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1 Samuel 8
The 2026 edition cites 3 passages touching 1 Samuel 8, each printed here in the KJV with every place in the Constitution that cites it.
1 Samuel 8:7
7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 128
The sins of inferiors against their superiors are, all neglect of the duties required toward them; envying at, contempt of, and rebellion against, their…
1 Samuel 8:10-18
10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Testimony of the RPCNA 1
- T 4.14
We reject that form of socialism which denies the right to own property. We warn against the concentration of economic power in the hands of the state, as it…
1 Samuel 8:22
22 And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Testimony of the RPCNA 1
- T 23.3
God has assigned to people, both individually and collectively, the responsibility for establishing and maintaining civil government, and the people are…