1Sa 3:1, Hos 4:6, Amo 8:11-12, Mat 9:36, Rom 10:13-15 | ESV | STEP | Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli . And the word of the Lord was rare in those days ; there was no frequent vision .

i[See ver. 11 above]

j[ch. 4:8]

k[ch. 14:14]

l Mark 6:34

m Num. 27:17; 1 Kgs. 22:17; Ezek. 34:5

n Acts 2:21; Cited from Joel 2:32

o Eph. 4:21; [John 9:36; 17:20]

q[Acts 8:31; Titus 1:3]

rCited from Isa. 52:7; [Nah. 1:15; Eph. 6:15]

1 Samuel 3:1

The Lord Calls Samuel

1 ^aNow the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli. ^bAnd the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.

Hosea 4:6

6 My people are destroyed ^cfor lack of knowledge;
^dbecause you have rejected knowledge,
I reject you ^efrom being a priest to me.
And since you have forgotten the law of your God,
^fI also will forget your children.

Amos 8:11-12

11 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord God,
“when ^gI will send a famine on the land—
not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water,
^hbut of hearing the words of the Lord.
12 ⁱThey shall wander from sea to sea,
and from north to east;
they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the Lord,
^jbut they shall not find it.

Matthew 9:36

36 ^kWhen he saw the crowds, ^lhe had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, ^mlike sheep without a shepherd.

Romans 10:13-15

13 For ⁿ“everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him ^oof whom they have never heard? ^{▼▼Or him whom they have never heard} And how are they to hear ^qwithout someone preaching? 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, ^r“How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”