1 Samuel 8:8

New Century Version

They are doing as they have always done. When I took them out of Egypt, they left me and served other gods. They are doing the same to you.

Cross References

Psalm 78:8

They would not be like their ancestors who were stubborn and disobedient. Their hearts were not loyal to God, and they were not true to him.

Exodus 16:3

They said to them, “It would have been better if the Lord had killed us in the land of Egypt. There we had meat to eat and all the food we wanted. But you have brought us into this desert to starve us to death.”

Exodus 17:2

So they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why are you testing the Lord?”

Exodus 32:1

The people saw that a long time had passed and Moses had not come down from the mountain. So they gathered around Aaron and said, “Moses led us out of Egypt, but we don’t know what has happened to him. Make us gods who will lead us.”

Jeremiah 34:14

I said to your ancestors: ‘At the end of every seven years, each one of you must set his Hebrew slaves free. If a fellow Hebrew has sold himself to you, you must let him go free after he has served you for six years.’ But your ancestors did not listen or pay attention to me.

Ezekiel 2:3

He said, “Human, I am sending you to the people of Israel. That nation has turned against me and broken away from me. They and their ancestors have sinned against me until this very day.

Numbers 16:41

The next day all the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron and said, “You have killed the Lord’s people.”

Deuteronomy 9:24

You have refused to obey the Lord as long as I have known you.

Judges 13:1

Again the people of Israel did what the Lord said was wrong. So he handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.

Judges 2:20

So the Lord became angry with the Israelites. He said, “These people have broken the agreement I made with their ancestors. They have not listened to me.

Judges 4:1

After Ehud died, the Israelites again did what the Lord said was wrong.

Judges 6:1

Again the Israelites did what the Lord said was wrong. So for seven years the Lord handed them over to Midian.

1 Samuel 8:7

and the Lord told Samuel, “Listen to whatever the people say to you. They have not rejected you. They have rejected me from being their king.

1 Samuel 8:9

Now listen to the people, but warn them what the king who rules over them will do.”