Jeremiah 22:15
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15 Do you think you are a king
because you compete in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
and (A)do justice and righteousness?
(B)Then it was well with him.
2 Kings 23:25
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25 (A)Before him there was no king like him, who turned to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses, nor did any like him arise after him.
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Isaiah 3:10
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10 (A)Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them,
(B)for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
Ecclesiastes 10:17
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17 Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of the nobility,
and your princes feast at the proper time,
for strength, and not for (A)drunkenness!
Proverbs 29:4
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:4 Or who taxes heavily
Proverbs 25:5
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5 take away (A)the wicked from the presence of the king,
and his (B)throne will be established in righteousness.
Psalm 128:1-2
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Blessed Is Everyone Who Fears the Lord
A Song of (A)Ascents.
128 (B)Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,
who (C)walks in his ways!
2 You (D)shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;
you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.
2 Kings 22:2
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2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and walked in all the way of David his father, (A)and he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
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Jeremiah 42:6
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6 Whether it is good or bad, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God to whom we are sending you, (A)that it may be well with us when we obey the voice of the Lord our God.”
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Jeremiah 21:12
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12 O house of David! Thus says the Lord:
(A)“‘Execute justice (B)in the morning,
and deliver from the hand of the oppressor
him who has been robbed,
(C)lest my wrath go forth like fire,
and burn with none to quench it,
because of your evil deeds.’”
Proverbs 21:3
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3 (A)To do righteousness and justice
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
1 Kings 10:9
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9 (A)Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel! (B)Because the Lord loved Israel forever, he has made you king, (C)that you may execute justice and righteousness.”
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2 Samuel 8:15
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David's Officials
15 So David reigned over all Israel. And David administered justice and equity to all his people.
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1 Corinthians 10:31
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31 So, whether you eat or drink, or (A)whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
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Acts 2:46
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46 And day by day, (A)attending the temple (B)together and (C)breaking bread in their homes, they received their food (D)with glad and generous hearts,
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Luke 11:41
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41 But (A)give as alms those things that are within, and behold, (B)everything is clean for you.
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Jeremiah 23:5
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5 (A)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous (B)Branch, and (C)he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
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Jeremiah 22:18
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18 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
(A)“They shall not lament for him, saying,
(B)‘Ah, my brother!’ or ‘Ah, sister!’
They shall not lament for him, saying,
(C)‘Ah, lord!’ or ‘Ah, his majesty!’
Jeremiah 22:3
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Isaiah 33:16
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16 he will dwell on the heights;
his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks;
(A)his bread will be given him; his water will be sure.
Isaiah 9:7
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7 Of the increase of his government and of peace
(A)there will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
to establish it and to uphold it
(B)with justice and with righteousness
from this time forth and forevermore.
(C)The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
Ecclesiastes 9:7-10
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Enjoy Life with the One You Love
7 Go, (A)eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.
8 (B)Let your garments be always white. Let not (C)oil be lacking on your head.
9 Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your (D)vain[a] life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your (E)portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun. 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, (F)do it with your might,[b] (G)for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
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- Ecclesiastes 9:9 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
- Ecclesiastes 9:10 Or finds to do with your might, do it
Ecclesiastes 2:24
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24 (A)There is nothing better for a person than that he should (B)eat and drink and find enjoyment[a] in his toil. This also, I saw, is (C)from the hand of God,
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- Ecclesiastes 2:24 Or and make his soul see good
Proverbs 31:9
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Proverbs 20:28
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28 (A)Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king,
and by steadfast love his (B)throne is upheld.
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