And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.(1 Samuel 8:16)

He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.(1 Samuel 8:17)

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.(1 Samuel 8:18)

Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.(1 Samuel 8:20)

And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.(1 Samuel 8:21)

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.(1 Samuel 8:22)

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1 Samuel 8:19 - Cross Reference

As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. (Jeremiah 44:16)

And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. (Ezekiel 33:31)

But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. (Psalm 81:11)

And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not; (Jeremiah 7:13)

I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not. (Isaiah 66:4)