1 Samuel 2:11-16

11Then Elkanah went home ato Ramah. bAnd the boy
Hebrew  na‘ar can be rendered boy (2:11, 18, 21, 26; 3:1, 8), servant (2:13, 15), or young man (2:17), depending on the context
was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest.

Eli’s Worthless Sons

12Now the sons of Eli were dworthless men. eThey did not know the Lord. 13The custom of the priests with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come, while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand, 14and he would thrust it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or pot. All that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. This is what they did at Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there. 15Moreover, fbefore the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give meat for the priest to roast, for he will not accept boiled meat from you but only raw.” 16And if the man said to him, “Let them burn the fat first, and then take as much as you wish,” he would say, “No, you must give it now, and if not, I will take it by force.”

1 Samuel 2:29

29Why then do you gscorn
Hebrew kick at
my sacrifices and my offerings that I commanded for my dwelling, and honor your sons above me by fattening yourselves on the choicest parts of every offering of my people Israel?’

Isaiah 56:10-12

10 iHis watchmen are blind;
they are all without knowledge;
they are all silent jdogs;
they cannot bark,
dreaming, lying down,
loving to slumber.
11 kThe dogs have a mighty appetite;
they never have enough.
But lthey are shepherds who have no understanding;
they have all turned to their own way,
meach to his own gain, one and all.
12 nCome,” they say, “let me get wine;
let us fill ourselves with strong drink;
oand tomorrow will be like this day,
great beyond measure.”

Ezekiel 13:19

19You have profaned me among my people pfor handfuls of barley qand for pieces of bread, putting to death souls who should not die and keeping alive souls who should not live, by your lying to my people, who listen to lies.

Ezekiel 34:3

3 rYou eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, syou slaughter the fat ones, but you do not feed the sheep.

Micah 3:5

5 Thus says the Lord concerning tthe prophets
who lead my people astray,
uwho cryPeace
when they have something to eat,
but declare war against him
who puts nothing into their mouths.

Micah 3:11

11 vIts heads give judgment for a bribe;
wits priests teach for a price;
xits prophets practice divination for money;
yyet they lean on the Lord and zsay,
“Is not the Lord in the midst of us?
aaNo disaster shall come upon us.”

Philippians 2:21

21For they all abseek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
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