1 Samuel 2:30

Good News Translation

I, the Lord God of Israel, promised in the past that your family and your clan would serve me as priests for all time. But now I say that I won't have it any longer! Instead, I will honor those who honor me, and I will treat with contempt those who despise me.

Cross References

1 Kings 11:11

and said to him, “Because you have deliberately broken your covenant with me and disobeyed my commands, I promise that I will take the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your officials.

1 Kings 2:27

Then Solomon dismissed Abiathar from serving as a priest of the Lord, and so made come true what the Lord had said in Shiloh about the priest Eli and his descendants.

1 Chronicles 17:18

What more can I say to you! You know me well, and yet you honor me, your servant.

2 Chronicles 15:2

and he went to meet King Asa. He called out, “Listen to me, King Asa, and all you people of Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you as long as you are with him. If you look for him, he will let you find him, but if you turn away, he will abandon you.

2 Chronicles 26:18

to resist him. They said, “Uzziah! You have no right to burn incense to the Lord. Only the priests who are descended from Aaron have been consecrated to do this. Leave this holy place. You have offended the Lord God, and you no longer have his blessing.”

Psalm 18:20

The Lord rewards me because I do what is right; he blesses me because I am innocent.

Psalm 18:26

You are pure to those who are pure, but hostile to those who are wicked.

Psalm 50:23

Giving thanks is the sacrifice that honors me, and I will surely save all who obey me.”

Psalm 73:20

They are like a dream that goes away in the morning; when you rouse yourself, O Lord, they disappear.

Psalm 91:14

God says, “I will save those who love me and will protect those who acknowledge me as Lord.

Psalm 91:15

When they call to me, I will answer them; when they are in trouble, I will be with them. I will rescue them and honor them.

Exodus 28:43

Aaron and his sons must always wear them when they go into the Tent of my presence or approach the altar to serve as priests in the Holy Place, so that they will not be killed for exposing themselves. This is a permanent rule for Aaron and his descendants.

Exodus 29:9

put sashes around their waists and tie caps on their heads. That is how you are to ordain Aaron and his sons. They and their descendants are to serve me as priests forever.

Proverbs 12:8

If you are intelligent, you will be praised; if you are stupid, people will look down on you.

Proverbs 4:8

Love wisdom, and she will make you great. Embrace her, and she will bring you honor.

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me; whoever looks for me can find me.

Isaiah 29:13

The Lord said, “These people claim to worship me, but their words are meaningless, and their hearts are somewhere else. Their religion is nothing but human rules and traditions, which they have simply memorized.

Jeremiah 49:15

The Lord is going to make you weak, and no one will respect you.

Ezekiel 34:10

I, the Sovereign Lord, declare that I am your enemy. I will take my sheep away from you and never again let you be their shepherds; never again will I let you take care only of yourselves. I will rescue my sheep from you and not let you eat them.

Daniel 4:34

“When the seven years had passed,” said the king, “I looked up at the sky, and my sanity returned. I praised the Supreme God and gave honor and glory to the one who lives forever. “He will rule forever, and his kingdom will last for all time.

Malachi 1:6

The Lord Almighty says to the priests, “Children honor their parents, and servants honor their masters. I am your father—why don't you honor me? I am your master—why don't you respect me? You despise me, and yet you ask, ‘How have we despised you?’

Malachi 2:3

I will punish your children and rub your faces in the dung of the animals you sacrifice—and you will be taken out to the dung heap.

Numbers 11:20

but for a whole month, until it comes out of your ears, until you are sick of it. This will happen because you have rejected the Lord who is here among you and have complained to him that you should never have left Egypt.’”

Numbers 35:34

Do not defile the land where you are living, because I am the Lord and I live among the people of Israel.”

John 12:26

Whoever wants to serve me must follow me, so that my servant will be with me where I am. And my Father will honor anyone who serves me.

John 5:23

so that all will honor the Son in the same way as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

John 5:44

You like to receive praise from one another, but you do not try to win praise from the one who alone is God; how, then, can you believe me?

John 8:49

“I have no demon,” Jesus answered. “I honor my Father, but you dishonor me.

1 Corinthians 4:5

So you should not pass judgment on anyone before the right time comes. Final judgment must wait until the Lord comes; he will bring to light the dark secrets and expose the hidden purposes of people's minds. And then all will receive from God the praise they deserve.

1 Peter 1:7

Their purpose is to prove that your faith is genuine. Even gold, which can be destroyed, is tested by fire; and so your faith, which is much more precious than gold, must also be tested, so that it may endure. Then you will receive praise and glory and honor on the Day when Jesus Christ is revealed.

Judges 9:10

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