with their mouths and honor me with their lips. But their hearts are far from me, and their worship of me is ⌞based on⌟ rules made by humans.

Jeremiah 29:32

The Lord says: I will punish Shemaiah from Nehelam. I will also punish his descendants. No one from his family will be left alive. He will not see the blessings that I’m going to send my people, declares the Lord, because he has encouraged rebellion against the Lord.’ ”

Jeremiah 49:15

“Edom, I will make you the smallest of nations and despised among humanity.

Ezekiel 34:10

This is what the Almighty Lord says: I am against the shepherds. I will demand that they hand over my sheep. I won’t let them take care of my sheep anymore, and they will no longer take care of only themselves. I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, and my sheep will no longer be their food.

Daniel 4:34

At the end of the seven time periods, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my mind came back to me. I thanked the Most High, and I praised and honored the one who lives forever, because his power lasts forever and his kingdom lasts from one generation to the next.

Malachi 1:6

“This is what the Lord of Armies says: A son honors his father, and a servant honors his master. So if I am a father, where is my honor? If I am a master, where is my respect? You priests despise my name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised your name?’

Malachi 2:3

“I’m going to punish your descendants. I’m going to spread excrement on your faces, the excrement from your festival sacrifices. You will be discarded with it.

Numbers 11:20

but for a whole month, until it comes out of their ears and they’re sick of it. This is because they rejected the Lord who is here among them and cried in front of him, asking, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’ ”

Numbers 35:34

Never make the land where you and I live unclean. I, the Lord, live among the Israelites.”

John 12:26

Those who serve me must follow me. My servants will be with me wherever I will be. If people serve me, the Father will honor them.

John 5:23

so that everyone will honor the Son as they honor the Father. Whoever doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him.

John 5:44

How can you believe when you accept each other’s praise and don’t look for the praise that comes from the only God?

John 8:49

Jesus answered, “I’m not possessed. I honor my Father, but you dishonor me.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore, don’t judge anything before the appointed time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will also bring to light what is hidden in the dark and reveal people’s motives. Then each person will receive praise from God.

1 Peter 1:7

The purpose of these troubles is to test your faith as fire tests how genuine gold is. Your faith is more precious than gold, and by passing the test, it gives praise, glory, and honor to God. This will happen when Jesus Christ appears again.

Judges 9:10

Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come and be our king!’