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1 Samuel 2:12

Good News Translation

The sons of Eli were scoundrels. They paid no attention to the Lord

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Get a couple of scoundrels to accuse him to his face of cursing God and the king. Then take him out of the city and stone him to death.”

The two scoundrels publicly accused him of cursing God and the king, and so he was taken outside the city and stoned to death.

The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord?’ My own priests did not know me. The rulers rebelled against me; the prophets spoke in the name of Baal and worshiped useless idols.

He gave the poor a fair trial, and all went well with him. That is what it means to know the Lord.

They are always ready to tell lies; dishonesty instead of truth rules the land. The Lord says, “My people do one evil thing after another and do not acknowledge me as their God.”

The priests break my law and have no respect for what is holy. They make no distinction between what is holy and what is not. They do not teach the difference between clean and unclean things, and they ignore the Sabbath. As a result the people of Israel do not respect me.

People will do these things to you because they have not known either the Father or me.

And eternal life means to know you, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ, whom you sent.

You have never known him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey his word.

They know God, but they do not give him the honor that belongs to him, nor do they thank him. Instead, their thoughts have become complete nonsense, and their empty minds are filled with darkness.

How can Christ and the Devil agree? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?

that some worthless people of your nation have misled the people of their town to worship gods that you have never worshiped before.

If you hear such a rumor, investigate it thoroughly; and if it is true that this evil thing did happen,

They were enjoying themselves when all of a sudden some sexual perverts from the town surrounded the house and started beating on the door. They said to the old man, “Bring out that man that came home with you! We want to have sex with him!”

That whole generation also died, and the next generation forgot the Lord and what he had done for Israel.

But some worthless people said, “How can this fellow do us any good?” They despised Saul and did not bring him any gifts.

Please think this over and decide what to do. This could be disastrous for our master and all his family. He is so mean that he won't listen to anybody!”

I have already told him that I am going to punish his family forever because his sons have spoken evil things against me. Eli knew they were doing this, but he did not stop them.




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