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Jer. 22:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was wellq with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord.

Isa. 3:10• ¹⁰Say ye of the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. (Isa. 3:10)

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Jer. 5:28• ²⁸{i}They are become fat, they shine, yea, they surpass in deeds of wickedness; they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, and they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not adjudge.{/i} (Jer. 5:28)

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Job 29:12‑17• ¹²For I delivered the poor that cried,{HR}And the fatherless that had no helper.
¹³The blessing of the perishing came on me,{HR}And the heart of the widow I made sing.
¹⁴Righteousness I put on, and it put me on,{HR}As a robe and a diadem mine equity.
¹⁵I was eyes to the blind,{HR}And feet [was] I to the lame,
¹⁶A father to the needy,{HR}And the cause I knew not I searched.
¹⁷And I broke the jaw of the wicked,{HR}And flung the prey out of his teeth. (Job 29:12‑17)

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Psa. 72:1‑4,12‑13• ¹Of Solomon.{HR}Give the king thy judgments, O God,{HR}And thy righteousness, unto the king's son.
²He shall judge thy people with righteousness{HR}And thine afflicted with judgment.
³The mountains shall bring peace to the people,{HR}And the hills in righteousness.
⁴He will judge the afflicted of the people,{HR}He will save the sons of the needy,{HR}And will crush the oppressor.
¹²For he will deliver the needy that crieth{HR}And the afflicted that hath no helper.
¹³He will have pity on a poor and needy one,{HR}And the souls of the needy will he save. (Psa. 72:1‑4,12‑13)

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Psa. 82:3‑4• ³Judge the poor (man) and fatherless;{HR}Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
⁴{i}Rescue the poor and the needy{/i},{HR}Deliver them from the hand of the wicked. (Psa. 82:3‑4)

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Psa. 109:31• ³¹For he standeth on the right hand of the needy{HR}To save [him] from those that judge his soul. (Psa. 109:31)

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Prov. 24:11‑12• ¹¹Deliver those taken forth to death,{HR}And withdraw not from them that stagger to slaughter.
¹²If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not,{HR}Will not he that weigheth the hearts consider it?{HR}And he that preserveth thy soul, he knoweth [it];{HR}And he rendereth to man according to his work. (Prov. 24:11‑12)

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Isa. 1:17• ¹⁷Cease to do evil; learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. (Isa. 1:17)

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Jer. 9:3,16,24• ³{i}And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood, and not for fidelity are they valiant in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.{/i}
¹⁶{i}and will scatter them among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them.{/i}
²⁴{i}but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah, who exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah{/i}. (Jer. 9:3,16,24)

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Jer. 31:33‑34• ³³This shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith Jehovah, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
³⁴And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah: for they shall all know me from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. (Jer. 31:33‑34)

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1 Sam. 2:2• ²There is none holy as Jehovah:{HR}For there is none beside thee:{HR}Neither is there any rock like our God. (1 Sam. 2:2)

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1 Chron. 28:9• ⁹{i}And thou, Solomon my son, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searches all hearts, and discerns all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cut thee off forever.{/i} (1 Chron. 28:9)

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Psa. 9:10• ¹⁰And they who know thy name will trust in thee;{HR}For thou hast not forsaken those who seek thee, O Jehovah. (Psa. 9:10)

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John 8:19,54‑55• ¹⁹They said to him then, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye know neither me nor my Father. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
⁵⁴Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father that glorifieth me, of whom ye say, He is our God,
⁵⁵and ye have not known him, but I know him; and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be like you a liar; but I know him, and keep his word. (John 8:19,54‑55)

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John 16:3• ³And these things will they do to you because they knew not the Father nor me. (John 16:3)

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John 17:3,6• ³And this is the eternal life, that they know thee, the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, Jesus Christ.
⁶I manifested thy name to the men whom thou gavest me out of the world. Thine they were, and to me thou gavest them, and they have kept thy word. (John 17:3,6)

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Titus 1:16• ¹⁶They profess to know God; but in works they deny [him], being abominable and disobedient, and for every good work reprobate. (Titus 1:16)

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1 John 2:3‑4• ³And herein we know that we have known him, if we keep his commandments.
⁴He that saith, I have known him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. (1 John 2:3‑4)

J. N. Darby Translation

He judged the cause of the poore and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.

JND Translation Notes

Or "afflicted."

W. Kelly Translation

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.