Ezekiel 33:15

and return the pledge, and repay that which he has robbed, and walk in the ordinances of life, so as to do no wrong; he shall surely live, and shall not die.

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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

14And when I say to the ungodly, Thou shalt surely die; and he shall turn from his sin, and do judgment and justice,

16None of his sins which he has committed shall be remembered: because he has wrought judgment and righteousness; by them shall he live.

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Cross References

Exodus 21:34the owner of the pit shall make compensation; he shall give money to their owner, and the dead shall be his own.

Exodus 22:26For this is his clothing, this is the only covering of his nakedness; wherein shall he sleep? If then he shall cry to me, I will hearken to him, for I am merciful.

Leviticus 18:5So ye shall keep all my ordinances, and all my judgments, and do them; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 24:6Thou shalt not take for a pledge the under millstone, nor the upper millstone; for he who does so takes life for a pledge.

Deuteronomy 24:17Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of the stranger and the fatherless, and widow; thou shalt not take the widow’s garment for a pledge.

Job 24:3They have led away the ass of the fatherless, 1 And taken the widow’s ox for a pledge. 1

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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