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Jeremiah 22:16

He judged the cause of the poor and needy man, then it was well. Was not this to know me? says LORD.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.

In Context

15Shall thou reign, because thou strive to excel in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.

17But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind, for LORD searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be

Psalms 9:10And those who know thy name will put their trust in thee, for thou, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek thee.

Psalms 72:12For he will deliver a needy man when he cries, and a poor man, who has no helper.

Psalms 109:31For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.

Isaiah 1:17Learn to do good. Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Jeremiah 9:3And they bend their tongue--their bow--for falsehood, and they have grown strong in the land, but not for truth. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says LORD.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 22:11-20

The Doom of Shallum and Jehoiakim. ( b. c. 590.) 10 Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country. 11 For thus saith the Lord touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more: 12 But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more. 13 Woe unto him that buildeth… Read the whole commentary →

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