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Judges · read by David Wilkerson
60 verses, in order. Only the verses David read aloud are shown.
Judges 1
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"Judah shall go up," answered the LORD. "Indeed, I have delivered the land into their hands."Read from KJV · Jehovah Shalom
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The LORD was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains because they had chariots of iron.Read from KJV · Iron Chariots
Judges 2
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Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, "I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, 'I will never break My covenant with you,Read from KJV · Jehovah Shalom
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and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.' Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?Read from NKJV · Jehovah Shalom
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So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you."Read from KJV · Jehovah Shalom
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When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.Read from KJV · Jehovah Shalom
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And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.Read from KJV · Delivered by a Cry
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Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.Read from KJV · The Responding Christ
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Wherever Israel marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them to bring calamity, just as He had sworn to them. So they were greatly distressed.Read from KJV · The Responding Christ
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Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them.Read from KJV · The Responding Christ
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Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD's commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.Read from KJV · The Responding Christ
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Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.Read from KJV · Delivered by a Cry
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But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.Read from KJV · Delivered by a Cry
Judges 3
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And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.Read from KJV · Delivered by a Cry
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But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb's younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.Read from KJV · Delivered by a Cry
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Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.Read from KJV · Delivered by a Cry
Judges 4
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After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.Read from KJV · Delivered by a Cry
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Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.Read from KJV · Iron Chariots
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On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites.Read from KJV · Delivered by a Cry
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And the hand of the Israelites grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.Read from KJV · Delivered by a Cry
Judges 5
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The princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar was with Barak, rushing into the valley at his heels. In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.Read from KJV · Iron Chariots
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From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.Read from KJV · Iron Chariots
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So may all your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest." And the land had rest for forty years.Read from KJV · Delivered by a Cry
Judges 6
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Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,Read from KJV · Delivered by a Cry
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For the Midianites came with their livestock and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were innumerable, and they entered the land to ravage it.Read from KJV · Jehovah Shalom
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Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.Read from KJV · Jehovah Shalom
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Now when the Israelites cried out to the LORD because of Midian,Read from KJV · Delivered by a Cry
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He sent them a prophet, who told them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.Read from KJV · Delivered by a Cry
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I delivered you out of the hands of Egypt and all your oppressors. I drove them out before you and gave you their land.Read from KJV · Delivered by a Cry
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And I said to you: 'I am the LORD your God. You must not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.' But you did not obey Me."Read from KJV · Delivered by a Cry
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And the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon and said, "The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor."Read from KJV · Delivered by a Cry
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Then the angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.Read from KJV · Jehovah Shalom
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When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he said, "Oh no, Lord GOD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!"Read from KJV · Jehovah Shalom
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But the LORD said to him, "Peace be with you. Do not be afraid, for you will not die."Read from KJV · Jehovah Shalom
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On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, "Take your father's young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father's altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.Read from KJV · Tearing Down the Altar of Baal
Judges 8
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The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.Read from KJV · Delivered by a Cry
Judges 10
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And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.Read from KJV · Delivered by a Cry
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So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites,Read from KJV · Delivered by a Cry
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The LORD replied, "When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines,Read from KJV · The Responding Christ
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But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.Read from NKJV · Delivered by a Cry
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Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble."Read from KJV · Delivered by a Cry
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"We have sinned," the Israelites said to the LORD. "Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!"Read from KJV · The Responding Christ
Judges 11
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So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them, and the LORD delivered them into his hand.Read from KJV · Delivered by a Cry
Judges 13
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So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.Read from NASB1995 · Prison Houses
Judges 16
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Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.Read from KJV · Samson, Delilah and the Secret of Strength
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So Delilah said to Samson, "Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued."Read from NASB1995 · Prison Houses
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Then Delilah said to Samson, "You have mocked me and lied to me! Now please tell me how you can be tied up."Read from NASB1995 · Prison Houses
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Then Delilah said to Samson, "You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up." He told her, "If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man."Read from NASB1995 · Prison Houses
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Then she called out, "Samson, the Philistines are here!" When Samson awoke from his sleep, he thought, "I will escape as I did before and shake myself free." But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.Read from NASB1995 · Prison Houses
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Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.Read from NASB1995 · Prison Houses
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Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said, "Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hands."Read from NASB1995 · Prison Houses
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And when the people saw him, they praised their god, saying: "Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy who destroyed our land and multiplied our dead."Read from NASB1995 · Prison Houses
Judges 19
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her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, taking his servant and a pair of donkeys. So the girl brought him into her father's house, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.Read from KJV · The Destructive Power of Lust
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While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, "Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!"Read from KJV · The Destructive Power of Lust
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But the men would not listen to him. So the Levite took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.Read from KJV · The Destructive Power of Lust
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Early that morning, the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, collapsed at the doorway, and lay there until it was light.Read from KJV · The Destructive Power of Lust
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In the morning, when her master got up and opened the doors of the house to go out on his journey, there was his concubine, collapsed in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold.Read from KJV · The Destructive Power of Lust
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When he reached his house, he picked up a knife, took hold of his concubine, cut her limb by limb into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.Read from KJV · The Destructive Power of Lust
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And everyone who saw it said, "Nothing like this has been seen or done from the day the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt until this day. Think it over, take counsel, and speak up!"Read from KJV · The Destructive Power of Lust