Luke 18:2

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Saying, There was in a city a judge who did not fear God, nor regard man:

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  • Prov 29:7 : 7 The righteous consider the cause of the poor; but the wicked do not understand to know it.
  • Luke 18:4 : 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I do not fear God, nor regard man;
  • Rom 3:14-18 : 14 'Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.' 15 'Their feet are swift to shed blood:' 16 'Destruction and misery are in their ways:' 17 'And the way of peace they have not known:' 18 'There is no fear of God before their eyes.'
  • Ezek 22:6-8 : 6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one, were in you using their power to shed blood. 7 In you they have treated father and mother with contempt: in your midst they have dealt oppressively with the stranger: in you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow. 8 You have despised My holy things, and have profaned My sabbaths.
  • Mic 3:1-3 : 1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O leaders of Jacob, and you rulers of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know justice? 2 Who hate good and love evil; who strip their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; 3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, like meat for the pot, and like flesh within the cauldron.
  • Exod 18:21-22 : 21 Moreover, you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place them over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 22 And let them judge the people at all times. Then it will be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves; so it will be easier for you, for they will bear the burden with you.
  • 2 Chr 19:3-9 : 3 Nevertheless, there are good things found in you, in that you have removed the groves out of the land and have prepared your heart to seek God. 4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem, and he went out again through the people from Beersheba to Mount Ephraim, and brought them back to the LORD God of their fathers. 5 And he appointed judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city, 6 And 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. 7 Therefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it, for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts. 8 Moreover, in Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem. 9 And he charged them, saying, This you shall do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
  • Job 29:7-9 : 7 When I went out to the gate of the city, when I took my seat in the square! 8 The young men saw me and hid themselves; even the aged arose and stood. 9 The princes refrained from speaking, and laid their hands on their mouths. 10 The nobles kept silence, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths. 11 When the ear heard me, it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it approved me; 12 Because I delivered the poor who cried out, the fatherless, and the one who had no helper. 13 The blessing of a dying man came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a crown. 15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. 16 I was a father to the poor, and I searched out the case I did not know. 17 And I broke the fangs of the wicked, and plucked the victim from his teeth.
  • Ps 8:1-4 : 1 O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants, you have ordained strength because of your enemies, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger. 3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained; 4 What is man, that you are mindful of him? And the son of man, that you visit him?
  • Isa 33:8 : 8 The highways lie desolate, the traveler ceases; he has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities, he regards no man.
  • Jer 22:16-17 : 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? says the LORD. 17 But your eyes and your heart are set only on your covetousness, and on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression, and on violence, to do it.

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    3And there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of my adversary.

    4And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I do not fear God, nor regard man;

    5Yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

    6And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge says.

    7And shall not God avenge his own elect, who cry day and night to him, though he bears long with them?

    8I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, shall he find faith on the earth?

    9And he spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others:

    10Two men went up into the temple to pray; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax collector.

  • Luke 18:1
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    1And he spoke a parable to them to this end, that men ought always to pray and not lose heart;

  • 2 Chr 19:6-7
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    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.

    7Therefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it, for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

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

  • Ps 36:1
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    1The transgression of the wicked speaks within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

  • Rom 2:11
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    11For there is no partiality with God.

  • Prov 18:5
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    5It is not good to show partiality to the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

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    3Nor shall you show favoritism to a poor man in his dispute.

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    15You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.

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    2But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who commit such things.

    3And do you think this, O man, who judges those who do such things, and do the same, that you shall escape the judgment of God?

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    1Do not judge, so that you will not be judged.

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    8If you see the oppression of the poor and the violent perversion of judgment and justice in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for He who is higher than the highest regards, and there are higher than they.

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    6You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his dispute.

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    16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? says the LORD.

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    17You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, How have we wearied him? When you say, Everyone that does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them; or, Where is the God of justice?

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    21For I feared you, because you are an austere man; you take up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.

    22And he said to him, Out of your own mouth I will judge you, wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow.

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    2And he also saw a certain poor widow casting in there two small coins.

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    19Cursed be he who perverts the judgment of the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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    1If there is a dispute between men, and they come to judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

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    13And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but struck upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

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    17You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid of anyone, for the judgment is God's. The case that is too difficult for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.

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    17And if you call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in reverent fear;

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    23These sayings also belong to the wise: It is not good to show partiality in judgment.

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    18Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

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    18To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may oppress no more.

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    36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord does not approve.

  • Ezek 18:8
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    8He that has not given out loans with interest, nor taken any increase, that has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true judgment between man and man,

  • Ps 82:2
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    2How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah.

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    13But those who are outside God judges. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

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    24Judge not according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.

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    19Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail; let the nations be judged in your sight.

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    28This also would be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied the God above.

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    4are you not then partial among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

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    13But it will not be well with the wicked, nor will he prolong his days, which are like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.

  • Job 18:21
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    21Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him who does not know God.

  • Isa 10:2
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    2To turn aside the needy from justice and to take away the rights from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!