Luke 18:3

New King James Version

Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, ‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’

Cross References

Job 22:9

You have sent widows away empty, And the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

Job 29:13

The blessing of a perishing man came upon me, And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow.

Jeremiah 5:28

They have grown fat, they are sleek; Yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked; They do not plead the cause, The cause of the fatherless; Yet they prosper, And the right of the needy they do not defend.

Matthew 5:25

Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.

Luke 18:2

saying: “There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man.

Luke 18:4

And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, ‘Though I do not fear God nor regard man,

Luke 18:5

yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.’ ”

Deuteronomy 27:19

‘Cursed is the one who perverts the justice due the stranger, the fatherless, and widow.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’