1 Samuel 3:13

For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.

For I have told {H5046} him that I will judge {H8199} his house {H1004} for {H5704} ever {H5769} for the iniquity {H5771} which he knoweth {H3045}; because his sons {H1121} made themselves vile {H7043}, and he restrained {H3543} them not.

For I have told him that I will execute judgment against his family forever, because of his wickedness in not rebuking his sons, even though he knew that they had brought a curse on themselves.

I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.

For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons did bring a curse upon themselves, and he restrained them not.

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Cross-References

  • Matthew 10:37 (9 votes)

    He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

  • Proverbs 19:18 (8 votes)

    ¶ Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

  • 1 Samuel 2:12 (7 votes)

    Now the sons of Eli [were] sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.

  • 1 Samuel 2:17 (6 votes)

    Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

  • Proverbs 23:13 (5 votes)

    Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

  • Proverbs 23:14 (5 votes)

    Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

  • Ezekiel 7:3 (4 votes)

    Now [is] the end [come] upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.