Ezekiel 18:5

And if a man is just, and he accomplishes judgment and justice,

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

4Behold, all souls are mine. Just as the soul of the father is mine, so also is the soul of the son. The soul that sins, the same shall die.

6and if he does not eat upon the mountains, nor lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and if he has not violated the wife of his neighbor, nor approached a menstruating woman,

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Cross References

Psalms 15:2I have said to the Lord: “You are my God, so you have no need of my goodness.”

Proverbs 21:3To do mercy and judgment is more pleasing to the Lord than sacrifices.

Jeremiah 22:15Will you reign because you compare yourself to the cedar? Did your father not eat and drink, and act with judgment and justice, so that it would be well with him?

Matthew 7:21Not all who say to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does the will of my Father, who is in heaven, the same shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.

James 1:22So be doers of the Word, and not listeners only, deceiving yourselves.

1 John 2:3And we can be sure that we have known him by this: if we observe his commandments.

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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