1 Samuel 2:24
Nay, my sons; for the report which I am hearing is not good causing the people of Jehovah to transgress. —
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD’S people to transgress.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:17And the sin of the young men is very great [in] the presence of Jehovah, for the men have despised the offering of Jehovah.
1 Kings 13:18And he saith to him, 'I also [am] a prophet like thee, and a messenger spake unto me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Bring him back with thee unto thy house, and he doth eat bread and drink water;' — he hath lied to him.
2 Kings 10:31And Jehu hath not taken heed to walk in the law of Jehovah, God of Israel, with all his heart, he hath not turned aside from the sins of Jeroboam, that he caused Israel to sin.
Matthew 18:7'Woe to the world from the stumbling-blocks! for there is a necessity for the stumbling-blocks to come, but woe to that man through whom the stumbling-block doth come!
2 Corinthians 6:8through glory and dishonour, through evil report and good report, as leading astray, and true;
2 Peter 2:18for overswellings of vanity speaking, they do entice in desires of the flesh — lasciviousnesses, those who had truly escaped from those conducting themselves in error,
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 2:12-27
Samuel in the Sanctuary; The Wickedness of Eli's Sons. ( b. c. 1130.) 11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest. 12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord . 13 And the priests' custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; 14 And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the… Read the whole commentary →