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Jeremiah 22:16

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; so then it was well. Wasn’t this to know me?” says the LORD.

World English Bible Classic

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

15“Should you reign because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn’t your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.

17But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness, for shedding innocent blood, for oppression, and for doing violence.”

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:9You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

Psalms 9:10Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.

Psalms 72:12For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, 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 well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”

Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. They have grown strong in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says 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 →

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