Jeremiah 22:16 - King James 2000 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? says the LORD. 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? |
And you, Solomon my son, know you the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
O continue your lovingkindness unto them that know you; and your righteousness to the upright in heart.
And they that know your name will put their trust in you: for you, LORD, have not forsaken them that seek you.
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Learn to do good; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
They have grown fat, they shine: yea, they pass over the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not defend.
I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.
But let him that glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says the LORD.
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, says the LORD.
He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
And this is life eternal, that they might know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
I have manifested your name unto the men that you gave me out of the world: yours they were, and you gave them to me; and they have kept your word.
Then said they unto him, Where is your Father? Jesus answered, You neither know me, nor my Father: if you had known me, you should have known my Father also.
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside you: neither is there any rock like our God.