1 Samuel 8:20

New Century Version

Then we will be the same as all the other nations. Our king will judge for us and go with us and fight our battles.”

Cross References

Psalm 106:35

Instead, they mixed with the other nations and learned their customs.

Exodus 33:16

If you don’t go with us, no one will know that you are pleased with me and with your people. These people and I will be no different from any other people on earth.”

Numbers 23:9

I see them from the top of the mountains; I see them from the hills. I see a people who live alone, who think they are different from other nations.

John 15:19

If you belonged to the world, it would love you as it loves its own. But I have chosen you out of the world, so you don’t belong to it. That is why the world hates you.

Romans 12:12

Be joyful because you have hope. Be patient when trouble comes, and pray at all times.

2 Corinthians 6:17

“Leave those people, and be separate, says the Lord. Touch nothing that is unclean, and I will accept you.”

Deuteronomy 7:6

You are holy people who belong to the Lord your God. He has chosen you from all the people on earth to be his very own.

Philippians 3:20

But our homeland is in heaven, and we are waiting for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come from heaven.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen people, royal priests, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession. You were chosen to tell about the wonderful acts of God, who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

1 Samuel 12:12

But when you saw Nahash king of the Ammonites coming against you, you said, ‘No! We want a king to rule over us!’—even though the Lord your God was your king.

1 Samuel 12:2

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

1 Samuel 8:5

They said to him, “You’re old, and your sons don’t live as you do. Give us a king to rule over us like all the other nations.”