Jeremiah 22:15

Modern English Version

Do you reign because you compete in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink and do justice and righteousness, and then it was well with him?

Cross References

2 Samuel 8:15

David reigned over all of Israel, and he administered fair judgments to all of his people.

1 Kings 10:9

Blessed be the Lord your God, who delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel, because the Lord loved Israel forever; therefore He made you king in order to execute judgment and justice.”

2 Kings 22:2

He did what was right in the sight of the Lord and walked in all the ways of David his father. He did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

2 Kings 23:25

Now there had been no king like him before or after, who turned to the Lord with all his heart, with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses.

1 Chronicles 3:15

The sons of Josiah were the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum.

2 Chronicles 34:2

And he did what was correct in the eyes of the Lord, and he walked in the ways of David his father and did not turn either to the right or left.

2 Chronicles 35:22

But Josiah did not turn away from him, for he went to battle against him disguised. He did not listen to the words of Necho that came from the mouth of God, but he came to battle in the plain of Megiddo.

2 Chronicles 35:26

Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his good deeds according to what is written in the Law of the Lord,

Proverbs 20:28

Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is sustained by love.

Proverbs 21:3

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

Proverbs 25:5

Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Proverbs 29:4

The king by justice establishes the land, but a man of bribes overthrows it.

Proverbs 31:9

Speak out, judge righteously, plead the cause of the poor and needy.

Ecclesiastes 10:17

Happy are you, O land, when your king is from nobility, 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 and drink, and make his life see the good in his labor. This I have seen is from the hand of God.

Isaiah 3:10

Say to the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

Isaiah 33:16

He shall dwell on high; his place of defense shall be the impregnable rock; his bread shall be given him, his waters shall be sure.

Isaiah 9:7

Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to order it and to establish it with justice and with righteousness, from now until forever. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will perform this.

Jeremiah 21:12

O house of David; thus says the Lord: Execute justice each morning, and deliver him who has been robbed from the hand of the oppressor, lest My fury go out like fire and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your deeds.

Jeremiah 22:18

Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: They will not lament for him, saying, “Ah, my brother!” or, “Ah, sister!” They will not lament for him, saying, “Ah, lord!” or, “Ah, his glory!”

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus says the Lord: Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver the robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. And do no wrong or violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 23:5

Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, that I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the earth.

Jeremiah 42:6

Whether it is good or whether it is bad, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send you so that it may be well with us when we obey the voice of the Lord our God.”

Jeremiah 7:5

For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your deeds, if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor,

Luke 11:41

But give alms from what is within, and behold, all things are clean to you.

Acts 2:46

And continuing daily with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,

1 Corinthians 10:31

Therefore, whether you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.

Deuteronomy 4:40

Therefore, you shall keep His statutes and His commandments which I command you this day, so that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and so that you may prolong your days in the land, which the Lord your God gives you, forever.