Ezekiel 18:17 “He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or u…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

World English Bible

who has withdrawn his hand from the poor, who hasn’t received interest or increase, has executed my ordinances, has walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father. He shall surely live.

American Standard Version

that hath withdrawn his hand from the poor, that hath not received interest nor increase, hath executed mine ordinances, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

Geneva Bible 1599

Neither hath withdrawen his hand from the afflicted, nor receiued vsurie nor increase, but hath executed my iudgements, and hath walked in my statutes, he shall not die in the iniquitie of his father, but he shall surely liue.

Darby Translation

he hath withdrawn his hand from the poor, hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, [and] walked in my statutes: he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall certainly live.

Young's Literal Translation

From the afflicted he hath turned back his hand, Usury and increase he hath not taken, My judgments he hath done, In My statutes he hath walked, He doth not die for the iniquity of his father, He doth surely live.

Bible in Basic English

Who has kept his hand from evil-doing and has not taken interest or great profits, who has done my orders and been guided by my rules: he will certainly not be put to death for the evil-doing of his father; life will certainly be his.

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Cross references

“hath taken”

Job 29:16 Proverbs 14:31 Proverbs 29:7 Proverbs 29:14 Jeremiah 22:16 Daniel 4:27

Job 29:16 · BSB

I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

Proverbs 14:31 · BSB

Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

Proverbs 29:7 · BSB

The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.

Proverbs 29:14 · BSB

A king who judges the poor with fairness— his throne will be established forever.

Jeremiah 22:16 · BSB

He 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.

Daniel 4:27 · BSB

Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”

“that hath not”

Ezekiel 18:13 Leviticus 18:4 Leviticus 18:26 Leviticus 18:30 Ezekiel 18:9

Ezekiel 18:13 · BSB

He engages in usury and takes excess interest. Will this son live? He will not! Since he has committed all these abominations, he will surely die; his blood will be on his own head.

Leviticus 18:4 · BSB

You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 18:26 · BSB

But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.

Leviticus 18:30 · BSB

You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”

Ezekiel 18:9 · BSB

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

“he shall not”

Ezekiel 20:18 Ezekiel 20:30 Jeremiah 16:11–13 Jeremiah 16:19 Malachi 3:7 Matthew 23:29–33

Ezekiel 20:18 · BSB

In the wilderness I said to their children: ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.

Ezekiel 20:30 · BSB

Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: Will you defile yourselves the way your fathers did, prostituting yourselves with their abominations?

Jeremiah 16:11–13 · BSB

Then you are to answer them: ‘It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served and worshiped them. They abandoned Me and did not keep My instruction.

Jeremiah 16:19 · BSB

O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at…

Malachi 3:7 · BSB

Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’

Matthew 23:29–33 · BSB

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.

“he shall surely”

Ezekiel 18:28 Ezekiel 3:21 Ezekiel 33:13 Ezekiel 18:21 Ezekiel 33:15 Ezekiel 33:16

Ezekiel 18:28 · BSB

Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.

Ezekiel 3:21 · BSB

But if you warn the righteous man not to sin, and he does not sin, he will indeed live because he heeded your warning, and you will have saved yourself.”

Ezekiel 33:13 · BSB

If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but he then trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, then none of his righteous works will be remembered; he will die because of the iniquity he has committe…

Ezekiel 18:21 · BSB

But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.

Ezekiel 33:15 · BSB

if he restores a pledge, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity—then he will surely live; he will not die.

Ezekiel 33:16 · BSB

None of the sins he has committed will be held against him. He has done what is just and right; he will surely live.

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

In context

16He does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

18As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people.

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