1 Samuel 3:12

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“On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his family, from beginning to end.”

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BSBPD

“On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his family, from beginning to end.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even unto the end.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“In that day I establish unto Eli all that I have spoken unto his house, beginning and completing;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Samuel 3:12 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
  2. Joshua 23:15But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.
  3. Judges 4:24And the hand of the Israelites grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.
  4. 1 Samuel 2:27Then a man of God came to Eli and told him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your father’s house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh’s house?
  5. 1 Samuel 2:31Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no older man will be left in your house.
  6. 1 Samuel 4:11The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
  7. 1 Samuel 4:17The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
  8. 1 Samuel 4:21And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.
  9. 1 Samuel 4:22“The glory has departed from Israel,” she said, “for the ark of God has been captured.”
  10. Zechariah 1:6But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”
  11. Luke 21:33Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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