Jeremiah 22:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ “He defended the cause of the poor and needy – then it was well. Was this not to know Me?” declares יהוה.

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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, my son Shelomoh, know the Elohim of your father, and serve Him with a perfect heart and with a pleasing life, for יהוה  searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. If you do seek Him, He is found by you; but if you forsake Him, He rejects you forever.

Psalm 109:31

For He stands at the right hand of the poor, To save from those judging his being.

Psalm 36:10

Draw out Your kindness to those who know You, And Your righteousness to the upright in heart.

Psalm 9:10

And those who know Your Name trust in You, For You have not forsaken those who seek You, O יהוה.

Proverbs 31:9

Open your mouth, judge righteously, And plead the cause of the poor and needy.

Isaiah 1:17

“Learn to do good! Seek right-ruling, reprove the oppressor, defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Jeremiah 5:28

‘They have become fat, they are sleek. They also overlook the deeds of the wrong. They did not rightly rule the cause of the fatherless, so that they prosper. And the right of the needy they did not rightly rule.

Jeremiah 9:16

“And I shall scatter them among the gentiles, whom neither they nor their fathers have known. And I shall send a sword after them until I have consumed them.”

Jeremiah 9:24

but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am יהוה, doing kindness, right-ruling, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,” declares יהוה.

Jeremiah 9:3

“And they bend their tongue like a bow. Falsehood, and not truth, prevails on the earth. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they have not known Me,” declares יהוה.

Micah 6:8

He has declared to you, O man, what is good. And what does יהוה  require of you but to do right, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your Elohim?

John 16:3

“And this they shall do to you because they did not know the Father, nor Me.

John 17:3

“And this is everlasting life, that they should know You, the only true Elohim, and יהושע  Messiah whom You have sent.

John 17:6

“I have revealed Your Name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world. They were Yours, and You gave them to Me, and they have guarded Your Word.

John 8:19

Therefore they said to Him, “Where is Your Father?” יהושע  answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father. If you knew Me, you would have known My Father also.”

Titus 1:16

They profess to know Elohim, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

1 Samuel 2:2

“There is no one set-apart like יהוה, for there is no one besides You, and there is no rock like our Elohim.