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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.

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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.

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1 Nephi 1 — Lehi's Vision and the Tender Mercies of the Lord
2 Nephi 8 — Isaiah 51–52:2 — Look unto the Rock, the Cup of Trembling, Awake and Put on Strength
2 Nephi 22 — Isaiah 12 — The Song of Salvation, the Wells of Yeshua, and Zion's Inhabitant Shouting
3 Nephi 29 — Spurn Not the Doings of the Lord — The Coming Forth as a Sign
Alma 26 — How Many Thousands of Our Brethren Has He Loosed From the Pains of Hell — Ammon's Hymn of Rejoicing, and the Boast That Is Not a Boast
Alma 53 — Sons Without an Oath — The Two Thousand Enlist Under Helaman
Jacob 2 — Tender Feelings Wounded — Jacob's Temple Sermon on Pride, Riches, and the David-Solomon Sin
Mosiah 27 — The Angel, the Three Days of Death-Like Sleep, and the Born-Again — Alma the Younger and the Sons of Mosiah Converted, the Earth Trembling, the Soul Redeemed from the Gall of Bitterness
1 Kings 21 — The Vineyard Hard by the Palace — Naboth's Costly No, Jezebel's Letters, the Blood the Dogs Licked, and the Sackcloth That Moved Heaven
2 Kings 5 — Wash, and Be Clean — the Captive Girl's Witness, the Great Man's Rage at a Simple Cure, the Convert's Load of Earth, and the Leprosy That Changed Owners
Esther 9 — The Day That Was Turned — The Great Reversal, the Hand Held Back from the Spoil, and the Feast That Remembers a God Who Is Never Named
Psalms 19 — Two Books of One Author — The Heavens That Preach Without Words and the Law That Revives the Soul
Psalms 28 — Be Not Silent to Me — A Cry from the Edge of the Pit, and the Sudden Blessing of a Prayer Heard
Psalms 31 — Into Thine Hand — A Lament of Trust, the Rock and House of Defence, and the Spirit Committed to God

Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge via openbible.info (CC BY) and from this project’s own chapter essays. Read 1 Samuel 2:30 in context.