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Luke 18:7

And God – won’t he see that his own people, who cry to him night and day, have justice done them – though he holds his hand?

Open English Bible (US)

In The King James Version

And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

In Context

6Then the Master added, “Listen to what this iniquitous judge says!

8He will, I tell you, give them justice soon enough! Yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

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Cross References

Psalms 10:15Break the arm of the wicked and evil: search out their sin, till no more be found.

Psalms 54:1Save me, O God, by your name, by your power secure for me justice.

Matthew 7:11If you, then, wicked though you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask him!

Luke 11:13If you, then, naturally wicked though you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Matthew Henry on Luke 18:2-9

The Unjust Judge. 1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; 2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. 6 And the… Read the whole commentary →

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