Luke 18:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁵Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

Luke 18:5 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 11:8
I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Luke 18:39
And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
Judges 16:16
And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
Mark 10:47-48
And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me. …
Matthew 15:23
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

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. 5)

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