1 Samuel 3:13
For I have declared to him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he hath known: because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
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1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not Jehovah.
1 Samuel 2:22And Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and that they lay with the women that served at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
1 Kings 2:44And the king said to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness of which thy heart is conscious, which thou didst to David my father; and Jehovah returns thy wickedness upon thine own head;
Proverbs 19:18Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; but set not thy soul upon killing him.
Proverbs 29:15The rod and reproof give wisdom; but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.
Ezekiel 7:3Now is the end upon thee; and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will bring upon thee all thine abominations.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 3:12-19
Eli and His House Threatened. ( b. c. 1128.) 11 And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. 12 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. 13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. 14 And therefore I have sworn unto the… Read the whole commentary →