Jeremiah 22:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁶ He took up the case of the poor and needy; then it went well. Is this not what it means to know me? This is the  Lord’s declaration.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ He judged and defended the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not [all] this [what it means] to know and recognize Me? says the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ He defended the rights of the poor and needy; then it went well. Isn’t that what it means to know me? declares the LORD.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ He judged the case of the poor and the indigent for their good. Was this not because he knew me, says the Lord?

Jeremiah 22:16 Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:9

‘As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind,  for the Lord searches every heart and understands the intention of every thought.  If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will reject you for ever.

Proverbs 31:9

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

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do what is good. Pursue justice. Correct the oppressor. Defend the rights of the fatherless. Plead the widow’s cause.

Jeremiah 5:28

They have become fat  and sleek. They have also excelled in evil matters. They have not taken up cases, such as the case of the fatherless, so they might prosper, and they have not defended the rights of the needy.

Jeremiah 9:16

I will scatter them among the nations  that they and their ancestors have not known. I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.’

Jeremiah 9:24

But the one who boasts should boast in this: that he understands and knows me   – that I am the Lord, showing faithful love, justice, and righteousness on the earth, for I delight in these things. This is the  Lord’s declaration.

Jeremiah 9:3

They bent their tongues like their bows; lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land, for they proceed from one evil to another, and they do not take me into account. This is the  Lord’s declaration.

Micah 6:8

Mankind, he has told each of you what is good and what it is the  Lord requires of you: to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God.

John 16:3

They will do these things because they haven’t known   the Father or me.

John 17:3

This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only   true   God, and the one you have sent   #– #Jesus Christ.

John 17:6

‘I have revealed your name   to the people you gave me   from the world.   They were yours, you gave them to me,   and they have kept your word.

John 8:19

Then they asked him, ‘Where is your Father? ’ ‘You know neither me nor my Father,’   Jesus answered. ‘If you knew me, you would also know my Father.’

Titus 1:16

They claim to know God,  but they deny him by their works.  They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

1 Samuel 2:2

There is no one holy like the  Lord. There is no one besides you! And there is no rock like our God.