1 Samuel 2:12
Eli’s Worthless Sons
12Now the sons of Eli were aworthless men. bThey did not know the Lord.Proverbs 1:30-32
30 cwould have none of my counseland ddespised all my reproof,
31therefore they shall eat ethe fruit of their way,
and have ftheir fill of their own devices.
32For the simple are killed by gtheir turning away,
and hthe complacency of fools destroys them;
Isaiah 28:7
7 iThese also reel with wineand jstagger with strong drink;
the priest and kthe prophet reel with strong drink,
they are swallowed by ▼
▼Or confused by
wine,they stagger with strong drink,
they reel in vision,
they stumble in giving judgment.
Isaiah 56:10-12
10 mHis watchmen are blind;they are all without knowledge;
they are all silent ndogs;
they cannot bark,
dreaming, lying down,
loving to slumber.
11 oThe dogs have a mighty appetite;
they never have enough.
But pthey are shepherds who have no understanding;
they have all turned to their own way,
qeach to his own gain, one and all.
12 r“Come,” they say, “let me get wine;
let us fill ourselves with strong drink;
sand tomorrow will be like this day,
great beyond measure.”
Jeremiah 2:8
8The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’tThose who handle the law did not know me;
uthe shepherds ▼
▼Or rulers
transgressed against me;wthe prophets prophesied by Baal
and went after xthings that do not profit.
Jeremiah 8:8-9
8 y“How can you say, ‘We are wise,and the law of the Lord is with us’?
But behold, the lying pen of the scribes
has made it into a lie.
9 zThe wise men shall be put to shame;
they shall be dismayed aaand taken;
behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord,
so what wisdom is in them?
Malachi 2:7-8
7For abthe lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people ▼▼Hebrew they
should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. 8But you have turned aside from the way. adYou have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted aethe covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts,
Copyright information for
ESV