Jeremiah 9:24

But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth—for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The LORD speaks through Jeremiah to Judah, pivoting from a dismissal of human credentials (v. 23) to naming the one thing that qualifies for boasting, immediately before a warning of judgment (v. 25).

The words — The root הָלָל (H1984, "boast") appears in both v. 23 and v. 24; the LORD takes the same verb and redirects its object from human achievement to knowledge of Himself.

The thread — Paul quotes this verse in 1 Corinthians 1:31 and 2 Corinthians 10:17 ("boast in the Lord"), and Galatians 6:14 applies the principle to the cross.

Why it lands — It asks a reader to stop ranking themselves by wisdom, strength, or wealth and instead claim the knowledge of God's character as the ground of any claim they make.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

2 Corinthians 10:17 Rather, “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
Galatians 6:14 But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
1 Corinthians 1:31 Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
Micah 6:8 He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 7:18 Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
Psalms 44:8 In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah
1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
Psalms 146:7 He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
Psalms 36:5 Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.
John 17:3 Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.