Luke 18:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He said,“In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 29:7 : 7 The righteous person cares for the legal rights of the poor; the wicked does not understand such knowledge.
  • Luke 18:4 : 4 For a while he refused, but later on he said to himself,‘Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people,
  • Rom 3:14-18 : 14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.” 15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood, 16 ruin and misery are in their paths, 17 and the way of peace they have not known.” 18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
  • Ezek 22:6-8 : 6 “‘See how each of the princes of Israel living within you has used his authority to shed blood. 7 They have treated father and mother with contempt within you; they have oppressed the resident foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow within you. 8 You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths!
  • Mic 3:1-3 : 1 God Will Judge Judah’s Sinful Leaders I said,“Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You ought to know what is just, 2 yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people’s skin and rip the flesh from their bones. 3 You devour my people’s flesh, strip off their skin, and crush their bones. You chop them up like flesh in a pot– like meat in a kettle.
  • Exod 18:21-22 : 21 But you choose from the people capable men, God-fearing, men of truth, those who hate bribes, and put them over the people as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 22 They will judge the people under normal circumstances, and every difficult case they will bring to you, but every small case they themselves will judge, so that you may make it easier for yourself, and they will bear the burden with you.
  • 2 Chr 19:3-9 : 3 Nevertheless you have done some good things; you removed the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow God.” 4 Jehoshaphat Appoints Judges Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. He went out among the people from Beer Sheba to the hill country of Ephraim and encouraged them to follow the LORD God of their ancestors. 5 He appointed judges throughout the land and in each of the fortified cities of Judah. 6 He told the judges,“Be careful what you do, for you are not judging for men, but for the LORD, who will be with you when you make judicial decisions. 7 Respect the LORD and make careful decisions, for the LORD our God disapproves of injustice, partiality, and bribery.” 8 In Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed some Levites, priests, and Israelite family leaders to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes among the residents of Jerusalem. 9 He commanded them:“Carry out your duties with respect for the LORD, with honesty, and with pure motives.
  • Job 29:7-9 : 7 When I went out to the city gate and secured my seat in the public square, 8 the young men would see me and step aside, and the old men would get up and remain standing; 9 the chief men refrained from talking and covered their mouths with their hands; 10 the voices of the nobles fell silent, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths. 11 Job’s Benevolence“As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me, 12 for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him; 13 the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice; 14 I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my just dealing was like a robe and a turban; 15 I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame; 16 I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know; 17 I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
  • Ps 8:1-4 : 1 For the music director, according to the gittith style; a psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth! You reveal your majesty in the heavens above! 2 From the mouths of children and nursing babies you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries, so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy. 3 When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place, 4 Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them?
  • Isa 33:8 : 8 Highways are empty, there are no travelers. Treaties are broken, witnesses are despised, human life is treated with disrespect.
  • Jer 22:16-17 : 16 He upheld the cause of the poor and needy. So things went well for Judah.’ The LORD says,‘That is a good example of what it means to know me.’ 17 But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Luke 18:3-10
    8 verses
    84%

    3There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying,‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

    4For a while he refused, but later on he said to himself,‘Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people,

    5yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out by her unending pleas.’”

    6And the Lord said,“Listen to what the unrighteous judge says!

    7Won’t God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?

    8I tell you, he will give them justice speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

    9The Parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.

    10“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

  • Luke 18:1
    77%

    1Prayer and the Parable of the Persistent Widow Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.

  • 2 Chr 19:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6He told the judges,“Be careful what you do, for you are not judging for men, but for the LORD, who will be with you when you make judicial decisions.

    7Respect the LORD and make careful decisions, for the LORD our God disapproves of injustice, partiality, and bribery.”

  • Rom 3:18
    72%

    18“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

  • Ps 36:1
    71%

    1For the music director; written by the LORD’s servant, David; an oracle. An evil man is rebellious to the core. He does not fear God,

  • Rom 2:11
    71%

    11For there is no partiality with God.

