Final Word: Every Man Did That Which Was Right in His Own Eyes – August 24, 2025

1. The Throne Shall Never Be Empty.

2. The Passage: “In those days…”

Judges 21:25 (KJV)

25 In those days was no king in Israel, everyone did what was right in his own…

• King-lessness in terms of history.

Judges 21:25 (KJV)

25 In those days was no king in Israel, everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

Judges 17:6 (KJV)

In those days there was no king in Israel, everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

Judges 18:1 (KJV)

In those days there was no king in Israel: –

Judges 19:1 (CSB)

In those days when there was no king in Israel,

Judges 21:25b (ESV)

Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

• King-lessness in terms of the heart.

Proverbs 16:2 (NKJV)

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit.

Proverbs 21:2 (NASB 1995)

Every man’s way is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart.

Proverbs 30:12 (ESV)

There are those who are clean in their own eyes but are not washed of their filth. 

Proverbs 26:16 (ESV)

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men sensibly.

Proverbs 12:15 (ESV)

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.

Proverbs 3:7 (ESV)

Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

3. Crying out for a king

Proverbs 3:5-7 (NIV)

Trust in the Lord with all of your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding., in all your ways, acknowledge him, and He will make straight your paths, be not wise in your own eyes fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

4. The throne of your heart

Old Puritan Prayer:

Oh God of the highest heaven,

Occupy the throne of my heart,

take full possession and reign supreme,

lay low every rebel lust,

let no vile passion resist the holy war;

manifest thy mighty power,

and make me thine forever.

Thou art worthy,

to be with every breath,

loved with my every faculty of soul,

served with my every act of life.