1 Samuel 8:18

Good News Translation

When that time comes, you will complain bitterly because of your king, whom you yourselves chose, but the Lord will not listen to your complaints.”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 10:11

Tell them, ‘My father placed heavy burdens on you; I will make them even heavier. He beat you with whips; I'll flog you with bullwhips!’”

Job 27:8

What hope is there for the godless in the hour when God demands their life?

Job 27:9

When trouble comes, will God hear their cries?

Psalm 18:41

They cry for help, but no one saves them; they call to the Lord, but he does not answer.

Proverbs 21:13

If you refuse to listen to the cry of the poor, your own cry for help will not be heard.

Isaiah 1:15

“When you lift your hands in prayer, I will not look at you. No matter how much you pray, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with blood.

Isaiah 59:1

Don't think that the Lord is too weak to save you or too deaf to hear your call for help!

Isaiah 8:21

The people will wander through the land, discouraged and hungry. In their hunger and their anger they will curse their king and their God. They may look up to the sky

Ezekiel 8:18

They will feel all the force of my anger. I will not spare them or show them any mercy. They will shout prayers to me as loud as they can, but I will not listen to them.”

Micah 3:4

The time is coming when you will cry out to the Lord, but he will not answer you. He will not listen to your prayers, for you have done evil.

Luke 13:25

The master of the house will get up and close the door; then when you stand outside and begin to knock on the door and say, ‘Open the door for us, sir!’ he will answer you, ‘I don't know where you come from!’

1 Samuel 8:17

He will take a tenth of your flocks. And you yourselves will become his slaves.