Luke 18:2

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Luke 18:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:

2 “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.

3 And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

4 For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,

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Luke 18:4

For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,

Exodus 18:21

Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

Exodus 18:22

Have these men judge the people at all times. Then they can bring you any major issue, but all minor cases they can judge on their own, so that your load may be lightened as they share it with you.

2 Chronicles 19:3

However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”

2 Chronicles 19:4

Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and once again he went out among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and turned them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 19:5

He appointed judges in the land, in each of the fortified cities of Judah.

2 Chronicles 19:6

Then he said to the judges, “Consider carefully what you do, for you are not judging for man, but for the LORD, who is with you when you render judgment.

2 Chronicles 19:7

And now, may the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.”

2 Chronicles 19:8

Moreover, Jehoshaphat appointed in Jerusalem some of the Levites, priests, and heads of the Israelite families to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes. And they lived in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 19:9

He commanded them, saying, “You must serve faithfully and wholeheartedly in the fear of the LORD.

Job 29:7

When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,

Job 29:8

the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.

Job 29:9

The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.

Job 29:10

The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.

Job 29:11

For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,

Job 29:12

because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.

Job 29:13

The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

Job 29:14

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.

Job 29:15

I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.

Job 29:16

I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

Job 29:17

I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

Psalms 8:1

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.

Psalms 8:2

From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.

Psalms 8:3

When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—

Psalms 8:4

what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

Jeremiah 22:16

He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 22:17

“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”

Ezekiel 22:6

See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.

Ezekiel 22:7

Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.

Ezekiel 22:8

You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths.

Micah 3:1

Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?

Micah 3:2

You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.

Micah 3:3

You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”

Romans 3:14

“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”

Romans 3:15

“Their feet are swift to shed blood;

Romans 3:16

ruin and misery lie in their wake,

Romans 3:17

and the way of peace they have not known.”

Romans 3:18

“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

Proverbs 29:7

The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.

Isaiah 33:8

The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.