1 Samuel 8:7

God's Word

The Lord told Samuel, “Listen to everything the people are saying to you. They haven’t rejected you; they’ve rejected me.

Cross References

Exodus 16:8

Moses also said, “The Lord will give you meat to eat in the evening and all the food you want in the morning. The Lord has heard you complaining about him. Who are we? You’re not complaining about us but about the Lord.”

Isaiah 66:4

So I will choose harsh treatment for them and bring on them what they fear. I called, but no one answered. I spoke, but they didn’t listen. They did what I consider evil. They chose what I don’t like.

Jeremiah 34:14

‘Every seven years each of you must free any Hebrews who sold themselves to you. When they have served you for six years, you must set them free.’ But your ancestors refused to obey me or listen to me.

Ezekiel 2:3

He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the people of Israel. They are people from a nation that has rebelled against me. They and their ancestors have rebelled against me to this day.

Ezekiel 3:7

But the people of Israel will refuse to listen to you because they refuse to listen to me. All the people of Israel are very stubborn and hardheaded.

Numbers 22:20

That night God came to Balaam and said, “If these men have come to summon you, go with them, but do only what I tell you.”

Matthew 10:40

“The person who welcomes you welcomes me, and the person who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.

Luke 10:16

“The person who hears you hears me, and the person who rejects you rejects me. The person who rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”

Luke 19:14

“The citizens of his own country hated him. They sent representatives to follow him and say ⌞to the person who was going to appoint him⌟, ‘We don’t want this man to be our king.’

Luke 19:27

Bring my enemies, who didn’t want me to be their king. Kill them in front of me.’ ”

John 13:16

I can guarantee this truth: Slaves are not superior to their owners, and messengers are not superior to the people who send them.

Judges 8:23

Gideon replied, “I will not rule you nor will my son. The Lord will rule you.”

1 Samuel 10:19

But now you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and distresses. You said, ‘No! Place a king over us.’ Now then, stand in front of the Lord by your tribes and family groups.”

1 Samuel 12:1

Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to everything you have said to me and appointed a king over you.

1 Samuel 12:12

But when you saw King Nahash of Ammon coming to attack you, you told me, ‘No, a king should rule over us,’ though the Lord your God was your king.

1 Samuel 8:22

The Lord told him, “Listen to them, and give them a king.” Then Samuel told the people of Israel, “Go ⌞back⌟ to your own cities.”

1 Samuel 8:8

They’re doing just what they’ve done since I took them out of Egypt—leaving me and serving other gods.