Daily Verse Daily Verse by Faithlife | Jeremiah 9:24
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24 ⌊But only⌋ in this must the one who boasts boast,
that he has insight,
and that he knows me,
that I am Yahweh,
showing loyal love, justice, and righteousness on the earth,
for in these things I delight,” ⌊declares⌋ Yahweh.
9:24 he has insight, and that he knows me Knowing what Yahweh wants and doing it is the essence of true wisdom and proper worship. Yahweh wants His people to emulate Him in practicing kindness, justice, and righteousness. Israel had fundamentally failed to emulate these aspects of God’s character.
Barry, J. D., Mangum, D., Brown, D. R., Heiser, M. S., Custis, M., Ritzema, E., … Bomar, D. (2012, 2016). Faithlife Study Bible (Je 9:24). Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.
Barry, J. D., Mangum, D., Brown, D. R., Heiser, M. S., Custis, M., Ritzema, E., … Bomar, D. (2012, 2016). Faithlife Study Bible (Je 9:24). Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.
9:23–24 Two contrasting ways are described in two triads of values. Wisdom … strength, and wealth are the values that the wise … the strong, and the wealthy aspire to. But the person who understands and knows the Lord sets his highest values on the fact that God alone is the Lord. He shows faithful love (Hb chesed; used 248 times in the OT, meaning “loyalty, steadfast love, grace”), justice, and righteousness. God’s people should note what he delights in and order their priorities accordingly. The supreme goal and glory of humanity is to know and enjoy God.1
1 Kaiser, W., Jr. (2017). Jeremiah. In E. A. Blum & T. Wax (Eds.), CSB Study Bible: Notes (pp. 1157–1158). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
1 Kaiser, W., Jr. (2017). Jeremiah. In E. A. Blum & T. Wax (Eds.), CSB Study Bible: Notes (pp. 1157–1158). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
Putting a Smile on God’s Face
source: https://www.josh.org/daily-devo/putting-a-smile-on-gods-face-3/
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Bible Reading: Jeremiah 9:23-24
“I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,” declares the Lord. Jeremiah 9:24, NIV
HOW DO YOU picture God? Do you see him as a big, bearded, white-haired man? Do you picture him in white robes? Do you imagine him to be tall?
What about his face? Is it wrinkled? serious? frowning? smiling?
Actually, our pictures of God are likely to be different from someone else’s picture of God because those pictures come from our imagination. None of us really knows what God looks like. In fact, he probably doesn’t look like anything we’ve ever seen before.
But I can tell you this—certain things make God smile. Certain things make his face light up. Certain things make his expression brighten like a kid unwrapping presents on Christmas morning.
Want to know what those things are? Do you really want to know what makes God smile? Three of them are mentioned in today’s Bible reading: kindness, justice, and righteousness. God says, “In these I delight” (Jeremiah 9:24, NIV). In other words, when God sees kindness, he is delighted. When he sees you being kind to your little brother or sister, his face lights up like a candle. When he sees you comfort a crying baby, the expression on his face reflects delight.
Why? Because God values kindness. He delights in kindness. Kindness is one of his favorite things.
Of course, we knew that already, didn’t we? Because God commands us to “always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else” (1 Thessalonians 5:15, NIV). And we know that God’s commands reflect God’s values.
So next time you have a chance to be kind, take it—and put a smile on God’s face.
REFLECT: What does it mean to “delight” in something? What things delight you? How do you know God delights in kindness? Do you delight in kindness? Do you ever delight in unkindness? How do your actions reflect what you find “delightful”? How do you think God feels when you are kind to someone? How does it make you feel when you are kind to someone? Think of at least two kind things you can do for someone today. Then do each before the day is over.
PRAY: “Heavenly Father, help me to put a smile on your face today by the way I act toward others and the things I do for them.”
source: https://www.josh.org/daily-devo/putting-a-smile-on-gods-face-3/
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Bible Reading: Jeremiah 9:23-24
“I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,” declares the Lord. Jeremiah 9:24, NIV
HOW DO YOU picture God? Do you see him as a big, bearded, white-haired man? Do you picture him in white robes? Do you imagine him to be tall?
