Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation This sin of the sons of Eli was extremely serious in the LORD's sight, because they treated the offerings to the LORD with such disrespect. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Wherefore the sin of the young men was exceeding great before the Lord: because they withdrew men from the sacrifice of the Lord. before Genesis 6:11 And the earth was corrupted before God, and was filled with iniquity. Genesis 10:9 And he was a stout hunter before the Lord. Hence came a proverb: Even as Nemrod the stout hunter before the Lord. Genesis 13:13 And the men of Sodom were very wicked, and sinners before the face of the Lord beyond measure. 2 Kings 21:6 And he made his son pass through fire: and he used divinations, and observed omens, and appointed pythons, and multiplied soothsayers, to do evil before the Lord, and to provoke him. Psalm 51:4 To thee only have I sinned, and have done evil before thee: that thou mayst be justified in thy words, and mayst overcome when thou art judged. Isaiah 3:8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Juda is fallen: because their tongue, and their devices are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his majesty. abhorred Malachi 2:8,13 But you have departed out of the way, and have caused many to stumble at the law: you have made void the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts. . . . Matthew 18:7 Woe to the world because of scandals. For it must needs be that scandals come: but nevertheless woe to that man by whom the scandal cometh. Context Eli's Wicked Sons…16And he that sacrificed said to him: Let the fat first be burnt to day, according to the custom, and then take to thee as much as thy soul desireth. But he answered, and said to him: Not so: but thou shalt give it me now, or else I will take it by force. 17Wherefore the sin of the young men was exceeding great before the Lord: because they withdrew men from the sacrifice of the Lord.18But Samuel ministered before the face of the Lord: being a child girded with a linen ephod.… Cross References 1 Samuel 2:16 And he that sacrificed said to him: Let the fat first be burnt to day, according to the custom, and then take to thee as much as thy soul desireth. But he answered, and said to him: Not so: but thou shalt give it me now, or else I will take it by force. 1 Samuel 3:13 For I have foretold unto him, that I will judge his house for ever, for iniquity, because he knew that his sons did wickedly, and did not chastise them. Malachi 2:7 For the lips of the priests shall keep knowledge, and they shall seek the law at his mouth: because he is the angel of the Lord of hosts. Jump to Previous Abhorred Contempt Contemptuously Dealt Despised Honour Lord's Offering Offerings Presence Sight Sin Treated Treating Wherefore YoungJump to Next Abhorred Contempt Contemptuously Dealt Despised Honour Lord's Offering Offerings Presence Sight Sin Treated Treating Wherefore YoungLinks 1 Samuel 2:17 NIV1 Samuel 2:17 NLT 1 Samuel 2:17 ESV 1 Samuel 2:17 NASB 1 Samuel 2:17 Bible Apps 1 Samuel 2:17 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 2:17 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 2:17 French Bible 1 Samuel 2:17 German Bible Alphabetical: before contempt despised for great in LORD Lord's men of offering sight sin the they This Thus treating very was were with young OT History: 1 Samuel 2:17 The sin of the young men was (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |