1 Samuel 2:24
Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the Lord’s people to transgress.
Context
This verse from 1 Samuel Chapter 2 connects to 10 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
Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make Jehovah’s people to transgress.
Nay, my sons; for the report which I am hearing is not good causing the people of Jehovah to transgress. --
No, my sons, the account which is given me, which the Lord's people are sending about, is not good.
Cross References
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But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted …
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Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord: for men abhorred the offering of the …
By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;
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For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, …