1 Samuel 3:13
For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves, and he didn’t restrain them.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were wicked men. They didn’t know the LORD.
1 Samuel 2:22Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel, and how that they slept with the women who served at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
1 Kings 2:44The king said moreover to Shimei, “You know in your heart all the wickedness that you did to David my father. Therefore the LORD will return your wickedness on your own head.
Proverbs 19:18Discipline your son, for there is hope; don’t be a willing party to his death.
Proverbs 29:15The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
Ezekiel 7:3Now the end is on you, and I will send my anger on you, and will judge you according to your ways. I will bring on you all your 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 →