Jeremiah 22:15 “Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have fo…”

Jeremiah 22:15

Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?

World English Bible

“Should you reign because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn’t your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.

American Standard Version

Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him.

Geneva Bible 1599

Shalt thou reigne, because thou closest thy selfe in cedar? did not thy father eate and drinke and prosper, when he executed iudgement and iustice?

Darby Translation

Shalt thou reign, because thou viest with the cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice? Then it was well with him.

Young's Literal Translation

Dost thou reign, because thou art fretting thyself in cedar? Thy father — did he not eat and drink? Yea, he did judgment and righteousness, Then [it is] well with him.

Bible in Basic English

Are you to be a king because you make more use of cedar than your father? did not your father take food and drink and do right, judging in righteousness, and then it was well for him?

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Cross references

“thy”

2 Kings 23:25 Jeremiah 22:18 1 Chronicles 3:15

2 Kings 23:25 · BSB

Neither before nor after Josiah was there any king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, according to all the Law of Moses.

Jeremiah 22:18 · BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!…

1 Chronicles 3:15 · BSB

The sons of Josiah: Johanan was the firstborn, Jehoiakim the second, Zedekiah the third, and Shallum the fourth.

“eat”

Ecclesiastes 10:17 1 Kings 4:20–23 2 Chronicles 35:12–18 Ecclesiastes 2:24 Ecclesiastes 9:7–10 Isaiah 33:16

Ecclesiastes 10:17 · BSB

Blessed are you, O land whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes feast at the proper time— for strength and not for drunkenness.

1 Kings 4:20–23 · BSB

The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.

2 Chronicles 35:12–18 · BSB

They set aside the burnt offerings to be given to the divisions of the families of the people to offer to the LORD, as it is written in the Book of Moses. And they did the same with the bulls.

Ecclesiastes 2:24 · BSB

Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 9:7–10 · BSB

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:

Isaiah 33:16 · BSB

he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.

“and do”

Proverbs 25:5 Proverbs 29:4 2 Kings 22:2 Jeremiah 21:12 2 Samuel 8:15 1 Kings 10:9

Proverbs 25:5 · BSB

Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Proverbs 29:4 · BSB

By justice a king brings stability to the land, but a man who exacts tribute demolishes it.

2 Kings 22:2 · BSB

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

Jeremiah 21:12 · BSB

O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it…

2 Samuel 8:15 · BSB

Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:

1 Kings 10:9 · BSB

Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”

“then”

Isaiah 3:10 Jeremiah 42:6 Deuteronomy 4:40 Psalm 128:1 Psalm 128:2

Isaiah 3:10 · BSB

Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.

Jeremiah 42:6 · BSB

Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us when we obey the voice of the LORD our God!”

Deuteronomy 4:40 · BSB

Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.

Psalm 128:1 · BSB

Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!

Psalm 128:2 · BSB

For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion.

16He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.

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