Jeremiah 22:16
King James Version (KJV)
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
American Standard Version (ASV)
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.
World English Bible (WEB)
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Wasn't this to know me? says Yahweh.
Jeremiah 22:16 Cross References
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass 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 judge.
