Judges 21:25
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
New Heart English Bible
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 that which was right in his own eyes.
Judges 18:7Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people who were there, and how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was no one in the land possessing authority that might trouble them in anyway, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with anyone.
Psalms 12:4who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail.Our lips are our own.Who is lord over us?"
Proverbs 14:12There is a way which seems right to a man,but in the end it leads to death.
Isaiah 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way;and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Micah 2:1Woe to those who devise iniquityand work evil on their beds!When the morning is light, they practice it,because it is in the power of their hand.
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 →