1 Samuel 2:30

Modern English Version

“Therefore the Lord God of Israel says, ‘I surely said that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before Me forever,’ but now the Lord says, ‘Far be it from Me to do so, for those who honor Me, I will honor, and those that despise Me will be humbled.

Cross References

1 Kings 11:11

Therefore the Lord said to Solomon, “Since you have done this and have not kept My covenant and statutes, which I commanded you, I will surely take the kingdom from you and give it to your servant.

1 Kings 2:27

So Solomon expelled Abiathar from being priest to the Lord, thus fulfilling the word of the Lord that He had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

1 Chronicles 17:18

“What more can David say to You for the honor of Your servant? For You know Your servant.

2 Chronicles 15:2

and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The Lord is with you while you are with Him. If you all seek Him, He will be found with you. But if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

2 Chronicles 26:18

And they stood against King Uzziah and said to him, “It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful, and there will be no honor for you from the Lord God.”

Psalm 18:20

The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.

Psalm 18:26

with the pure You will show Yourself pure; and with the crooked You will show Yourself shrewd.

Psalm 50:23

Whoever offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies Me; to him who orders his conduct aright, I will show the salvation of God.”

Psalm 73:20

Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when awakened, You will despise their image.

Psalm 91:14

“Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name.

Psalm 91:15

He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him.

Exodus 28:43

They shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they come into the tent of meeting or when they come near to the altar to minister in the holy place, so that they may not bear iniquity and die. It shall be a perpetual statute to him and his descendants after him.

Exodus 29:9

You shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and put the headbands on them, and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute. Thus you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.

Proverbs 12:8

According to his wisdom will a man be praised, but the perverse of heart will be despised.

Proverbs 4:8

Exalt her, and she will promote you; she will bring you honor when you embrace her.

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently will find me.

Isaiah 29:13

Therefore, the Lord said: Because this people draw near with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but have removed their hearts far from Me, and their fear toward Me is tradition by the precept of men,

Jeremiah 29:32

therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his seed. He will not have a man to dwell among this people, nor will he see the good that I will do for My people, says the Lord, because he has taught rebellion against the Lord.

Jeremiah 49:15

For behold, I will make you small among the nations, and despised among men.

Ezekiel 34:10

Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against the shepherds. And I will require My flock from their hand and cause them to cease from feeding the flock. Nor shall the shepherds feed themselves anymore, for I will deliver My flock from their mouth so that they may not be meat for them.

Daniel 4:34

But at the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored Him who lives forever: For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and whose kingdom endures from generation to generation.

Malachi 1:6

A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is My fear? says the Lord of Hosts to you, O priests, who despise My name. But you say, “How have we despised Your name?”

Malachi 2:3

Behold, I rebuke your descendants, and spread refuse on your faces, the refuse of your solemn feasts, and you will be taken away with it.

Numbers 11:20

but a whole month, until it comes out at your nostrils, and it will be nauseating to you because you rejected the Lord who is among you and have wept before Him, saying, ‘Why did we come out of Egypt?’ ”

Numbers 35:34

So do not defile the land which you are dwelling in, where I am residing, because I the Lord am residing among the Israelites.

John 12:26

If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me. Where I am, there will My servant be also. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

John 5:23

that all men should honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

John 5:44

How can you believe, who receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

John 8:49

Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon. But I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will reveal the purposes of the hearts. Then everyone will have commendation from God.

1 Peter 1:7

in order that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tried by fire, may be found to result in praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

Judges 9:10

“So the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come and rule over us.’