1 Samuel 8:18

New Living Translation

When that day comes, you will beg for relief from this king you are demanding, but then the Lord will not help you.”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 10:11

Yes, my father laid heavy burdens on you, but I’m going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!’”

Job 27:8

For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off and takes away their life?

Job 27:9

Will God listen to their cry when trouble comes upon them?

Psalm 18:41

They called for help, but no one came to their rescue. They even cried to the Lord, but he refused to answer.

Proverbs 21:13

Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor will be ignored in their own time of need.

Isaiah 1:15

When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look. Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.

Isaiah 59:1

Listen! The Lord’s arm is not too weak to save you, nor is his ear too deaf to hear you call.

Isaiah 8:21

They will go from one place to another, weary and hungry. And because they are hungry, they will rage and curse their king and their God. They will look up to heaven

Ezekiel 8:18

Therefore, I will respond in fury. I will neither pity nor spare them. And though they cry for mercy, I will not listen.”

Micah 3:4

Then you beg the Lord for help in times of trouble! Do you really expect him to answer? After all the evil you have done, he won’t even look at you!”

Luke 13:25

When the master of the house has locked the door, it will be too late. You will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Lord, open the door for us!’ But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’

1 Samuel 8:17

He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you will be his slaves.