Ezekiel 18:9
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9 If he has walked in My statutes
And kept My judgments faithfully—
He is just;
He shall surely (A)live!”
Says the Lord God.
Habakkuk 2:4
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4 “Behold the proud,
His soul is not upright in him;
But the (A)just shall live by his faith.
Amos 5:4
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Ezekiel 20:11
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11 (A)And I gave them My statutes and [a]showed them My judgments, (B)‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them.’
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- Ezekiel 20:11 Lit. made known to
Ezekiel 18:17
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17 Who has withdrawn his hand from [a]the poor
And not received usury or increase,
But has executed My judgments
And walked in My statutes—
He shall not die for the iniquity of his father;
He shall surely live!
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 18:17 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX iniquity (cf. v. 8)
1 John 2:29
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29 (A)If you know that He is righteous, you know that (B)everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.
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Romans 1:17
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17 For (A)in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, (B)“The just shall live by faith.”
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Deuteronomy 10:12-13
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The Essence of the Law
12 “And now, Israel, (A)what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to (B)love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which I command you today (C)for your [a]good?
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- Deuteronomy 10:13 benefit or welfare
1 John 3:7
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7 Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.
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James 2:18-26
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18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” (A)Show me your faith without [a]your works, (B)and I will show you my faith by [b]my works. 19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble! 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is [c]dead? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works (C)when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 Do you see (D)that faith was working together with his works, and by (E)works faith was made [d]perfect? 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, (F)“Abraham believed God, and it was [e]accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called (G)the friend of God. 24 You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.
25 Likewise, (H)was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?
26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
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- James 2:18 NU omits your
- James 2:18 NU omits my
- James 2:20 NU useless
- James 2:22 complete
- James 2:23 credited
James 1:22-25
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22 But (A)be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For (B)if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But (C)he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, (D)this one will be blessed in what he does.
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Acts 24:16
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16 (A)This being so, I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men.
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John 14:21
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21 (A)He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and [a]manifest Myself to him.”
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- John 14:21 reveal
Luke 10:27-29
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27 So he answered and said, (A)“ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and (B)‘your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
28 And He said to him, “You have answered rightly; do this and (C)you will live.”
29 But he, wanting to (D)justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
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Luke 1:6
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6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
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Amos 5:24
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24 (A)But let justice run down like water,
And righteousness like a mighty stream.
Amos 5:14
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14 Seek good and not evil,
That you may live;
So the Lord God of hosts will be with you,
(A)As you have spoken.
Ezekiel 37:24
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24 (A)“David My servant shall be king over them, and (B)they shall all have one shepherd; (C)they shall also walk in My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them.
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Ezekiel 36:27
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27 I will put My (A)Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.
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Ezekiel 33:15
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15 if the wicked (A)restores the pledge, (B)gives back what he has stolen, and walks in (C)the statutes of life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
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Ezekiel 20:13
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13 Yet the house of Israel (A)rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not walk in My statutes; they (B)despised My judgments, (C)‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them’; and they greatly (D)defiled My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them in the (E)wilderness, to consume them.
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Psalm 119:1-6
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Meditations on the Excellencies of the Word of God
א ALEPH
119 Blessed are the [a]undefiled in the way,
(A)Who walk in the law of the Lord!
2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies,
Who seek Him with the (B)whole heart!
3 (C)They also do no iniquity;
They walk in His ways.
4 You have commanded us
To keep Your precepts diligently.
5 Oh, that my ways were directed
To keep Your statutes!
6 (D)Then I would not be ashamed,
When I look into all Your commandments.
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- Psalm 119:1 blameless
Psalm 105:44-45
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44 (A)He gave them the lands of the [a]Gentiles,
And they inherited the labor of the nations,
45 (B)That they might observe His statutes
And keep His laws.
[b]Praise the Lord!
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- Psalm 105:44 nations
- Psalm 105:45 Heb. Hallelujah
Psalm 24:4-6
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4 He who has (A)clean hands and (B)a pure heart,
Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol,
Nor (C)sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall receive blessing from the Lord,
And righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6 This is Jacob, the generation of those who (D)seek Him,
Who seek Your face. Selah
Psalm 19:7-11
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7 (A)The law of the Lord is perfect, [a]converting the soul;
The testimony of the Lord is sure, making (B)wise the simple;
8 The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;
The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;
9 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever;
The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than (C)gold,
Yea, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the [b]honeycomb.
11 Moreover by them Your servant is warned,
And in keeping them there is great reward.
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- Psalm 19:7 restoring
- Psalm 19:10 honey in the combs
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