Jeremiah 22:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah. Common English Bible 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 He judged the case of the poor and the indigent for their good. Was this not because he knew me, says the Lord? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He judged the cause of the poor and needy for his own good. Was it not therefore because he knew me, saith the Lord? |
‘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.
Speak up, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the oppressed and needy.
Learn to do what is good. Pursue justice. Correct the oppressor. Defend the rights of the fatherless. Plead the widow’s cause.
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.
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.’
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.
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.
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.
They will do these things because they haven’t known the Father or me.
This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and the one you have sent #– #Jesus Christ.
‘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.
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.’
They claim to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
There is no one holy like the Lord. There is no one besides you! And there is no rock like our God.