1 Samuel 8:7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

and the Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.

Cross References

Exodus 16:8

And Moses said, “When the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening and your fill of bread in the morning, because the Lord has heard the complaining that you utter against him—what are we? Your complaining is not against us but against the Lord.”

Isaiah 66:4

so I will choose their punishments and bring upon them what they fear, because, when I called, no one answered, when I spoke, they did not listen, but they did what was evil in my sight and chose what did not please me.

Jeremiah 34:14

“Every seventh year each of you must set free any Hebrews who have been sold to you and have served you six years; you must set them free from your service.” But your ancestors did not listen to me or incline their ears to me.

Ezekiel 2:3

He said to me, “Mortal, I am sending you to the people of Israel, to a nation of rebels who have rebelled against me; they and their ancestors have transgressed against me to this very day.

Ezekiel 3:7

But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me, because all the house of Israel have a hard forehead and a stubborn heart.

Numbers 22:20

That night God came to Balaam and said to him, “If the men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but do only what I tell you to do.”

Matthew 10:40

“Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.

Luke 10:16

“Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me, and whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”

Luke 19:14

But the citizens of his country hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’

Luke 19:27

But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to rule over them—bring them here and slaughter them in my presence.’ ”

John 13:16

Very truly, I tell you, slaves are not greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who sent them.

Judges 8:23

Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the Lord will rule over you.”

1 Samuel 10:19

But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses, and you have said, ‘No, but set a king over us.’ Now, therefore, present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your clans.”

1 Samuel 12:1

Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to you in all that you have said to me and have set a king over you.

1 Samuel 12:12

But when you saw that King Nahash of the Ammonites came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ though the Lord your God was your king.

1 Samuel 8:22

The Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to their voice and set a king over them.” Samuel then said to the Israelites, “Each of you return home.”

1 Samuel 8:8

Just as they have done to me from the day I brought them up out of Egypt to this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so also they are doing to you.