Judges 21:25
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did what seemed right to him.
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- Judg 19:1 : 1 Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was living in the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he got for himself a servant-wife from Beth-lehem-judah.
- Judg 17:6 : 6 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did as seemed right to him.
- Judg 18:1 : 1 In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the Danites were looking for a heritage for themselves, to be their living-place; for up to that time no distribution of land had been made to them among the tribes of Israel.
- Deut 12:8 : 8 You are not to do things then in the way in which we now do them here, every man as it seems right to him:
- Judg 18:7 : 7 Then the five men went on their way and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, living without thought of danger, like the Zidonians, quiet and safe; for they had everything on earth for their needs, and they were far from the Zidonians and had no business with Aram.
- Ps 12:4 : 4 They have said, With our tongues will we overcome; our lips are ours: who is lord over us?
- Prov 3:5 : 5 Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.
- Prov 14:12 : 12 There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.
- Eccl 11:9 : 9 Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.
- Mic 2:1-2 : 1 A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power. 2 They have a desire for fields and take them by force; and for houses and take them away: they are cruel to a man and his family, even to a man and his heritage.
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6 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did as seemed right to him.
7 Now there was a young man living in Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah and a Levite, who was not a townsman of the place.
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24 Then the children of Israel went away from there, every man to his tribe and his family, every man went back to his heritage.
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8 You are not to do things then in the way in which we now do them here, every man as it seems right to him:
- Prov 21:1-33 verses76%
1 The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.
2 Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.
3 To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.
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1 In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the Danites were looking for a heritage for themselves, to be their living-place; for up to that time no distribution of land had been made to them among the tribes of Israel.
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1 Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was living in the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he got for himself a servant-wife from Beth-lehem-judah.
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47 At that time there was no king in Edom;
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3 Now, truly, they will say, We have no king, we have no fear of the Lord; and the king, what is he able to do for us?
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16 And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? every man to your tents, O Israel; now see to your house, David. So all Israel went to their tents.
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5 In those times there was no peace for him who went out or for him who came in, but great trouble was on all the people of the lands.
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16 And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? to your tents, O Israel; now see to your people, David. So Israel went away to their tents.
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8 Then all the people got up as one man and said, Not one of us will go to his tent or go back to his house:
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4 For the children of Israel will for a long time be without king and without ruler, without offerings and without pillars, and without ephod or images.
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17 Then he said, I saw all Israel wandering on the mountains like sheep without a keeper; and the Lord said, These have no master: let them go back, every man to his house in peace.
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12 But they will say, There is no hope: we will go on in our designs, and every one of us will do what he is moved by the pride of his evil heart to do.
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16 Then he said, I saw all Israel wandering on the mountains like sheep without a keeper; and the Lord said, These have no master: let them go back, every man to his house in peace.
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15 Yes, faith is gone; and he whose heart is turned from evil comes into the power of the cruel: and the Lord saw it, and he was angry that there was no one to take up their cause.
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22 And Judah was overcome before Israel, and they went in flight, every man to his tent.
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7 Then the five men went on their way and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, living without thought of danger, like the Zidonians, quiet and safe; for they had everything on earth for their needs, and they were far from the Zidonians and had no business with Aram.
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4 And all the people said they would do so, for it seemed right to them.
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3 Now for a long time Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without the law;
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28 And I saw that there was no man, even no wise man among them, who might give an answer to my questions.
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6 See, the rulers of Israel, every one in his family, have been causing death in you.
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1 Now by chance there was present a good-for-nothing person named Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he, sounding the horn, said, We have no part in David, or any interest in the son of Jesse: let every man go to his tent, O Israel.
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53 (For every man of the army had taken goods for himself in the war.)
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26 The approval of a ruler is desired by great numbers: but the decision in a man's cause comes from the Lord.
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19 But the people gave no attention to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us,
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10 Where is your king, that he may be your saviour? and all your rulers, that they may take up your cause? of whom you said, Give me a king and rulers.
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30 And he gave orders to the men whom he sent, saying, This is what you are to say to all the men of Israel, Has ever an act like this been done from the day when the children of Israel came out of Egypt to this day? Give thought to it, turning it over in your minds, and give your opinion of it.
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12 And when you saw that Nahash, the king of the Ammonites, was coming against you, you said to me, No more of this; we will have a king for our ruler: when the Lord your God was your king.
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27 And the children of Israel made request to the Lord, (for the ark of the agreement of the Lord was there in those days,
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22 And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to their voice and make a king for them. Then Samuel said to the men of Israel, Let every man go back to his town.
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9 But they did not give ear; and Manasseh made them do more evil than those nations did, whom the Lord gave up to destruction before the children of Israel.
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1 Now the young Samuel was the servant of the Lord before Eli. In those days the Lord kept his word secret from men; there was no open vision.
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20 In his time, Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, and took a king for themselves.
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1 If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.
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7 But a man of God came to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with you; for the Lord is not with Israel, that is, the children of Ephraim.
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19 But whenever the judge was dead, they went back and did more evil than their fathers, going after other gods, to be their servants and their worshippers; giving up nothing of their sins and their hard-hearted ways.
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10 For before those days there was no payment for a man's work, or for the use of a beast, and there was no peace for him who went out or him who came in, because of the attacker: for I had every man turned against his neighbour.
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8 In his time Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, and took a king for themselves.
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19 Now there was no iron-worker in all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, For fear the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears:
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20 There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.
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14 When you have come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and have taken it for a heritage and are living in it, if it is your desire to have a king over you, like the other nations round about you;
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11 And all Israel, hearing of it, will be full of fear, and no one will again do such evil as this among you.
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6 And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.