  • Prov 18:5
    70%

    5It is terrible to show partiality to the wicked, by depriving a righteous man of justice.

  • Exod 23:3
    70%

    3and you must not show partiality to a poor man in his lawsuit.

  • Lev 19:15
    70%

    15Justice, Love, and Propriety“‘You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.

  • Rom 2:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2Now we know that God’s judgment is in accordance with truth against those who practice such things.

    3And do you think, whoever you are, when you judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape God’s judgment?

  • Matt 7:1
    70%

    1Do Not Judge“Do not judge so that you will not be judged.

  • Eccl 5:8
    70%

    8Government Corruption If you see the extortion of the poor, or the perversion of justice and fairness in the government, do not be astonished by the matter. For the high official is watched by a higher official, and there are higher ones over them!

  • Exod 23:6
    69%

    6“You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.

  • Jer 22:16
    69%

    16He upheld the cause of the poor and needy. So things went well for Judah.’ The LORD says,‘That is a good example of what it means to know me.’

  • Luke 16:1
    69%

    1The Parable of the Clever Steward Jesus also said to the disciples,“There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets.

  • Job 37:24
    69%

    24Therefore people fear him, for he does not regard all the wise in heart.”

  • Mal 2:17
    69%

    17Resistance to the Lord through Self-deceit You have wearied the LORD with your words. But you say,“How have we wearied him?” Because you say,“Everyone who does evil is good in the LORD’s opinion, and he delights in them,” or“Where is the God of justice?”

  • Luke 19:21-22
    2 verses
    69%

    21For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.’

    22The king said to him,‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked slave! So you knew, did you, that I was a severe man, withdrawing what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow?

  • Luke 21:2
    69%

    2He also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.

  • Rom 3:6
    69%

    6Absolutely not! For otherwise how could God judge the world?

  • Deut 27:19
    69%

    19‘Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

  • Deut 25:1
    69%

    1If controversy arises between people, they should go to court for judgment. When the judges hear the case, they shall exonerate the innocent but condemn the guilty.

  • Luke 18:13
    69%

    13The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said,‘God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!’

  • Deut 1:17
    69%

    17They must not discriminate in judgment, but hear the lowly and the great alike. Nor should they be intimidated by human beings, for judgment belongs to God. If the matter being adjudicated is too difficult for them, they should bring it before me for a hearing.

  • 1 Pet 1:17
    68%

    17And if you address as Father the one who impartially judges according to each one’s work, live out the time of your temporary residence here in reverence.

  • Prov 24:23
    68%

    23Further Sayings of the Wise These sayings also are from the wise: To show partiality in judgment is terrible:

  • Prov 24:18
    68%

    18lest the LORD see it, and be displeased, and turn his wrath away from him.

  • Ps 10:18
    68%

    18You defend the fatherless and oppressed, so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them.

  • Lam 3:36
    68%

    36to defraud a person in a lawsuit– the Lord does not approve of such things!

  • Ezek 18:8
    68%

    8does not engage in usury or charge interest, but refrains from wrongdoing, promotes true justice between men,

  • Ps 82:2
    68%

    2He says,“How long will you make unjust legal decisions and show favoritism to the wicked?(Selah)

  • Luke 16:15
    68%

    15But Jesus said to them,“You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized among men is utterly detestable in God’s sight.

  • 1 Cor 5:13
    68%

    13But God will judge those outside. Remove the evil person from among you.

  • John 7:24
    68%

    24Do not judge according to external appearance, but judge with proper judgment.”

  • Ps 9:19
    68%

    19Rise up, LORD! Don’t let men be defiant! May the nations be judged in your presence!

  • Job 31:28
    68%

    28then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above.

  • Jas 2:4
    68%

    4If so, have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil motives?

  • Eccl 8:13
    68%

    13But it will not go well with the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.

  • Job 18:21
    68%

    21‘Surely such is the residence of an evil man; and this is the place of one who has not known God.’”

  • Isa 10:2
    68%

    2to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.