Luke 18:3 · KJV
“And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.”
— Luke 18:3
Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: {in a city: Gr. in a certain city}
And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
Luke 18 — Context
And he spake a parable unto them {to this end}, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
2Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: {in a city: Gr. in a certain city}
3And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
4And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
5Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
Cross References
Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. {relieve: or, righten}
Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed {be} he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Jeremiah 5:28
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Job 29:13
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Luke 18:7-8
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
Romans 13:3-4
For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
Job 22:9
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Isaiah 1:21-23
How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.