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25 In those days there was no king in Israel; all the people did what was right in their own eyes.(A)

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“You shall not act as we are acting here today, all of us according to our own desires,

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In those days there was no king in Israel; all the people did what was right in their own eyes.(A)

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Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
    and do not rely on your own insight.(A)

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Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the inclination of your heart and the desire of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.(A)

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12 There is a way that seems right to a person,
    but its end is the way to death.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 14.12 Heb ways of death

The Levite’s Concubine

19 In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite residing in the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim took to himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.(A)

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The Migration of Dan

18 In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking for itself a territory to live in, for until then no territory among the tribes of Israel had been allotted to them.(A)

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Social Evils Denounced

Woe to those who devise wickedness
    and evil deeds[a] on their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it,
    because it is in their power.(A)
They covet fields and seize them,
    houses and take them away;
they oppress householder and house,
    people and their inheritance.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2.1 Cn: Heb work evil

those who say, “With our tongues we will prevail;
    our lips are our own—who is our master?”

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The five men went on, and when they came to Laish, they observed the people who were there living securely, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting, lacking[a] nothing on earth, and possessing wealth.[b] Furthermore, they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with Aram.[c](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 18.7 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 18.7 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  3. 18.7 Gk: Heb with anyone