Jeremiah 22:15

Bible in Basic English 1965

Are you to be a king because you make more use of cedar than your father? did not your father take food and drink and do right, judging in righteousness, and then it was well for him?

Cross References

2 Samuel 8:15

And David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.

1 Kings 10:9

May the Lord your God be praised, whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; because the Lord's love for Israel is eternal, he has made you king, to be their judge in righteousness.

2 Kings 22:2

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of David his father, without turning to the right hand or to the left.

2 Kings 23:25

Never before had there been a king like him, turning to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his power, as the law of Moses says; and after him there was no king like him.

1 Chronicles 3:15

And the sons of Josiah: the oldest Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

2 Chronicles 34:2

And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of his father David, without turning to the right hand or to the left.

2 Chronicles 35:22

However, Josiah would not go back; but keeping to his purpose of fighting against him, and giving no attention to the words of Neco, which came from God, he went forward to the fight in the valley of Megiddo.

2 Chronicles 35:26

Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and the good he did, in keeping with what is recorded in the law of the Lord,

Proverbs 20:28

Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts.

Proverbs 21:3

To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.

Proverbs 25:5

Take away evil-doers from before the king, and the seat of his power will be made strong in righteousness.

Proverbs 29:4

A king, by right rule, makes the land safe; but one full of desires makes it a waste.

Proverbs 31:9

Let your mouth be open, judging rightly, and give right decisions in the cause of the poor and those in need.

Ecclesiastes 10:17

Happy is the land whose ruler is of noble birth, and whose chiefs take food at the right time, for strength and not for feasting.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.

Isaiah 3:10

Happy is the upright man! for he will have joy of the fruit of his ways.

Isaiah 33:16

He will have a place on high: he will be safely shut in by the high rocks: his bread will be given to him; his waters will be certain.

Isaiah 9:7

Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.

Jeremiah 21:12

O family of David, this is what the Lord has said: Do what is right in the morning, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away, or my wrath will go out like fire, burning so that no one may put it out, because of the evil of your doings.

Jeremiah 22:18

So this is what the Lord has said about Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah: They will make no weeping for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they will make no weeping for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

Jeremiah 22:3

This is what the Lord has said: Do what is right, judging uprightly, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away: do no wrong and be not violent to the man from a strange country and the child without a father and the widow, and let not those who have done no wrong be put to death in this place.

Jeremiah 23:5

See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land.

Jeremiah 42:6

If it is good or if it is evil, we will be guided by the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we are sending you; so that it may be well for us when we give ear to the voice of the Lord our God.

Jeremiah 7:5

For if your ways and your doings are truly changed for the better; if you truly give right decisions between a man and his neighbour;

Luke 11:41

But if you give to the poor such things as you are able, then all things are clean to you.

Acts 2:46

And day by day, going in agreement together regularly to the Temple and, taking broken bread together in their houses, they took their food with joy and with true hearts,

1 Corinthians 10:31

So then, if it is a question of food or drink, or any other thing, whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Deuteronomy 4:40

Then keep his laws and his orders which I give you today, so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, and that your lives may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for ever.