1 Samuel 2:8-12

“He raises the poor from the dust, He lifts the needy from the garbage heap To seat them with nobles, And He gives them a seat of honor as an inheritance; For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, And He set the world on them.

“He watches over the feet of His godly ones, But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness; For not by might shall a person prevail.

“Those who contend with the Lord will be terrified; Against them He will thunder in the heavens, The Lord will judge the ends of the earth; And He will give strength to His king, And will exalt the horn of His anointed.”

Then Elkanah went to his home at Ramah. But the boy continued to attend to the service of the Lord before Eli the priest. The Sin of Eli’s Sons

Now the sons of Eli were useless men; they did not know the Lord.