Ezekiel 18:9 “He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is…”

Ezekiel 18:9

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.

World English Bible

has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live,” says the Lord GOD.

American Standard Version

hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept mine ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

And hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my iudgements to deale truely, he is iust, he shall surely liue, sayth the Lord God.

Darby Translation

hath walked in my statutes, and kept mine ordinances, to deal faithfully: he is righteous, he shall certainly live, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

In My statutes he doth walk, And My judgments he hath kept — to deal truly, Righteous [is] he, he surely liveth, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English

And has been guided by my rules and has kept my laws and done them: he is upright, life will certainly be his, says the Lord.

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Cross references

“walked”

Ezekiel 18:17 Ezekiel 20:13 Ezekiel 33:15 Ezekiel 36:27 Ezekiel 37:24 Deuteronomy 4:1

Ezekiel 18:17 · BSB

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.

Ezekiel 20:13 · BSB

Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths.…

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 36:27 · BSB

And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.

Ezekiel 37:24 · BSB

My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.

Deuteronomy 4:1 · BSB

Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

“is just”

Habakkuk 2:4 Romans 1:17 1 John 2:29 1 John 3:7 Psalm 24:4–6 James 2:18–26

Habakkuk 2:4 · BSB

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

Romans 1:17 · BSB

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.”

1 John 2:29 · BSB

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

1 John 3:7 · BSB

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

Psalm 24:4–6 · BSB

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.

James 2:18–26 · BSB

But someone will say, “You have faith and I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.

“he shall”

Ezekiel 20:11 Amos 5:4 Amos 5:14 Amos 5:24 Luke 10:27–29

Ezekiel 20:11 · BSB

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

Amos 5:4 · BSB

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

Amos 5:14 · BSB

Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.

Amos 5:24 · BSB

But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

Luke 10:27–29 · BSB

He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”

Also

Leviticus 18:5

Leviticus 18:5 · BSB

Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.

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

In context

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

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

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