Judges 21:25
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did what seemed right to him.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
In Context
Cross References
Judges 17:6In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did as seemed right to him.
Judges 18:7Then the five men went on their way and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, living without thought of danger, like the Zidonians, quiet and safe; for they had everything on earth for their needs, and they were far from the Zidonians and had no business with Aram.
Psalms 12:4\12:3\The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.
Proverbs 14:12There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.
Isaiah 53:6We all went wandering like sheep; going every one of us after his desire; and the Lord put on him the punishment of us all.
Micah 2:1A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.
Matthew Henry on Judges 21:17-25
The Virgins of Shiloh Surprised. ( b. c. 1409.) 16 Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? 17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. 18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin. 19 Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the… Read the whole commentary →