What about his face? Is it wrinkled? serious? frowning? smiling?
Actually, our pictures of God are likely to be different from someone else’s picture of God because those pictures come from our imagination. None of us really knows what God looks like. In fact, he probably doesn’t look like anything we’ve ever seen before.
But I can tell you this—certain things make God smile. Certain things make his face light up. Certain things make his expression brighten like a kid unwrapping presents on Christmas morning.
Want to know what those things are? Do you really want to know what makes God smile? Three of them are mentioned in today’s Bible reading: kindness, justice, and righteousness. God says, “In these I delight” (Jeremiah 9:24, NIV). In other words, when God sees kindness, he is delighted. When he sees you being kind to your little brother or sister, his face lights up like a candle. When he sees you comfort a crying baby, the expression on his face reflects delight.
Why? Because God values kindness. He delights in kindness. Kindness is one of his favorite things.
Of course, we knew that already, didn’t we? Because God commands us to “always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else” (1 Thessalonians 5:15, NIV). And we know that God’s commands reflect God’s values.
So next time you have a chance to be kind, take it—and put a smile on God’s face.
REFLECT: What does it mean to “delight” in something? What things delight you? How do you know God delights in kindness? Do you delight in kindness? Do you ever delight in unkindness? How do your actions reflect what you find “delightful”? How do you think God feels when you are kind to someone? How does it make you feel when you are kind to someone? Think of at least two kind things you can do for someone today. Then do each before the day is over.
PRAY: “Heavenly Father, help me to put a smile on your face today by the way I act toward others and the things I do for them.”
Passage Guide | Jeremiah 9:24 › Cross References
Passage Guide | Jeremiah 9:24 › Cross References
| The Lexham English Bible | |
| Exodus 34:6–7 | 6 And Yahweh passed over before him, and he proclaimed, “Yahweh, Yahweh, God, who is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding with loyal love and faithfulness, 7 keeping loyal love to the thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and he does not leave utterly unpunished, punishing the guilt of fathers on sons and on sons of sons on third and fourth generations.” |
| Psalm 20:7 | Some boast in chariots and others in horses, but we boast in the name of Yahweh, our God. |
| Psalm 34:2 | My soul makes its boast in Yahweh; let the humble hear and be glad. |
| Psalm 36:5–7 | 5 O Yahweh, your loyal love extends into the heavens, your faithfulness unto the clouds. 6 Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your judgments like the great deep. You save man and beast, O Yahweh. 7 How precious is your loyal love, O God, and the children of humankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings. |
| Psalm 36:10 | Prolong your loyal love to those who know you, and your righteousness to the upright of heart. |
| Psalm 44:8 | In God we boast all the day, and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah |
| Psalm 51:1 | Be gracious to me, O God, according to your loyal love. According to your abundant mercies, blot out my transgressions. |
| Psalm 64:10 | The righteous will rejoice in Yahweh and take refuge in him, and all the upright in heart will boast. |
| Psalm 105:3 | Boast about his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice. |
| Proverbs 21:30 | There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel to oppose Yahweh. |
| Isaiah 41:16 | You shall winnow them and the wind shall carry them, and the tempest shall scatter them. And you yourself shall rejoice in Yahweh; you shall boast in the holy one of Israel. |
| Isaiah 61:8 | For I, Yahweh, love justice, hate robbery and injustice, and I will faithfully give their reward, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. |
| Jeremiah 4:2 | and you swear, ‘As Yahweh lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then nations will be blessed by him, and in him they will boast.” |
| Micah 6:8 | He has told you, O mortal, what is good, and what does Yahweh ask from you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? |
| Micah 7:18 | Who is a God like you, forgiving sin and passing over rebellion for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, for he delights in loyal love. |
| 1 Corinthians 1:31 | so that, just as it is written, “The one who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.” |
| 2 Corinthians 10:17 | But “the one who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.” |
| Galatians 6:14 | But as for me, may it never be that I boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. |
| Philippians 3:8 | More than that, I even consider all things to be loss because of the surpassing greatness of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and consider them dung, in order that I may gain Christ |
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