1 Samuel 8:20

Good News Translation

so that we will be like other nations, with our own king to rule us and to lead us out to war and to fight our battles.”

Cross References

Psalm 106:35

but they intermarried with them and adopted their pagan ways.

Exodus 33:16

How will anyone know that you are pleased with your people and with me if you do not go with us? Your presence with us will distinguish us from any other people on earth.”

Numbers 23:9

From the high rocks I can see them; I can watch them from the hills. They are a nation that lives alone; They know they are blessed more than other nations.

John 15:19

If you belonged to the world, then the world would love you as its own. But I chose you from this world, and you do not belong to it; that is why the world hates you.

Romans 12:12

Let your hope keep you joyful, be patient in your troubles, and pray at all times.

2 Corinthians 6:17

And so the Lord says, “You must leave them and separate yourselves from them. Have nothing to do with what is unclean, and I will accept you.

Deuteronomy 7:6

Do this because you belong to the Lord your God. From all the peoples on earth he chose you to be his own special people.

Philippians 3:20

We, however, are citizens of heaven, and we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come from heaven.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are the chosen race, the King's priests, the holy nation, God's own people, chosen to proclaim the wonderful acts of God, who called you out of darkness into his own marvelous light.

1 Samuel 12:12

But when you saw that King Nahash of Ammon was about to attack you, you rejected the Lord as your king and said to me, ‘We want a king to rule us.’

1 Samuel 12:2

and now you have him to lead you. As for me, I am old and gray, and my sons are with you. I have been your leader from my youth until now.

1 Samuel 8:5

and said to him, “Look, you are getting old and your sons don't follow your example. So then, appoint a king to rule over us, so that we will have a king, as other countries have.”