Ezekiel 18:17

and has turned back his hand from unrighteousness, has not received interest or usurious increase, has wrought righteousness, and walked in mine ordinances; he shall not die for the iniquities of his father, he shall surely live.

Brenton Septuagint

In The 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.

In Context

16and has not oppressed a man, and has not retained the pledge, nor committed robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has clothed the naked,

18But if his father grievously afflict, or plunder, he has wrought enmity in the midst of my people, and shall die in his iniquity.

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:4Ye shall observe my judgments, and shall keep my ordinances, and shall walk in them: I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 18:30And ye shall keep mine ordinances, that ye may not do any of the abominable practices, which have taken place before your time: and ye shall not be polluted in them; for I am the Lord your God.

Psalms 119:3What should be given to thee, and what should be added to thee, for thy crafty tongue?

Proverbs 29:7A righteous man knows how to judge for the poor: but the ungodly understands not knowledge; and the poor man has not an understanding mind.

Jeremiah 16:11Then thou shalt say to them, Because your fathers forsook me, saith the Lord, and went after strange gods and served them, and worshipped them, and forsook me, and kept not my law;

Jeremiah 22:16They understood not, they judged not the cause of the afflicted, nor the cause of the poor: is not this thy not knowing me? saith the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 18:11-21

The Ways of God Justified; God's Vindication of Himself. ( b. c. 593.) 10 If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things, 11 And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife, 12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination, 13 Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase:… Read the whole commentary →

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