Luke 18:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Saying, There was a judge in a certain town, who had no fear of God or respect for man:

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  • Prov 29:7 : 7 The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.
  • Luke 18:4 : 4 And for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God or respect for man,
  • Rom 3:14-18 : 14 Whose mouth is full of curses and bitter words: 15 Their feet are quick in running after blood; 16 Destruction and trouble are in their ways; 17 And of the way of peace they have no knowledge: 18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.
  • Ezek 22:6-8 : 6 See, the rulers of Israel, every one in his family, have been causing death in you. 7 In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow. 8 You have made little of my holy things, and have made my Sabbaths unclean.
  • Mic 3:1-3 : 1 And I said, Give ear, now, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the people of Israel: is it not for you to have knowledge of what is right? 2 You who are haters of good and lovers of evil, pulling off their skin from them and their flesh from their bones; 3 Like meat they take the flesh of my people for their food, skinning them and crushing their bones, yes, cutting them up as if for the pot, like flesh inside the cooking-pot.
  • Exod 18:21-22 : 21 But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens; 22 And let them be judges in the causes of the people at all times: and let them put before you all important questions, but in small things let them give decisions themselves: in this way, it will be less hard for you, and they will take the weight off you.
  • 2 Chr 19:3-9 : 3 But still there is some good in you, for you have put away the wood pillars out of the land, and have given your heart to the worship of God. 4 And Jehoshaphat was living in Jerusalem; and he went out again among the people, from Beer-sheba to the hill-country of Ephraim, guiding them back to the Lord, the God of their fathers. 5 And he put judges through all the land, in every walled town of Judah, 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. 7 So now let the fear of the Lord be in you; do your work with care; for in the Lord our God there is no evil, or respect for high position, or taking of payment to do wrong. 8 Then in Jerusalem he gave authority to certain of the Levites and the priests and the heads of families of Israel to give decisions for the Lord, and in the causes of those living in Jerusalem. 9 And he gave them their orders, saying, You are to do your work in the fear of the Lord, in good faith and with a true heart.
  • Job 29:7-9 : 7 When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place, 8 The young men saw me, and went away, and the old men got up from their seats; 9 The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths; 10 The chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths. 11 For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me; 12 For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter. 13 The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart. 14 I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress. 15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet to him who had no power of walking. 16 I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me. 17 By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away.
  • Ps 8:1-4 : 1 <To the chief music-maker on the Gittith. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, our Lord, whose glory is higher than the heavens, how noble is your name in all the earth! 2 You have made clear your strength even out of the mouths of babies at the breast, because of those who are against you; so that you may put to shame the cruel and violent man. 3 When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have put in their places; 4 What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account?
  • Isa 33:8 : 8 The highways are waste, no man is journeying there: the agreement is broken, he has made sport of the towns, he has no thought for man.
  • Jer 22:16-17 : 16 He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord. 17 But your eyes and your heart are fixed only on profit for yourself, on causing the death of him who has done no wrong, and on violent and cruel acts.

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  • Luke 18:3-10
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    3 And there was a widow in that town, and she kept on coming to him and saying, Give me my right against the man who has done me wrong.

    4 And for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God or respect for man,

    5 Because this widow is a trouble to me, I will give her her right; for if not, I will be completely tired out by her frequent coming.

    6 And the Lord said, Give ear to the words of the evil judge.

    7 And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?

    8 I say to you that he will quickly do right in their cause. But when the Son of man comes, will there be any faith on earth?

    9 And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:

    10 Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer.

  • Luke 18:1
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    1 And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired;

  • 2 Chr 19:6-7
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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.

    7 So now let the fear of the Lord be in you; do your work with care; for in the Lord our God there is no evil, or respect for high position, or taking of payment to do wrong.

  • Rom 3:18
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    18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.

  • Ps 36:1
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    1 <To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord. Of David.> The sin of the evil-doer says in his heart, There is no fear of the Lord before his eyes.

  • Rom 2:11
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    11 For one man is not different from another before God.

  • Prov 18:5
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    5 To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

  • Exod 23:3
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    3 But, on the other hand, do not be turned from what is right in order to give support to a poor man's cause.

  • Lev 19:15
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    15 Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

  • Rom 2:2-3
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    2 And we are conscious that God is a true judge against those who do such things.

    3 But you who are judging another for doing what you do yourself, are you hoping that God's decision will not take effect against you?

  • Matt 7:1
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    1 Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged.

  • Eccl 5:8
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    8 It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king.

  • Exod 23:6
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    6 Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.

  • Jer 22:16
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    16 He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.

  • Luke 16:1
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    1 And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods.

  • Job 37:24
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    24 For this cause men go in fear of him; he has no respect for any who are wise in heart.

  • Mal 2:17
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    17 You have made the Lord tired with your words. And still you say, How have we made him tired? By your saying, Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of the Lord, and he has delight in them; or, Where is God the judge?

  • Luke 19:21-22
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    21 Because I was in fear of you, for you are a hard man: you take up what you have not put down, and get in grain where you have not put seed.

    22 He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed;

  • Luke 21:2
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    2 And he saw a certain poor widow putting in a farthing.

  • Rom 3:6
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    6 In no way: because if it is so, how is God able to be the judge of all the world?

  • Deut 27:19
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    19 Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.

  • Deut 25:1
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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.

  • Luke 18:13
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    13 The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

  • Deut 1:17
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    17 In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.

  • 1 Pet 1:17
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    17 And if you give the name of Father to him who, judging every man by his acts, has no respect for a man's position, then go in fear while you are on this earth:

  • Prov 24:23
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    23 These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.

  • Prov 24:18
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    18 For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.

  • Ps 10:18
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    18 To give decision for the child without a father and for the broken-hearted, so that the man of the earth may no longer be feared.

  • Lam 3:36
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    36 In his doing wrong to a man in his cause, the Lord has no pleasure.

  • Ezek 18:8
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    8 And has not given his money out at interest or taken great profits, and, turning his hand from evil-doing, has kept faith between man and man,

  • Ps 82:2
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    2 How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.)

  • Luke 16:15
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    15 And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.

  • 1 Cor 5:13
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    13 As for those who are outside, God is their judge. So put away the evil man from among you.

  • John 7:24
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    24 Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness.

  • Ps 9:19
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    19 Up! O Lord; let not man overcome you: let the nations be judged before you.

  • Job 31:28
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    28 That would have been another sin to be rewarded with punishment by the judges; for I would have been false to God on high.

  • Jas 2:4
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    4 Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts?

  • Eccl 8:13
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    13 But it will not be well for the evil-doer; he will not make his days long like a shade, because he has no fear before God.

  • Job 18:21
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    21 Truly, these are the houses of the sinner, and this is the place of him who has no knowledge of God.

  • Isa 10:2
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    2 Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.