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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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Trust in the Lord with all your heart;
    do not depend on your own understanding.

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“Your pattern of worship will change. Today all of you are doing as you please,

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In those days Israel had no king; all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes.

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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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Footnotes

  1. 11:9 Hebrew Young man.

12 There is a path before each person that seems right,
    but it ends in death.

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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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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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Judgment against Wealthy Oppressors

What sorrow awaits you who lie awake at night,
    thinking up evil plans.
You rise at dawn and hurry to carry them out,
    simply because you have the power to do so.
When you want a piece of land,
    you find a way to seize it.
When you want someone’s house,
    you take it by fraud and violence.
You cheat a man of his property,
    stealing his family’s inheritance.

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They say, “We will lie to our hearts’ content.
    Our lips are our own—who can stop us?”

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So the five men went on to the town of Laish, where they noticed the people living carefree lives, like the Sidonians; they were peaceful and secure.[a] The people were also wealthy because their land was very fertile. And they lived a great distance from Sidon and had no allies nearby.

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Footnotes

  1. 18:7 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.

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