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Jeremiah 9:24
but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,” declares the Lord. (niv)
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Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. (niv)
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Titus 1:16
They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good. (niv)
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1John 2:3-4
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Psalms 72:1-4
Endow the king with your justice, O God, the royal son with your righteousness.May he judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice.May the mountains bring prosperity to the people, the hills the fruit of righteousness.May he defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy; may he crush the oppressor. (niv)
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Jeremiah 9:16
I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have known, and I will pursue them with the sword until I have made an end of them.” (niv)
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Psalms 72:12-13
For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help.He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death. (niv)
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John 17:3
Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. (niv)
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Psalms 109:31
For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save their lives from those who would condemn them. (niv)
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1 Chronicles 28 9
“ And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever. (niv)
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Psalms 9:10
Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you. (niv)
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Proverbs 24:11-12
Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter.If you say,“ But we knew nothing about this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done? (niv)
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John 17:6
“ I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. (niv)
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Psalms 82:3-4
Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked. (niv)
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John 16:3
They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me. (niv)
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Jeremiah 5:28
and have grown fat and sleek. Their evil deeds have no limit; they do not seek justice. They do not promote the case of the fatherless; they do not defend the just cause of the poor. (niv)
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Jeremiah 9:3
“ They make ready their tongue like a bow, to shoot lies; it is not by truth that they triumph in the land. They go from one sin to another; they do not acknowledge me,” declares the Lord. (niv)
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John 8:54-55
Jesus replied,“ If I glorify myself, my glory means nothing. My Father, whom you claim as your God, is the one who glorifies me.Though you do not know him, I know him. If I said I did not, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and obey his word. (niv)
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1 Samuel 2 2
“ There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God. (niv)
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Job 29:12-17
because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist them.The one who was dying blessed me; I made the widow’s heart sing.I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was my robe and my turban.I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger.I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth. (niv)
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Jeremiah 31:33-34
“ This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the Lord.“ I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another,‘ Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,” declares the Lord.“ For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.” (niv)
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John 8:19
Then they asked him,“ Where is your father?”“ You do not know me or my Father,” Jesus replied.“ If you knew me, you would know my Father also.” (niv)