Cross references

1 Samuel 8:6

But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.

1 Samuel 8:6 BSB

1 Samuel 8:6 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Samuel 15:11 (5 votes) and 1 Samuel 12:17 (3 votes). 17 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Genesis 28 to James 1.

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Which verses does 1 Samuel 8:6 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.

  2. 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.”

  3. James 1:53 votes

    Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

  4. “What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”

  5. Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”

  6. Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”

  7. But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”

  8. Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”

  9. When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror. Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering. …

  10. In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

Which verses point to 1 Samuel 8:6?

The 10 strongest of 17.