Jeremiah 22:16

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He defended the cause of the poor and needy. Everything went well for him. Isn’t this what it means to know me?” asks the Lord.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:9

“And you, my son Solomon, learn to know your father’s God. Serve the Lord wholeheartedly and willingly because he searches every heart and understands every thought ⌞we have⌟. If you dedicate your life to serving him, he will accept you. But if you abandon him, he will reject you from then on.

Psalm 109:31

because he stands beside needy people to save them from those who would condemn them to death.

Psalm 36:10

Continue to show your mercy to those who know you and your righteousness to those whose motives are decent.

Psalm 9:10

Those who know your name trust you, O Lord, because you have never deserted those who seek your help.

Proverbs 31:9

Speak out, judge fairly, and defend the rights of oppressed and needy people.”

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do good. Seek justice. Arrest oppressors. Defend orphans. Plead the case of widows.”

Jeremiah 5:28

They grow big and fat. Their evil deeds have no limits. They have no respect for the rights of others. They have no respect for the rights of orphans. But they still prosper. They don’t defend the rights of the poor.

Jeremiah 9:16

I will scatter them among nations that they and their ancestors haven’t heard of. I will send armies after them until I’ve wiped them out.

Jeremiah 9:24

If they want to brag, they should brag that they understand and know me. They should brag that I, the Lord, act out of love, righteousness, and justice on the earth. This kind of bragging pleases me, declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:3

They use their tongues like bows that shoot arrows. Lies and dishonesty rule the land. They go from one evil thing to another, and they don’t know me,” declares the Lord.

Micah 6:8

You mortals, the Lord has told you what is good. This is what the Lord requires from you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to live humbly with your God.

John 16:3

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

John 17:3

This is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.

John 17:6

“I made your name known to the people you gave me. They are from this world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me. They did what you told them.

John 8:19

The Pharisees asked him, “Where is your father?” Jesus replied, “You don’t know me or my Father. If you knew me, you would also know my Father.”

Titus 1:16

They claim to know God, but they deny him by what they do. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit to do anything good.

1 Samuel 2:2

There is no one holy like the Lord. There is no one but you, O Lord. There is no Rock like our God.