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Ezekiel 18:9

He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.

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ASV

hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept mine ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord Jehovah.

KJV

Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord God.

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בְּחֻקּוֹתַ֧יbe.chu.ko.Taiin statutes myH2708 →
יְהַלֵּ֛ךְye.ha.Lekhhe walkedH1980 →
וּמִשְׁפָּטַ֥יu.mish.pa.Taiand judgments myH4941 →
שָׁמַ֖רsha.Marhe has keptH8104 →
לַעֲשׂ֣וֹתla.'a.Sotby doingH6213 →
אֱמֶ֑ת'e.MetfaithfulnessH571 →
צַדִּ֥יקtza.Dik[is] righteousH6662 →
הוּא֙hu'heH1931 →
חָיֹ֣הcha.Yohcertainly <live>H2421 →
יִֽחְיֶ֔הyich.Yehhe will liveH2421 →
נְאֻ֖םne.'Um[the] utterance ofH5002 →
אֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
יְהוִֽה׃Yah.wehYahwehH3069 →

The walk

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Habakkuk 2:4Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—Ezekiel 20:11And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.Ezekiel 18:21But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.Amos 5:4For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!Proverbs 12:28There is life in the path of righteousness, but another path leads to death.1 John 2:29If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.Deuteronomy 10:12–13And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,Romans 1:17For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”Deuteronomy 16:20Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.Ezekiel 18:19Yet you may ask, ‘Why shouldn’t the son bear the iniquity of his father?’ Since the son has done what is just and right, carefully observing all My statutes, he will surely live.1 John 3:7Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.Ezekiel 18:17He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his father’s iniquity. He will surely live.Deuteronomy 5:1Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.James 1:22–25Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.Ezekiel 20:13Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.Ezekiel 37:24My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.Psalms 24:4–6He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.Acts 24:16In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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