1 Samuel 8:3

Overview - 1 Samuel 8
By occasion of the ill government of Samuel's sons, the Israelites ask a king.
Samuel praying in grief, is comforted by God.
10 He tells the manner of a king.
19 God wills Samuel to yield unto the importunity of the people.
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1 Samuel 8:3  (King James Version)
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
 


his sons
2 Samuel 15:4 ; 1 Kings 12:6-11 ; 2 Kings 21:1-3 ; Ecclesiastes 2:19 ; Jeremiah 22:15-17

but turned
Exodus 18:21 ; Deuteronomy 16:19 ; Psalms 15:5 ; 26:10 Isaiah 33:15 ; 1 Timothy 3:3 ; 6:10