Jeremiah 22:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁵ Are you a king because you excel in cedar? Didn’t your father eat and drink and administer justice and righteousness? Then it went 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!

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?

Jeremiah 22:15 Cross References

2 Samuel 8:15

So David reigned over all Israel, administering justice and righteousness for all his people.

1 Kings 10:9

Blessed be the Lord your God! He delighted in you and put you on the throne of Israel,  because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel.  He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.’

2 Kings 22:2

He did what was right in the Lord’s sight and walked in all the ways of his ancestor David;  he did not turn to the right or the left.

2 Kings 23:25

Before him there was no king like him who turned to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength  according to all the law of Moses, and no one like him arose after him.

1 Chronicles 3:15

Josiah’s sons: Johanan was the firstborn, Jehoiakim second, Zedekiah third, and Shallum fourth.

2 Chronicles 34:2

He did what was right in the Lord’s sight and walked in the ways of his ancestor David;  he did not turn aside to the right or the left.

2 Chronicles 35:22

But Josiah did not turn away from him; instead, in order to fight with him he disguised himself.  , He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to the Valley of Megiddo  to fight.

2 Chronicles 35:26

The rest of the events  of Josiah’s reign, along with his deeds of faithful love according to what is written in the law of the Lord,

Proverbs 20:28

Loyalty and faithfulness guard a king; through loyalty he maintains his throne.

Proverbs 21:3

Doing what is righteous and just is more acceptable to the  Lord than sacrifice.

Proverbs 25:5

Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Proverbs 29:4

By justice a king brings stability to a land, but a person who demands ‘contributions’ demolishes it.

Proverbs 31:9

Speak up, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the oppressed and needy.

Ecclesiastes 10:17

Blessed are you, land, when your king is a son of nobles and your princes feast at the proper time – for strength and not for drunkenness.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

There is nothing better for a person than to eat, drink, and enjoy  , his work.  I have seen that even this is from God’s hand,

Isaiah 3:10

Tell the righteous that it will go well for them, for they will eat the fruit of their labour.

Isaiah 33:16

he will dwell on the heights; his refuge will be the rocky fortresses, his food provided, his water assured.

Isaiah 9:7

The dominion will be vast, and its prosperity will never end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from now on and for ever. The zeal of the Lord of Armies will accomplish this.

Jeremiah 21:12

House of David, this is what the Lord says: Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from his oppressor, or my anger will flare up like fire and burn unquenchably because of your evil deeds.

Jeremiah 22:18

Therefore, this is what the Lord says concerning Jehoiakim  son of Josiah, king of Judah: They will not mourn for him, saying, ‘Woe, my brother! ’ or ‘Woe, my sister! ’ They will not mourn for him, saying, ‘Woe, lord! Woe, his majesty! ’

Jeremiah 22:3

This is what the Lord says: Administer justice and righteousness.  Rescue the victim of robbery from his oppressor.  Don’t exploit or brutalise the resident foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.  Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 23:5

‘Look, the days are coming’   #– #this is the  Lord’s declaration – ‘when I will raise up a Righteous Branch for David. He will reign wisely as king and administer justice and righteousness in the land.

Jeremiah 42:6

Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will obey the Lord our God to whom we are sending you so that it may go well with us.  We will certainly obey the Lord our God! ’

Jeremiah 7:5

Instead, if you really correct your ways and your actions, if you act justly towards one another,  ,

Luke 11:41

But give from what is within to the poor,   , and then everything is clean   for you.

Acts 2:46

Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple, and broke bread from house to house. They ate their food with joyful and sincere hearts,

1 Corinthians 10:31

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.

Deuteronomy 4:40

Keep his statutes and commands, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper and so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you for all time.’