Judges 17:6
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6 In those days Israel had no king; all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes.
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Deuteronomy 12:8
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8 “Your pattern of worship will change. Today all of you are doing as you please,
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Proverbs 14:12
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12 There is a path before each person that seems right,
but it ends in death.
Proverbs 12:15
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15 Fools think their own way is right,
but the wise listen to others.
Judges 21:25
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25 In those days Israel had no king; all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes.
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Judges 19:1
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The Levite and His Concubine
19 Now in those days Israel had no king. There was a man from the tribe of Levi living in a remote area of the hill country of Ephraim. One day he brought home a woman from Bethlehem in Judah to be his concubine.
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Judges 18:1
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Idolatry in the Tribe of Dan
18 Now in those days Israel had no king. And the tribe of Dan was trying to find a place where they could settle, for they had not yet moved into the land assigned to them when the land was divided among the tribes of Israel.
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Proverbs 16:2
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2 People may be pure in their own eyes,
but the Lord examines their motives.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
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9 Young people,[a] it’s wonderful to be young! Enjoy every minute of it. Do everything you want to do; take it all in. But remember that you must give an account to God for everything you do.
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- 11:9 Hebrew Young man.
Psalm 12:4
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4 They say, “We will lie to our hearts’ content.
Our lips are our own—who can stop us?”
Jeremiah 44:16-17
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16 “We will not listen to your messages from the Lord! 17 We will do whatever we want. We will burn incense and pour out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven just as much as we like—just as we, and our ancestors, and our kings and officials have always done in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For in those days we had plenty to eat, and we were well off and had no troubles!
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Judges 21:3
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3 “O Lord, God of Israel,” they cried out, “why has this happened in Israel? Now one of our tribes is missing from Israel!”
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Deuteronomy 33:5
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5 The Lord became king in Israel[a]—
when the leaders of the people assembled,
when the tribes of Israel gathered as one.”
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- 33:5 Hebrew in Jeshurun, a term of endearment for Israel.
Genesis 36:31
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Rulers of Edom
31 These are the kings who ruled in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites[a]:
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- 36:31 Or before an Israelite king ruled over them.
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