1 Samuel 8:18

New International Reader's Version

When that time comes, you will cry out for help because of the king you have chosen. But the Lord won’t answer you at that time.”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 10:11

My father put a heavy load on your shoulders. But I’ll make it even heavier. My father beat you with whips. But I’ll beat you with bigger whips.’ ”

Job 27:8

What hope do ungodly people have when their lives are cut short? What hope do they have when God takes away their lives?

Job 27:9

God won’t listen to their cry when trouble comes on them.

Psalm 18:41

They cried out for help. But there was no one to save them. They called out to the Lord. But he didn’t answer them.

Proverbs 21:13

Whoever refuses to listen to the cries of poor people will also cry out and not be answered.

Isaiah 1:15

You might spread out your hands toward me when you pray. But I do not look at you. You might even offer many prayers. But I am not listening to them. Your hands are covered with the blood of the people you have murdered.

Isaiah 59:1

People of Israel, the Lord’s arm is not too weak to save you. His ears aren’t too deaf to hear your cry for help.

Isaiah 8:21

They will suffer and be hungry. They’ll wander through the land. When they are very hungry, they will become angry. They’ll look up toward heaven. They’ll ask for bad things to happen to their king and their God.

Ezekiel 8:18

So I am angry with them. I will punish them. I will not spare them or feel sorry for them. They might even shout in my ears. But I will not listen to them.”

Micah 3:4

The time will come when Israel will cry out to the Lord. But he won’t answer them. In fact, he’ll turn his face away from them. They have done what is evil.

Luke 13:25

The owner of the house will get up and close the door. Then you will stand outside knocking and begging. You will say, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ “But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you. And I don’t know where you come from.’

1 Samuel 8:17

He will take a tenth of your sheep and goats. You yourselves will become his slaves.