1 Samuel 8:20

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Then we will be the same as all the other nations. Our king will lead us. He will go before us and fight our battles.”

Cross References

1 Samuel 8:5

The elders said to Samuel, “You’re old, and your sons don’t live right. They are not like you. Now, give us a king to rule us like all the other nations.”

1 Peter 2:9

But you are his chosen people, the King’s priests. You are a holy nation, people who belong to God. He chose you to tell about the wonderful things he has done. He brought you out of the darkness of sin into his wonderful light.

Philippians 3:20

But the government that rules us is in heaven. We are waiting for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come from there.

2 Corinthians 6:17

“So come away from those people and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don’t touch anything that is not clean, and I will accept you.” Isaiah 52:11

Romans 12:12

Be happy because of the hope you have. Be patient when you have troubles. Pray all the time.

John 15:19

If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as it loves its own people. But I have chosen you to be different from those in the world. So you don’t belong to the world, and that is why the world hates you.

Psalm 106:35

They mixed with the other people and did what those people were doing.

Deuteronomy 7:6

Do this because you are the Lord’s own people. From all the people on earth, the Lord your God chose you to be his special people—people who belong only to him.

Numbers 23:9

I see these people from the mountain. I see them from the high hills. They live alone. They are not part of another nation.

Exodus 33:16

Also, how will we know if you are pleased with me and these people? If you go with us, we will know for sure. If you don’t go with us, these people and I will be no different from any other people on the earth.”

1 Samuel 12:2

Now you have a king to lead you. I am old and gray, but my sons are here with you. I have been your leader since I was young.

1 Samuel 12:12

But then you saw King Nahash of the Ammonites coming to fight against you. You said, ‘No, we want a king to rule over us!’ You said that, even though the Lord your God was already your king.