Ezekiel 33:15

if the wicked restore the pledge, give back that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

In Context

14Again, when I say unto the wicked: Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

16None of his sins that he hath committed shall be remembered against him; he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

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Cross References

Exodus 21:34the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money unto the owner of them, and the dead beast shall be his.

Exodus 22:26(22-25) If thou at all take thy neighbour's garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him by that the sun goeth down;

Leviticus 18:5Ye shall therefore keep My statutes, and Mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them: I am the LORD.

Deuteronomy 24:6No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man's life to pledge.

Deuteronomy 24:17Thou shalt not pervert the justice due to the stranger, or to the fatherless; nor take the widow's raiment to pledge.

Job 24:3They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 33:11-21

The Cavils of the People Answered. ( b. c. 587.) 10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live? 11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God , I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? 12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy… Read the whole commentary →

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