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Ezekiel 18:9

ObedienceJusticeEternal lifeFaithfulness and loyalty

7 He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

8 He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.

He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.

10 Now suppose that man has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these things,

11 though the father has done none of them: Indeed, the son eats at the mountain and defiles his neighbor’s wife.

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BSB
He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.
KJV
Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.
WEB
has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live,” says the Lord GOD.
ASV
hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept mine ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord Jehovah.
DARBY
hath walked in my statutes, and kept mine ordinances, to deal faithfully: he is righteous, he shall certainly live, saith the Lord Jehovah.
BLB
In My statutes, he walks and he keeps My ordinances, to act in faithfulness; he [is] righteous, [and] he will surely live, a declaration of the Lord YHWH.
ÅB
følger mine bud og holder mine lover, så han gjør det som rett og godt er - han er rettferdig, han skal leve, sier Herren, Israels Gud.
OTB
hvis han vandrer i mine lover og holder mine forskrifter ved å handle trofast—han er rettferdig; han skal sannelig leve," sier Herren Gud.
B1930
følger mine bud og holder mine lover, så han gjør det som rett og godt er - han er rettferdig, han skal visselig leve, sier Herren, Israels Gud.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 20:11

    And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.

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  • Habakkuk 2:4

    Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright — but the righteous will live by faith —

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  • Amos 5:4

    For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!

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  • Deuteronomy 10:12–13

    And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

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  • Romans 1:17

    For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

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  • 1 John 2:29

    If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.

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  • 1 John 3:7

    Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.

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  • Ezekiel 18:17

    He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his father’s iniquity. He will surely live.

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