Jeremiah 22:16
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then was it well: is not this the proper knowledge of me? saith the Lord.
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1 Chronicles 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with an entire heart and with a willing soul; for all hearts doth the Lord search, and every imagination of the thoughts doth he understand; if thou seek him, he will let himself be found by thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Psalms 9:10(9:11) And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; for thou hast not forsaken those that seek thee, O Lord.
Psalms 72:12For he will deliver the needy when he crieth; the afflicted also, who hath no helper.
Psalms 109:31For he ever standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those that judge his soul.
Isaiah 1:17Learn to do well; seek for justice, relieve the oppressed, do justice to the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Jeremiah 9:3(9:2) And they bend their tongues, their bow of falsehood, and not for the truth are they valiant in the land; for from evil to evil do they proceed, and me they know not, saith the 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 →