“In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was sojourning in the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, who took to himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.”

Judges 19:1 ESV

The initial sins committed in this story escalated into increasingly horrific acts, impacting numerous lives. This serves as a reminder that our personal choices can have far-reaching consequences that extend beyond the immediate need we seek to fill.