I Samuel 2:29
The Scripture
(29) Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Hannah prayed a song of thanksgiving praising the LORD who exalts the humble and brings down the proud, while Eli's sons Hophni and Phinehas corrupted the priesthood through greed and immorality. A man of God warned Eli that because he honored his sons above the LORD, judgment would fall on his house and both sons would die in one day.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I Samuel 2:13I Samuel 2:14I Samuel 2:15I Samuel 2:16I Samuel 2:17Deuteronomy 32:15Malachi 1:12Malachi 1:13Deuteronomy 12:5Deuteronomy 12:6Joshua 18:1Leviticus 19:15
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