Judges

 

Israel fights the remaining Canaanites

Judges 1:1-36

The angel of the Lord at Bokim

Judges 2:1-5

Powerless from breaking God’s covenant

Judges 2:1-3

Be sincere and repent

Judges 2:4-5

Disobedience & defeat

Judges 2:6-23; 3:1-6

An account of Joshua’s death

Judges 3:6-9

Don’t fall into temptation

Judges 2:11-15

A cycle of rebellion, defeat & deliverance

Judges 2:16-19

A new test

Judges 2:20-23; 3:1-4

Befriend non-believers but don’t compromise your faith

Judges 3:5-7

Othniel

Judges 3:7-11

Ehud

Judges 3:12-30

Shamgar

Judges 3:31

A left-handed deliverer

Judges 3:15

Deborah (a prophetess)

Judges 4:1-24

Step out on faith

Judges 4:6-9

Jael (a woman) did God’s will

Judges 4:18-21

The song of Deborah

Judges 5:1-31

Consequences of choosing other gods

Judges 5:8

Neglecting God’s orders

Judges 5:15-17

Gideon

Judges 7:1-40

“Here we go again”

Judges 6:6

An angel of the Lord visits Gideon

Judges 6:11

Don’t blame God… get all of the facts!

Judges 6:13

Don’t make excuses…go!

Judges 6:14-16

Facing criticism while serving God

Judges 6:25-30

Don’t demand extra signs

Judges 6:37-39

Gideon defeats the Midianites

Judges 7:1-25

Avoid self-sufficiency

Judges 7:2

God gives Gideon strength

Judges 7:10-11

God’s victory through element of surprise

Judges 7:21

Zebah and Zalmunna

Judges 8:1-21

Every job is important

Judges 8:1-3

Gideon’s Ephod

Judges 8:22-27

God should rule over you

Judges 8:22

Gideon’s death

Judges 8:28-35

Hero had a flaw

Judges 8:31

Israel at it again

Judges 8:33-35

Abimelech

Judges 9:1-57

Jotham’s parable

Judges 9:7-15

Slow punishment from God’s mercy

Judges 9:22-24

Abimelech killed by a woman

Judges 9:53

Tola

Judges 10:1-2

Jair

Judges 10:3-5

What will people remember you from?

Judges 10:1-5

Jepthah

Judges 10:6-18; 11:1-40

Rejected by man, used by God

Judges 11:1-2

Be careful of what you pray for

Judges 11:30-40

Jephthah and Ephraim

Judges 12:1-7

Two wrongs:  insult & revenge

Judges 12:1-7

“Shibboleth”

Judges 12:4-7

Ibzan, Elon & Abdon

Judges 12:8-15

The birth of Samson

Judges 13:1-25

Israel, Israel, Israel…

Judges 13:1

Set apart for God

Judges 13:5

Knowledge beyond human understanding

Judges 13:18

Stirred from the Spirit

Judges 13:25

Samson’s marriage

Judges 14:1-20

Objecting the fiancée’

Judges 14:3

Superhuman strength

Judges 14:6

Answered riddle & discovered deception

Judges 14:18

Selfish use of God’s gift

Judges 14:19

Dangerous pride

Judges 15:14-17

Avoid temptation during times of vulnerability

Judges 15:18

Samson & Delilah

Judges 16:1-22

See the significant other for who they are

Judges 16:15

Don’t give into nagging

Judges 16:16-17

Allowing others to be played

Judges 16:19

The death of Samson

Judges 16:23-31

Satan pounding on Samson

Judges 16:21

God always want to hear from us

Judges 16:28-30

Micah’s idols

Judges 17:1-13

Danites settle in Laish

Judges 18:1-31

Using God for selfish gain

Judges 18:11-26

Justifying wrong actions

Judges 18:27-31

A Levite and his concubine

Judges 19:1-30

Another Sodom & Gomorrah

Judges 19:23-30

Israelites fight the Benjamites

Judges 20:1-48

Obstructing justice

Judges 20:13

Seldom seeking of God

Judges 20:27-28

Tragedy could have been avoided by justice

Judges 20:46-48

Wives for the Benjamites

Judges 21:1-25

Distorted justice again

Judges 21:8-12

                                                              

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