1 Samuel 3:13
I have told him that I am about to judge his house once for all for the sin that he knew about, because his sons brought a curse upon themselves and he did not stop them.
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1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were worthless men. They did not know Yahweh.
1 Samuel 2:22Now Eli was very old; he heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they slept with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
1 Kings 2:44The king also said to Shimei, “You know in your heart all the wickedness that you did to my father David. Therefore Yahweh will return your wickedness on your own head.
Proverbs 19:18Discipline your son while there is hope 1 and do not set your desire on putting him to death. 1
Proverbs 29:15The rod and reproof give wisdom, 1 but a child freed from discipline puts his mother to shame. 1
Ezekiel 7:3Now the end is upon you, for I am sending out my wrath on you, and I will judge you according to your ways; 1 then I will bring all your abominations upon you. 1
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 →