1 Samuel 8:7
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.
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Numbers 22:20
That night God came to Balaam and said, "Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you."

Psalm 81:11, 12
But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me. . . .

Isaiah 66:4
So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did what was evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight."

Hosea 13:10, 11
Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, "Give me a king and princes"? . . .

they have not

1 Samuel 10:19
But today you have rejected your God, who delivers you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, 'No, set a king over us.' Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans."

1 Samuel 12:17-19
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." . . .

Exodus 16:8
And Moses added, "The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD."

Matthew 10:24, 25, 40
A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. . . .

Luke 10:16
Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me."

Luke 19:14, 27
But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, 'We do not want this man to rule over us.' . . .

John 13:16
Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

John 15:20, 21
Remember the word that I spoke to you: 'No servant is greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The LORD said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being king over them.

King James Bible
And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But the LORD told him, "Listen to the people and everything they say to you. They have not rejected you; they have rejected Me as their king.

International Standard Version
The LORD told Samuel, "Listen to the people in all that they say to you. In fact, it's not you they have rejected, but rather they have rejected me from being their king.

NET Bible
The LORD said to Samuel, "Do everything the people request of you. For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.
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