Ezekiel 18:17

From the poor he withdraweth his hand, interest and increase he taketh not: my ordinances he executeth; in my statutes he walketh:—he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

Leeser Tanakh

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 he over-reacheth no man, a pledge he withholdeth not, and of a robbery he is never guilty, his bread he giveth to the hungry, and the naked he covereth with a garment;

18His father, because he unjustly withheld [wages], was guilty of robbery on his brother, and did that which is not good in the midst of his people,—and lo, he died through his iniquity.

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:4My ordinances shall ye do, and my statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 18:30Therefore shall ye keep my charge, so that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye do not defile yourselves therewith: I am the Lord your God.

Psalms 119:3They also commit no injustice; in his ways do they walk.

Proverbs 29:7The righteous considereth the cause of the indigent: but the wicked will not understand the knowledge [of justice].

Jeremiah 16:11That thou shalt say unto them, Because your fathers forsook me, saith the Lord, and walked after other gods, and served them, and bowed down unto them, and me they forsook, and my law they kept not;

Jeremiah 22:16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then was it well: is not this the proper knowledge of 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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