But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I {am} the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these {things} I delight, saith the LORD.

And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. {relieve: or, righten}

They profess that they know God; but in works they deny {him}, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. {reprobate: or, void of judgment}

And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and {him} that hath no helper.

[{A Psalm} for Solomon.] Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. {for: or, of}

I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.

If thou forbear to deliver {them that are} drawn unto death, and {those that are} ready to be slain;

For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save {him} from those that condemn his soul. {those...: Heb. the judges of}

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

And they bend their tongues {like} their bow {for} lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:

Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. {Defend: Heb. Judge}

And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

But this {shall be} the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, 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.

Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.

{There is} none holy as the LORD: for {there is} none beside thee: neither {is there} any rock like our God.

Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and {him that had} none to help him.

And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.

I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, {and} the right of the poor.

O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart. {continue: Heb. draw out at length}

Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. {Defend: Heb. Judge}

Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: {in a city: Gr. in a certain city}

And they bend their tongues {like} their bow {for} lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

And hath not oppressed any, {but} hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

{That} hath taken off his hand from the poor, {that} hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.

Now the sons of Eli {were} sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.

And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and {him that had} none to help him.

Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I {am} the LORD your God.

We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.