1 Samuel 2:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.”
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““Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and he saith to them, `Why do ye things like these? for I am hearing of your evil words from all the people--these!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 2:23 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 1:6(His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)
- Isaiah 3:9The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
- Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.
- Jeremiah 8:12Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.
- Acts 9:4He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”
- Acts 14:15“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.
- Philippians 3:19Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).