Jeremiah 22:15 - Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ Will you reign because you compare yourself to the cedar? Did your father not eat and drink, and act with judgment and justice, so that it would be well with him?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ Do you think that being a king [merely] means [self-indulgent] vying [with Solomon] and striving to excel in cedar [palaces]? Did not your father [Josiah], as he ate and drank, do justice and righteousness [being upright and in right standing with God]? Then it was well with him.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Is this what makes you a king, having more cedar than anyone else? Didn’t your father eat and drink and still do what was just and right? Then it went well for him!

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ Shalt thou reign, because thou comparest thyself to the cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and it was then well with him?

Jeremiah 22:15 পৰস্পৰ সংযোগসমূহ

2 Kings 23:25

There was no king before him similar to him, who returned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his strength, in accord with the entire law of Moses. And after him, there rose up no one similar to him.

Isaiah 3:10

Tell the just man that it is well, for he shall eat from the fruit from his own plans.

Ecclesiastes 10:17

Blessed is the land whose king is noble, and whose princes eat at the proper time, for refreshment and not for self-indulgence.

Proverbs 25:5

Take away impiety from the face of the king, and his throne shall be made firm by justice.

Proverbs 29:4

A just king guides the land. A man of avarice will destroy it.

2 Kings 22:2

And he did what was pleasing before the Lord, and he walked in all the ways of his father David. He did not turn aside to the right, or to the left.

Jeremiah 42:6

Whether it is for good or for harm, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we are sending you. So may it be well with us, when we heed the voice of the Lord our God."

Jeremiah 21:12

O house of David! Thus says the Lord: Judge with judgment from early morning, and rescue anyone who is oppressed by violence from the hand of a false accuser. Otherwise, my indignation may go forth like a fire, and may flare up, and there will be no one who can extinguish it, because of the evil of your intentions.

Proverbs 21:3

To do mercy and judgment is more pleasing to the Lord than sacrifices.

1 Kings 10:9

Blessed is the Lord your God, whom you have greatly pleased, and who has placed you upon the throne of Israel. For the Lord loves Israel forever, and he has appointed you as king, so that you may accomplish judgment and justice."

2 Samuel 8:15

And David reigned over all of Israel. And David accomplished judgment and justice with all his people.

1 Corinthians 10:31

Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever else you may do, do everything for the glory of God.

Acts 2:46

Also, they continued, daily, to be of one accord in the temple and to break bread among the houses; and they took their meals with exultation and simplicity of heart,

Luke 11:41

Yet truly, give what is above as alms, and behold, all things are clean for you.

Jeremiah 23:5

Behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when I will raise up to David a righteous branch. And a king will reign, and he will be wise. And he will exercise judgment and justice upon the earth.

Jeremiah 22:18

Because of this, thus says the Lord toward Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah: They will not mourn for him by saying, 'Alas,' to a brother, or, 'Alas,' to a sister. They will not make a noise for him and say, 'Alas,' to a master, or, 'Alas,' to a nobleman.

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus says the Lord: Exercise judgment and justice, and free anyone who is oppressed by violence from the hand of a false accuser. And do not be willing to sadden the new arrival, or the orphan, or the widow, nor should you burden them unfairly. And you shall not shed innocent blood in this place.

Isaiah 33:16

Such a one will live on high; the fortification of rocks will be his lofty place. Bread has been given to him; his waters are reliable.

Isaiah 9:7

His reign will be increased, and there will be no end to his peace. He will sit upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to confirm and strengthen it, in judgment and justice, from now even unto eternity. The zeal of the Lord of hosts shall accomplish this.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

Is it not better to eat and drink, and to show his soul the good things of his labors? And this is from the hand of God.

Proverbs 31:9

Open your mouth, declare what is just, and do justice to the indigent and the poor.

Proverbs 20:28

Mercy and truth guard the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency.

2 Chronicles 34:2

And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, and he walked in the ways of his father David. He did not turn away, neither to the right, nor to the left.

1 Chronicles 3:15

Now the sons of Josiah were these: the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

Deuteronomy 4:40

Keep his precepts and commandments, which I am teaching to you, so that it may be well with you, and with your sons after you, and so that you may remain for a long time upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you."

Jeremiah 7:5

For if you direct your ways and your intentions well, if you exercise judgment between a man and his neighbor,

2 Chronicles 35:22

Josiah was not willing to return. Instead, he prepared for war against him. Neither would he agree to the words of Neco from the mouth of God. In truth, he traveled so that he might do battle in the field of Megiddo.

2 Chronicles 35:26

Now the rest of the words of Josiah, and his mercies, which were instructed by the law of the Lord,