1 Samuel 8:20

Modern English Version

So that we also will be like all the nations! And so that our king will govern us, and will go out before us, and will fight our battles.”

Cross References

Psalm 106:35

but they mingled with the nations and learned their works;

Exodus 33:16

For how will it be known that I have found favor in Your sight, I and Your people? Is it not by Your going with us, so that we will be distinguished, I and Your people, from all the people who are on the face of the earth?”

Numbers 23:9

For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him; there, the people will dwell alone and will not be counted among the nations.

John 15:19

If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, the world therefore hates you.

Romans 12:12

rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer,

2 Corinthians 6:17

Therefore, “Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you.”

Deuteronomy 7:6

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be His special people, treasured above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

Philippians 3:20

But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may declare the goodness of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

1 Samuel 12:12

“When you saw that Nahash, king of the Ammonites, came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king will reign over us,’ when the Lord your God was your king.

1 Samuel 12:2

And now, behold, the king walks before you, but I am old and gray-headed. As for my sons, they are with you. But I have walked before you from my childhood to this day.

1 Samuel 8:5

They said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now, install for us a king to govern us like all the nations.”