jSee Deut. 10:17
kSee James 2:19
1 Samuel 2:12-17
Eli’s Worthless Sons
12Now the sons of Eli were aworthless men. bThey 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, cbefore 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.” 17Thus the sin of the young men was very great din the sight of the Lord, efor the men treated the offering of the Lord with contempt.1 Samuel 2:22
Eli Rebukes His Sons
22Now Eli was very old, and he kept hearing all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who fwere serving at the entrance to the tent of meeting.Psalms 50:16-17
16 But to the wicked God says:“What right have you to recite my statutes
or take my covenant on your lips?
17 gFor you hate discipline,
hand you cast my words behind you.
Malachi 1:9
9And now ientreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With such a gift from your hand, jwill he show favor to any of you? says the Lord of hosts.Acts 19:15-16
15But the evil spirit answered them, k“Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?” 16And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped on them, mastered all ▼▼Or both
of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
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