1 Samuel 2:25

New English Translation

If a man sins against a man, one may appeal to God on his behalf. But if a man sins against the Lord, who then will intercede for him?” But Eli’s sons would not listen to their father, for the Lord had decided to kill them.

Cross References

Genesis 38:10

What he did was evil in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord killed him too.

Genesis 38:7

But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord killed him.

1 Kings 8:31

“When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple, be willing to forgive the accused if the accusation is false.

1 Kings 8:32

Listen from heaven and make a just decision about your servants’ claims. Condemn the guilty party, declare the other innocent, and give both of them what they deserve.

2 Chronicles 10:15

The king refused to listen to the people, because God was instigating this turn of events so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

2 Chronicles 25:16

While he was speaking, Amaziah said to him, “Did we appoint you to be a royal counselor? Stop prophesying or else you will be killed!” So the prophet stopped, but added, “I know that the Lord has decided to destroy you, because you have done this thing and refused to listen to my advice.”

Job 9:33

Nor is there an arbiter between us, who might lay his hand on us both,

Psalm 51:16

Certainly you do not want a sacrifice, or else I would offer it; you do not desire a burnt sacrifice.

Psalm 51:4

Against you – you above all – I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. So you are just when you confront me; you are right when you condemn me.

Proverbs 13:1

A wise son accepts his father’s discipline, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

Proverbs 15:10

Severe discipline is for the one who abandons the way; the one who hates reproof will die.

Proverbs 29:1

The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.

Ecclesiastes 3:3

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

Numbers 15:30

“‘But the person who acts defiantly, whether native-born or a resident foreigner, insults the Lord. That person must be cut off from among his people.

Deuteronomy 1:17

They must not discriminate in judgment, but hear the lowly and the great alike. Nor should they be intimidated by human beings, for judgment belongs to God. If the matter being adjudicated is too difficult for them, they should bring it before me for a hearing.

Deuteronomy 2:30

But King Sihon of Heshbon was unwilling to allow us to pass near him because the Lord our God had made him obstinate and stubborn so that he might deliver him over to you this very day.

1 Timothy 2:5

For there is one God and one intermediary between God and humanity, Christ Jesus, himself human,

Hebrews 10:26

For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us,

Hebrews 10:27

but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume God’s enemies.

Hebrews 7:25

So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.

Joshua 11:20

for the Lord determined to make them obstinate so they would attack Israel. He wanted Israel to annihilate them without mercy, as he had instructed Moses.

1 Samuel 3:14

Therefore I swore an oath to the house of Eli, ‘The sin of the house of Eli can never be forgiven by sacrifice or by grain offering.’”