Luke 18:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:

Luke 18:2 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 29:7
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
Psalms 8:1-4
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. …
Luke 18:4
And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
Ezekiel 22:6-8
Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood. …
Micah 3:1-3
And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment? …

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Blessing Despair Despondency Discouragement Enquiring of God Importunity Prayer

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-8)

This parable has its key hanging at the door; the drift and design of it are prefixed. Christ spoke it with this intent, to teach us that men ought always to pray and not to faint, Luke 18:1. It supposes that all God’s people are praying people; all God’s children keep up both a constant and an occasional correspondence with him, send to him statedly, and upon every emergency. It is our privilege…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

Lu 18:1-8. Parable of the Importunate Widow. 1-5. always--Compare Lu 18:7, “night and day.” faint--lose heart, or slacken.