1 Samuel 2:23
And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.
Context
This verse from 1 Samuel Chapter 2 connects to 7 cross-references. Hannah's Song of Thanksgiving exalts God who reverses fortunes—lifting the poor and humbling the proud—in terms that anticipate the Magnificat. Meanwhile, Eli's sons Hophni and Phinehas are corrupt—taking more than their priestly portion and sleeping with the women serving at …
Other Translations
And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.
and he saith to them, `Why do ye things like these? for I am hearing of your evil words from all the people--these!
And he said to them, Why are you doing such things? for from all this people I get accounts of your evil ways.
Cross References
The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. …
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore …
Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou …
And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto …
And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also …