1 Samuel 8:3
And his sons did not walk in his way; and they turned aside after gain, and took gifts, and perverted judgments.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
4And the men of Israel gather themselves together, and come to Ramah to Samuel,
Cross References
Exodus 23:6Thou shalt not wrest the sentence of the poor in his judgment.
Deuteronomy 16:19they shall not wrest judgment, nor favor persons, nor receive a gift; for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
1 Kings 12:6And the king referred the matter to the elders, who stood before Solomon his father while he was yet living, saying, How do ye advise that I should answer this people?
Psalms 15:5The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: 1 Thou art he that restores my inheritance to me. 1
Ecclesiastes 2:19And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? 1 And whether he will have power over all my labor 1 In which I labored, and wherein I grew wise under the sun? 1 This is also vanity. 1
Isaiah 33:15He that walks in righteousness, speaking rightly, hating transgression and iniquity, and shaking his hands from gifts, stopping his ears that he should not hear the judgment of blood, shutting his eyes that he should not see injustice;
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 →