Ezekiel 18:5

But if a man is upright, living rightly and doing righteousness,

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But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

In Context

4See, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so the soul of the son is mine: death will be the fate of the sinner's soul.

6And has not taken flesh with the blood for food, or given worship to the images of the children of Israel; if he has not had connection with his neighbour's wife, or come near to a woman at the time when she is unclean;

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Cross References

Psalms 15:2He who goes on his way uprightly, doing righteousness, and saying what is true in his heart;

Proverbs 21:3To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.

Jeremiah 22:15Are you to be a king because you make more use of cedar than your father? did not your father take food and drink and do right, judging in righteousness, and then it was well for him?

Matthew 7:21Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven.

James 1:22But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas.

1 John 2:3And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 18:2-10

Proverb of the Sour Grapes; Reply to the Sour Grapes; Divine Judgments Vindicated. ( b. c. 593.) 1 The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying, 2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? 3 As I live, saith the Lord God , ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. 4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that… Read the whole commentary →

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