1 Samuel 2:29

2:29 Why are you scorning my sacrifice and my offering that I commanded for my dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than you have me by having made yourselves fat from the best parts of all the offerings of my people Israel.’

1 Samuel 2:34

2:34 This will be a confirming sign for you that will be fulfilled through your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: in a single day they both will die!

1 Samuel 3:13

3:13 You should tell him that I am about to judge his house forever because of the sin that he knew about. For his sons were cursing God, and he did not rebuke them.

1 Samuel 3:1

The Call of Samuel

3:1 Now the boy Samuel continued serving the Lord under Eli’s supervision. Word from the Lord was rare in those days; revelatory visions were infrequent.

1 Samuel 1:6

1:6 Her rival wife used to upset her and make her worry, for the Lord had not enabled her to have children.

1 Samuel 2:24-25

2:24 This ought not to be, my sons! For the report that I hear circulating among the Lord’s people is not good. 2:25 If a man sins against a man, one may appeal to God on his behalf. But if a man sins against the Lord, who then will intercede for him?” But Eli’s sons would not listen to their father, for the Lord had decided to kill them.

Proverbs 13:24

13:24 The one who spares his rod hates his child,

but the one who loves his child is diligent in disciplining him.

Proverbs 29:15

29:15 A rod and reproof impart wisdom,

but a child who is unrestrained brings shame to his mother.