Judges 17:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

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  • Judg 18:1 : 1 In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought an inheritance for themselves to live in, for until that day their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.
  • Judg 19:1 : 1 In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite staying on the side of Mount Ephraim, who took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
  • Judg 21:25 : 25 In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.
  • Deut 12:8 : 8 You shall not do as we are doing here today, every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes.
  • Prov 14:12 : 12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
  • Prov 16:2 : 2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes; but the LORD weighs the spirits.
  • Eccl 11:9 : 9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes — but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
  • Jer 44:16-17 : 16 As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you. 17 But we will certainly do whatever thing proceeds out of our own mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then we had plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.
  • Deut 33:5 : 5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
  • Judg 21:3 : 3 And said, O LORD God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that today one tribe should be missing from Israel?
  • Ps 12:4 : 4 Who have said, With our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
  • Prov 12:15 : 15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.
  • Gen 36:31 : 31 These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 21:24-25
    2 verses
    93%

    24And the children of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from there, every man to his inheritance.

    25In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.

  • Deut 12:8
    78%

    8You shall not do as we are doing here today, every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes.

  • Judg 18:1
    78%

    1In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought an inheritance for themselves to live in, for until that day their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.

  • Judg 17:5
    77%

    5And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

  • Judg 17:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7And there was a young man out of Bethlehem in Judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he stayed there.

    8And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehem in Judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

  • Judg 19:1
    75%

    1In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite staying on the side of Mount Ephraim, who took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

  • Prov 21:2
    73%

    2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.

  • Hos 10:3
    71%

    3For now they shall say, 'We have no king, because we did not fear the LORD; what then should a king do for us?'

  • 1 Kgs 22:47
    71%

    47There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

  • Hos 3:4
    71%

    4For the children of Israel shall remain many days without a king, without a prince, without a sacrifice, without a pillar, without an ephod, and without household gods.

  • 1 Kgs 22:17
    70%

    17And he said, I saw all Israel scattered on the hills, as sheep without a shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.

  • 2 Chr 15:5
    69%

    5And in those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in, but great troubles were upon all the inhabitants of the countries.

  • Judg 17:1
    69%

    1And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

  • 2 Chr 15:3
    69%

    3Now for a long time Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

  • 1 Sam 3:1
    69%

    1And the child Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was rare in those days; there was no widespread vision.

  • 2 Chr 18:16
    69%

    16Then he said, I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let each return to his house in peace.

  • Judg 18:7
    69%

    7Then the five men departed and came to Laish, and saw the people that were there, how they dwelt securely like the Zidonians, quiet and secure, and there was no magistrate in the land to put them to shame in anything, and they were far from the Zidonians and had no business with anyone.

  • 2 Chr 19:6
    69%

    6And said to the judges, Take heed what you do, for you judge not for man but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.

  • 2 Chr 10:16
    68%

    16And when all Israel saw that the king would not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, What part have we in David? And we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel; and now, David, see to your own house. So all Israel went to their tents.

  • Judg 18:14
    68%

    14Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish said to their brethren, Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod and teraphim and a carved image and a molten image? Now, therefore, consider what you should do.

  • Deut 17:9
    68%

    9and you shall come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge who is in office in those days, and inquire, and they shall declare to you the verdict of the judgment.

  • Isa 59:15
    68%

    15Yes, truth fails; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.

  • 1 Kgs 12:16
    68%

    16So when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Now see to your own house, David. So Israel departed to their tents.

  • Judg 6:1
    68%

    1And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years.

  • 2 Kgs 17:29
    68%

    29However, every nation made gods of their own and put them in the shrines of the high places which the Samaritans had made, each nation in the cities where they lived.

  • Jer 18:12
    68%

    12And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own plans, and we will everyone do the imagination of his evil heart.

  • 1 Chr 13:4
    67%

    4And all the congregation said they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

  • Deut 17:14
    67%

    14When you come to the land which the LORD your God gives you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say, 'I will set a king over me like all the nations that are around me,'

  • Ezek 18:5
    67%

    5But if a man is just and does what is lawful and right,

  • Judg 20:8
    67%

    8And all the people arose as one, saying, None of us will go to his tent, nor will any of us turn into his house.

  • Deut 1:16
    67%

    16And I commanded your judges at that time, saying, Hear the cases between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger who is with him.

  • 2 Kgs 17:19
    67%

    19Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they had made.

  • Judg 5:6
    67%

    6In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned, and the travelers walked through byways.

  • 1 Chr 5:17
    67%

    17All these were recorded by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

  • 1 Sam 13:19
    67%

    19Now there was no blacksmith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make swords or spears:

  • Judg 2:19
    67%

    19And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them and to bow down to them; they did not cease from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.

  • Judg 17:12-13
    2 verses
    67%

    12And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

    13Then said Micah, Now I know that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.

  • Prov 6:7
    67%

    7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

  • 1 Sam 12:12
    67%

    12And when you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, No; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king.

  • Hos 13:10
    67%

    10I will be your king: where is any other that may save you in all your cities? and your judges of whom you said, Give me a king and princes?

  • 1 Sam 8:19
    67%

    19Nevertheless, the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us,

  • Deut 6:18
    66%

    18And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which the LORD swore to your fathers,

  • Judg 20:27
    66%

    27And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

  • 2 Kgs 17:8
    66%

    8And they walked in the statutes of the nations whom the LORD had cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

  • 1 Sam 8:3
    66%

    3But his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

  • 1 Sam 7:15
    66%

    15And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.