1 Samuel 8:20

New Living Translation

“We want to be like the nations around us. Our king will judge us and lead us into battle.”

Cross References

Psalm 106:35

Instead, they mingled among the pagans and adopted their evil customs.

Exodus 33:16

How will anyone know that you look favorably on me—on me and on your people—if you don’t go with us? For your presence among us sets your people and me apart from all other people on the earth.”

Numbers 23:9

I see them from the cliff tops; I watch them from the hills. I see a people who live by themselves, set apart from other nations.

John 15:19

The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you.

Romans 12:12

Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying.

2 Corinthians 6:17

Therefore, come out from among unbelievers, and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don’t touch their filthy things, and I will welcome you.

Deuteronomy 7:6

For you are a holy people, who belong to the Lord your God. Of all the people on earth, the Lord your God has chosen you to be his own special treasure.

Philippians 3:20

But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.

1 Samuel 12:12

“But when you were afraid of Nahash, the king of Ammon, you came to me and said that you wanted a king to reign over you, even though the Lord your God was already your king.

1 Samuel 12:2

Your king is now your leader. I stand here before you—an old, gray-haired man—and my sons serve you. I have served as your leader from the time I was a boy to this very day.

1 Samuel 8:5

“Look,” they told him, “you are now old, and your sons are not like you. Give us a king to judge us like all the other nations have.”