Luke 18:5

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yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out by her unending pleas.’”

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  • Luke 11:8 : 8 I tell you, even though the man inside will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man’s sheer persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.
  • Luke 18:39 : 39 And those who were in front scolded him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted even more,“Son of David, have mercy on me!”
  • Judg 16:16 : 16 She nagged him every day and pressured him until he was sick to death of it.
  • 2 Sam 13:24-27 : 24 Then Absalom went to the king and said,“My shearers have begun their work. Let the king and his servants go with me.” 25 But the king said to Absalom,“No, my son. We shouldn’t all go. We shouldn’t burden you in that way.” Though Absalom pressed him, the king was not willing to go. Instead, David blessed him. 26 Then Absalom said,“If you will not go, then let my brother Amnon go with us.” The king replied to him,“Why should he go with you?” 27 But when Absalom pressed him, he sent Amnon and all the king’s sons along with him.
  • Matt 15:23 : 23 But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him,“Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us.”
  • Mark 10:47-48 : 47 When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to shout,“Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” 48 Many scolded him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more,“Son of David, have mercy on me!”

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  • Luke 18:6-8
    3 verses
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    6And the Lord said,“Listen to what the unrighteous judge says!

    7Won’t God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?

    8I tell you, he will give them justice speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

  • Luke 18:1-4
    4 verses
    86%

    1Prayer and the Parable of the Persistent Widow Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.

    2He said,“In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people.

    3There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying,‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

    4For a while he refused, but later on he said to himself,‘Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people,

  • Luke 11:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7Then he will reply from inside,‘Do not bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything.’

    8I tell you, even though the man inside will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man’s sheer persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.

  • 1 Tim 5:5
    71%

    5But the widow who is truly in need, and completely on her own, has set her hope on God and continues in her pleas and prayers night and day.

  • Judg 16:16
    67%

    16She nagged him every day and pressured him until he was sick to death of it.

  • Prov 27:15
    67%

    15A continual dripping on a rainy day– a contentious wife makes herself like that.

  • 2 Sam 14:15-16
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    15I have now come to speak with my lord the king about this matter, because the people have made me fearful. But your servant said,‘I will speak to the king! Perhaps the king will do what his female servant asks.

    16Yes! The king may listen and deliver his female servant from the hand of the man who seeks to remove both me and my son from the inheritance God has given us!’

  • Job 31:16
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    16If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

  • Luke 21:2-3
    2 verses
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    2He also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.

    3He said,“I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put in more than all of them.

  • 1 Sam 1:6
    66%

    6Her rival used to aggravate her to the point of exasperation, just to irritate her, since the LORD had not enabled her to have children.

  • Job 9:15
    66%

    15Although I am innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my judge for mercy.

  • 1 Tim 5:16
    66%

    16If a believing woman has widows in her family, let her help them. The church should not be burdened, so that it may help the widows who are truly in need.

  • Luke 12:58
    66%

    58As you are going with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, so that he will not drag you before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

  • Luke 11:5
    66%

    5Then he said to them,“Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him,‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

  • Job 24:21
    66%

    21He preys on the barren and childless woman, and does not treat the widow well.

  • Mark 12:42-43
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    66%

    42And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, worth less than a penny.

    43He called his disciples and said to them,“I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the offering box than all the others.

  • Isa 1:24
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    24Therefore, the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the Powerful One of Israel, says this:“Ah, I will seek vengeance against my adversaries, I will take revenge against my enemies.

  • Mal 2:17
    66%

    17Resistance to the Lord through Self-deceit You have wearied the LORD with your words. But you say,“How have we wearied him?” Because you say,“Everyone who does evil is good in the LORD’s opinion, and he delights in them,” or“Where is the God of justice?”

  • 2 Pet 2:8
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    8(for while he lived among them day after day, that righteous man was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)

  • 2 Sam 14:5
    66%

    5The king replied to her,“What do you want?” She answered,“I am a widow; my husband is dead.

  • Jer 18:19
    66%

    19Then I said,“LORD, pay attention to me. Listen to what my enemies are saying.

  • Exod 22:23-24
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    66%

    23If you afflict them in any way and they cry to me, I will surely hear their cry,

    24and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless.

  • Job 13:19
    65%

    19Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.

  • Luke 10:40
    65%

    40But Martha was distracted with all the preparations she had to make, so she came up to him and said,“Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Tell her to help me.”

  • Ps 55:3
    65%

    3because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.

  • Job 31:10-11
    2 verses
    65%

    10then let my wife turn the millstone for another man, and may other men commit adultery with her.

    11For I would have committed a shameful act, an iniquity to be judged.

  • Jer 5:29
    65%

    29I will certainly punish them for doing such things!” says the LORD.“I will certainly bring retribution on such a nation as this!

  • 1 Tim 5:3
    65%

    3Honor widows who are truly in need.

  • Job 19:2
    65%

    2“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?

  • Exod 23:6
    65%

    6“You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.

  • Isa 10:2
    65%

    2to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.

  • Matt 15:23
    65%

    23But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him,“Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us.”

  • Prov 25:17
    65%

    17Don’t set foot too frequently in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.

  • Ps 55:17
    65%

    17During the evening, morning, and noontime I will lament and moan, and he will hear me.

  • Mark 14:6
    65%

    6But Jesus said,“Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me.

  • Luke 20:47
    65%

    47They devour widows’ property, and as a show make long prayers. They will receive a more severe punishment.”

  • Ps 6:3
    65%

    3I am absolutely terrified, and you, LORD– how long will this continue?

  • 1 Sam 1:16
    65%

    16Don’t consider your servant a wicked woman. It’s just that, to this point, I have spoken from my deep pain and anguish.”

  • Luke 16:5
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    5So he contacted his master’s debtors one by one. He asked the first,‘How much do you owe my master?’