Jeremiah 22:16
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16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy;
then it was well.
Is not this to know me?
says the Lord.(A)
Jeremiah 9:24
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24 but let those who boast boast in this, that they understand and know me, that I am the Lord; I act with steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for in these things I delight, says the Lord.(A)
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Isaiah 1:17
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17 learn to do good;
seek justice;
rescue the oppressed;
defend the orphan;
plead for the widow.(A)
1 John 2:3-4
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3 Now by this we know that we have come to know him, if we obey his commandments. 4 Whoever says, “I have come to know him,” but does not obey his commandments is a liar, and in such a person the truth does not exist;
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Titus 1:16
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16 They profess to know God, but they deny him by their actions; they are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.(A)
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Jeremiah 9:16
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16 I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have known, and I will send the sword after them until I have consumed them.(A)
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Psalm 72:1-4
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Psalm 72
Prayer for Guidance and Support for the King
Of Solomon.
1 Give the king your justice, O God,
and your righteousness to a king’s son.(A)
2 May he judge your people with righteousness
and your poor with justice.(B)
3 May the mountains yield prosperity for the people,
and the hills, in righteousness.(C)
4 May he defend the cause of the poor of the people,
give deliverance to the needy,
and crush the oppressor.(D)
John 17:3
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3 And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.(A)
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Psalm 72:12-13
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12 For he delivers the needy when they call,
the poor and those who have no helper.(A)
13 He has pity on the weak and the needy
and saves the lives of the needy.
Jeremiah 5:28
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28 they have grown fat and sleek.
They know no limits in deeds of wickedness;
they do not judge with justice
the cause of the orphan, to make it prosper,
and they do not defend the rights of the needy.(A)
Proverbs 24:11-12
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11 if you hold back from rescuing those taken away to death,
those who go staggering to the slaughter;(A)
12 if you say, “Look, we did not know this”—
does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it?
And will he not repay all according to their deeds?(B)
Psalm 109:31
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31 For he stands at the right hand of the needy,
to save them from those who would condemn them to death.(A)
Psalm 9:10
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10 And those who know your name put their trust in you,
for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.(A)
1 Chronicles 28:9
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9 “And you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve him with single mind and willing heart, for the Lord searches every mind and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will abandon you forever.(A)
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John 17:6
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6 “I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.(A)
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John 16:3
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3 And they will do this because they have not known the Father or me.(A)
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John 8:54-55
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54 Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, he of whom you say, ‘He is our God,’(A) 55 though you do not know him. But I know him; if I would say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I keep his word.(B)
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Jeremiah 9:3
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3 They bend their tongues like bows;
they have grown strong in the land for falsehood and not for truth,
for they proceed from evil to evil,
and they do not know me, says the Lord.(A)
Psalm 82:3-4
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3 Give justice to the weak and the orphan;
maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute.(A)
4 Rescue the weak and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”(B)
John 8:19
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19 Then they said to him, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”(A)
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Jeremiah 31:33-34
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33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.(A) 34 No longer shall they teach one another or say to each other, “Know the Lord,” for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord, for I will forgive their iniquity and remember their sin no more.(B)
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Job 29:12-17
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12 because I delivered the poor who cried
and the orphan who had no helper.(A)
13 The blessing of the wretched came upon me,
and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.(B)
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
my justice was like a robe and a turban.(C)
15 I was eyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the needy,
and I championed the cause of the stranger.(D)
17 I broke the fangs of the unrighteous
and made them drop their prey from their teeth.(E)
1 Samuel 2:2
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2 There is no Holy One like the Lord,
no one besides you;
there is no Rock like our God.(A)
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