Judges 21:25
In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
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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, and everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
Judges 18:7Then the five men left and came to Laish, and they saw that the people were living in safety, in the same way the Sidonians lived, undisturbed and secure. There was no one who conquered them or who oppressed them in any way in the land. They lived far away from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.
Psalms 12:4These are those who have said, “With our tongues will we prevail. 1 When our lips speak, who can be master over us?” 1
Proverbs 14:12There is a way that seems right to a man, 1 but its end only leads to death. 1
Isaiah 53:6We all like sheep have gone astray; we have each turned to his own way, 1 and Yahweh has placed on him the iniquity of us all. 1
Micah 2:1Woe to those who plan iniquity, 1 to those who plan on their beds to do evil. 1 In the morning light they do it 1 because they have power. 1
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 →