1 Samuel 8:3

1 Samuel chapter 8 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

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World English Bible · 2000

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

King James Version · 1611

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

American Standard Version · 1901

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

v.2Now the name of his first-born was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.

v.3This passage

v.4Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah;

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 2:19
And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
Isaiah 33:15
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:
2 Kings 21:1
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned five and fifty years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Hephzibah.
Jeremiah 22:15
Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him.
Psalms 15:5
He that putteth not out his money to interest, Nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
Exodus 23:8
And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.