why they are fat and well fed. There is no limit to their evil deeds. They do not give orphans their rights or show justice to the oppressed.

When the poor cried out, I helped them; I gave help to orphans who had nowhere to turn.

I have always acted justly and fairly.

I was like a father to the poor and took the side of strangers in trouble.

Teach the king to judge with your righteousness, O God; share with him your own justice,

May the land enjoy prosperity; may it experience righteousness.

Defend the rights of the poor and the orphans; be fair to the needy and the helpless.

Rescue them from the power of evil people.

because he defends the poor and saves them from those who condemn them to death.

Don't hesitate to rescue someone who is about to be executed unjustly.

You may say that it is none of your business, but God knows and judges your motives. He keeps watch on you; he knows. And he will reward you according to what you do.

and learn to do right. See that justice is done---help those who are oppressed, give orphans their rights, and defend widows."

They are always ready to tell lies; dishonesty instead of truth rules the land. The LORD says, "My people do one evil thing after another and do not acknowledge me as their God."

I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have heard about, and I will send armies against them until I have completely destroyed them."

If any want to boast, they should boast that they know and understand me, because my love is constant, and I do what is just and right. These are the things that please me. I, the LORD, have spoken."

The new covenant that I will make with the people of Israel will be this: I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

None of them will have to teach a neighbor to know the LORD, because all will know me, from the least to the greatest. I will forgive their sins and I will no longer remember their wrongs. I, the LORD, have spoken."

"No one is holy like the LORD; there is none like him, no protector like our God.

And to Solomon he said, "My son, I charge you to acknowledge your father's God and to serve him with an undivided heart and a willing mind. He knows all our thoughts and desires. If you go to him, he will accept you; but if you turn away from him, he will abandon you forever.

Those who know you, LORD, will trust you; you do not abandon anyone who comes to you.

"Where is your father?" they asked him. "You know neither me nor my Father," Jesus answered. "If you knew me, you would know my Father also."

Jesus answered, "If I were to honor myself, that honor would be worth nothing. The one who honors me is my Father---the very one you say is your God.

You have never known him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey his word.

People will do these things to you because they have not known either the Father or me.

And eternal life means to know you, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ, whom you sent.

"I have made you known to those you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me. They have obeyed your word,

They claim that they know God, but their actions deny it. They are hateful and disobedient, not fit to do anything good.

If we obey God's commands, then we are sure that we know him.

If we say that we know him, but do not obey his commands, we are liars and there is no truth in us.