Jeremiah 22:16
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16 (A)He judged the cause of the poor and needy;
(B)then it was well.
Is not this (C)to know me?
declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 9:24
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24 but (A)let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. (B)For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”
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Isaiah 1:17
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17 learn to do good;
(A)seek justice,
correct oppression;
(B)bring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow's cause.
1 John 2:3-4
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3 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we (A)keep his commandments. 4 Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments (B)is a liar, and (C)the truth is not in him,
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Titus 1:16
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16 (A)They profess to know God, but they (B)deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, (C)unfit for any good work.
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Jeremiah 9:16
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16 (A)I will scatter them among the nations (B)whom neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will (C)send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.”
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Psalm 72:12-13
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12 For he delivers (A)the needy when he calls,
the poor and him who has no helper.
13 He has pity on the weak and the needy,
and saves the lives of the needy.
Psalm 72:1-4
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Give the King Your Justice
Of (A)Solomon.
72 Give the king your (B)justice, O God,
and your righteousness to the royal son!
2 May he (C)judge your people with righteousness,
and your poor with justice!
3 Let the mountains bear (D)prosperity for the people,
and the hills, in righteousness!
4 May he defend the cause of the poor of the people,
give deliverance to the children of the needy,
and crush the oppressor!
Proverbs 24:11-12
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11 (A)Rescue those who are being taken away to death;
hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
12 If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”
(B)does not he who (C)weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who (D)keeps watch over your soul know it,
and will he not repay man (E)according to his work?
Psalm 109:31
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31 For he stands (A)at the right hand of the needy one,
to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.
Psalm 9:10
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10 And those who (A)know your name put their trust in you,
for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
Jeremiah 5:28
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28 (A)they have grown fat and sleek.
They know no bounds in deeds of evil;
(B)they judge not with justice
the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper,
and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
1 Chronicles 28:9
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David's Charge to Solomon
9 “And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a (A)whole heart and with a willing mind, (B)for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. (C)If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
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John 17:6
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6 (A)“I have manifested your name to the people (B)whom you gave me out of the world. (C)Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
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John 16:3
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3 And they will do these things (A)because they have not known the Father, nor me.
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John 8:54-55
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54 Jesus answered, (A)“If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. (B)It is my Father who glorifies me, (C)of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’[a] 55 But (D)you have not known him. (E)I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be (F)a liar (G)like you, but I do know him and I keep his word.
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- John 8:54 Some manuscripts your God
Jeremiah 9:3
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3 (A)They bend their tongue like a bow;
falsehood and not truth has grown strong[a] in the land;
for they proceed from evil to evil,
(B)and they do not know me, declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 9:3 Septuagint; Hebrew and not for truth they have grown strong
John 8:19
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19 They said to him therefore, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, (A)“You know neither me nor my Father. (B)If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”
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Jeremiah 31:33-34
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33 (A)For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: (B)I will put my law within them, and I will write it (C)on their hearts. (D)And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ (E)for they shall all know me, (F)from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For (G)I will forgive their iniquity, and (H)I will remember their sin no more.”
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Job 29:12-17
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12 because I (A)delivered the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to help him.
13 (B)The blessing of him who was (C)about to perish came upon me,
and I caused (D)the widow's heart to sing for joy.
14 I (E)put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
my justice was like a robe and (F)a turban.
15 I was (G)eyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the needy,
and I searched out (H)the cause of him whom I did not know.
17 I (I)broke (J)the fangs of the unrighteous
and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
1 Samuel 2:2
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2 (A)“There is none holy like the Lord:
for there is none besides you;
there is (B)no rock like our God.
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