1 Samuel 2:30

New American Bible - revised edition

This, therefore, is the oracle of the Lord, the God of Israel: I said in the past that your family and your father’s house should minister in my presence forever. But now—oracle of the Lord: Far be it from me! I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me shall be cursed.

Cross References

1 Kings 11:11

So the Lord said to Solomon: Since this is what you want, and you have not kept my covenant and the statutes which I enjoined on you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

1 Kings 2:27

So Solomon dismissed Abiathar from the office of priest of the Lord, thus fulfilling the word the Lord had spoken in Shiloh against the house of Eli.

1 Chronicles 17:18

What more can David say to you? You have known your servant.

2 Chronicles 15:2

He went forth to meet Asa and said to him: “Hear me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you when you are with him, and if you seek him he will be found; but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

2 Chronicles 26:18

They stood up to King Uzziah, saying to him: “It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who have been consecrated for this purpose. Leave the sanctuary, for you have acted treacherously and no longer have a part in the glory that comes from the Lord God.”

Psalm 18:20

He set me free in the open; he rescued me because he loves me.

Psalm 18:26

Toward the faithful you are faithful; to the honest man you are honest;

Psalm 50:23

Those who offer praise as a sacrifice honor me; I will let him whose way is steadfast look upon the salvation of God.”

Psalm 73:20

They are like a dream after waking, Lord, dismissed like shadows when you arise.

Psalm 91:14

Because he clings to me I will deliver him; because he knows my name I will set him on high.

Psalm 91:15

He will call upon me and I will answer; I will be with him in distress; I will deliver him and give him honor.

Exodus 28:43

Aaron and his sons shall wear them whenever they go into the tent of meeting or approach the altar to minister in the sanctuary, lest they incur guilt and die. This shall be a perpetual ordinance for him and for his descendants.

Exodus 29:9

gird them with the sashes, and tie the skullcaps on them. Thus shall the priesthood be theirs by a perpetual statute, and thus shall you install Aaron and his sons. Installation Sacrifices.

Proverbs 12:8

For their good sense people are praised, but the perverse of heart are despised.

Proverbs 4:8

Extol her, and she will exalt you; she will bring you honors if you embrace her;

Proverbs 8:17

Those who love me I also love, and those who seek me find me.

Isaiah 29:13

The Lord said: Since this people draws near with words only and honors me with their lips alone, though their hearts are far from me, And fear of me has become mere precept of human teaching,

Jeremiah 29:32

therefore thus says the Lord, I will punish Shemaiah, the Nehelamite, and his descendants. None of them shall dwell among this people to see the good I will do for this people—oracle of the Lord—because he preached rebellion against the Lord.

Jeremiah 49:15

I will make you the least among the nations, despised by all people!

Ezekiel 34:10

Thus says the Lord God: Look! I am coming against these shepherds. I will take my sheep out of their hand and put a stop to their shepherding my flock, so that these shepherds will no longer pasture them. I will deliver my flock from their mouths so it will not become their food.

Daniel 4:34

Now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, all of whose works are right and ways just; and who is able to humble those who walk in pride.

Malachi 1:6

A son honors his father, and a servant fears his master; If, then, I am a father, where is the honor due to me? And if I am a master, where is the fear due to me? So says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who disdain my name. But you ask, “How have we disdained your name?”

Malachi 2:3

I will rebuke your offspring; I will spread dung on your faces, Dung from your feasts, and will carry you to it.

Numbers 11:20

but for a whole month—until it comes out of your very nostrils and becomes loathsome to you. For you have rejected the Lord who is in your midst, and in his presence you have cried, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’”

Numbers 35:34

Do not defile the land in which you live and in the midst of which I dwell; for I the Lord dwell in the midst of the Israelites.

John 12:26

Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there also will my servant be. The Father will honor whoever serves me.

John 5:23

so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

John 5:44

How can you believe, when you accept praise from one another and do not seek the praise that comes from the only God?

John 8:49

Jesus answered, “I am not possessed; I honor my Father, but you dishonor me.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore, do not make any judgment before the appointed time, until the Lord comes, for he will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will manifest the motives of our hearts, and then everyone will receive praise from God. Paul’s Life as Pattern.

1 Peter 1:7

so that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold that is perishable even though tested by fire, may prove to be for praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Judges 9:10

Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come; you reign over us!’