1 Samuel 8:3
And his sons walked not in his ways: but they turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2Now the name of his firstborn son was Joel: and the name of the second was Abia, judges in Bersabee.
4Then all the ancients of Israel being assembled, came to Samuel to Ramatha.
Cross References
Exodus 23:6Thou shalt not go aside in the poor man's judgment.
Deuteronomy 16:19And not go aside to either part. Thou shalt not accept person nor gifts: for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and change the words of the just.
1 Kings 12:6King Roboam took counsel with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and he said: What counsel do you give me, that I may answer this people?
Psalms 15:5he that hath not put out his money to usury, nor taken bribes against the innocent: He that doth these things shall not be moved for ever.
Ecclesiastes 2:19Whom I know not whether he will be a wise man or a fool, and he shall have rule over all my labours with which I have laboured and been solicitous: and is there any thing so vain?
Isaiah 33:15He that walketh in justices, and speaketh truth, that casteth away avarice by oppression, and shaketh his hands from all bribes, that stoppeth his ears lest he hear blood, and shutteth his eyes that he may see no evil.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 8:2-4
The Wickedness of Samuel's Sons. ( b. c. 1075.) 1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. 2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba. 3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. Two sad things we find here, but not strange things:—1. A good and useful man growing old and unfit for service ( v. 1 ): Samuel was old, and could not judge Israel,… Read the whole commentary →