Quotes about Judgment
Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?” So the man hurried over and reported to Eli.
— 1 Samuel 4:14
As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.
— 1 Samuel 4:18
And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.
— 1 Samuel 4:21
But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.
— 1 Samuel 5:9
When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.
— 1 Samuel 7:6
And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.
— 1 Samuel 8:7
Now listen to them, but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.”
— 1 Samuel 8:9
When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”
— 1 Samuel 8:18
Thus Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected.
— 1 Samuel 10:20
Now present yourselves, so that I may confront you before the LORD with all the righteous acts He has done for you and your fathers.
— 1 Samuel 12:7
But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.
— 1 Samuel 12:9
Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”
— 1 Samuel 12:17