King James Version
1 Samuel 2:30 KJV
“Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.”
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1 Samuel 2 — Context
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1 Samuel 2:30 — “Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.”
1 Samuel 2:31 — “Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old ...”