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 20:11
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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
Luke 19:8
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8 Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the (A)poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by (B)false accusation, (C)I restore fourfold.”
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Exodus 22:1-4
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Responsibility for Property
22 “If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and slaughters it or sells it, he shall (A)restore five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep. 2 If the thief is found (B)breaking in, and he is struck so that he dies, there shall be (C)no guilt for his bloodshed. 3 If the sun has risen on him, there shall be guilt for his bloodshed. He should make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be (D)sold[a] for his theft. 4 If the theft is certainly (E)found alive in his hand, whether it is an ox or donkey or sheep, he shall (F)restore double.
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- Exodus 22:3 Sold as a slave
Ezekiel 18:7
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7 If he has not (A)oppressed anyone,
But has restored to the debtor his (B)pledge;
Has robbed no one by violence,
But has (C)given his bread to the hungry
And covered the naked with (D)clothing;
Psalm 119:93
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93 I will never forget Your precepts,
For by them You have given me life.
Leviticus 18:5
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5 You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, which if a man does, he shall live by them: I am the Lord.
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Leviticus 6:2-5
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2 “If a person sins and (A)commits a trespass against the Lord by (B)lying[a] to his neighbor about (C)what was delivered to him for safekeeping, or about [b]a pledge, or about a robbery, or if he has (D)extorted from his neighbor, 3 or if he (E)has found what was lost and lies concerning it, and (F)swears falsely—in any one of these things that a man may do in which he sins: 4 then it shall be, because he has sinned and is guilty, that he shall [c]restore (G)what he has stolen, or the thing which he has extorted, or what was delivered to him for safekeeping, or the lost thing which he found, 5 or all that about which he has sworn falsely. He shall (H)restore its full value, add one-fifth more to it, and give it to whomever it belongs, on the day of his trespass offering.
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- Leviticus 6:2 deceiving his associate
- Leviticus 6:2 an entrusted security
- Leviticus 6:4 return
Revelation 22:12-14
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Jesus Testifies to the Churches
12 “And behold, I am coming quickly, and (A)My reward is with Me, (B)to give to every one according to his work. 13 (C)I am the Alpha and the Omega, the [a]Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.”
14 (D)Blessed are those who [b]do His commandments, that they may have the right (E)to the tree of life, (F)and may enter through the gates into the city.
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- Revelation 22:13 NU, M First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
- Revelation 22:14 NU wash their robes,
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 2:8
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8 They lie down (A)by every altar on clothes (B)taken in pledge,
And drink the wine of [a]the condemned in the house of their god.
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- Amos 2:8 Or those punished by fines
Ezekiel 20:21
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21 “Notwithstanding, (A)the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, and were not careful to observe My judgments, (B)‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them’; but they profaned My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the wilderness.
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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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Ezekiel 18:27-28
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27 Again, (A)when a wicked man turns away from the wickedness which he committed, and does what is lawful and right, he preserves himself alive. 28 Because he (B)considers and turns away from all the transgressions which he committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
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Ezekiel 18:16
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16 Has not oppressed anyone,
Nor withheld a pledge,
Nor robbed by violence,
But has given his bread to the hungry
And covered the naked with clothing;
Ezekiel 18:12
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12 If he has oppressed the poor and needy,
Robbed by violence,
Not restored the pledge,
Lifted his eyes to the idols,
Or (A)committed abomination;
Job 24:9
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9 “Some snatch the fatherless from the breast,
And take a pledge from the poor.
Job 24:3
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3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless;
They (A)take the widow’s ox as a pledge.
Job 22:6
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6 For you have (A)taken pledges from your brother for no reason,
And stripped the naked of their clothing.
Deuteronomy 24:17
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17 (A)“You shall not pervert justice due the stranger or the fatherless, (B)nor take a widow’s garment as a pledge.
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Deuteronomy 24:10-13
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10 “When you (A)lend your brother anything, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge. 11 You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge out to you. 12 And if the man is poor, you shall not [a]keep his pledge overnight. 13 (B)You shall in any case return the pledge to him again when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his own garment and (C)bless you; and (D)it shall be righteousness to you before the Lord your God.
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- Deuteronomy 24:12 Lit. sleep with his pledge
Deuteronomy 24:6
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6 “No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone in pledge, for he takes [a]one’s living in pledge.
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- Deuteronomy 24:6 life
Numbers 5:6-8
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6 “Speak to the children of Israel: (A)‘When a man or woman commits any sin that men commit in unfaithfulness against the Lord, and that person is guilty, 7 (B)then he shall confess the sin which he has committed. He shall make restitution for his trespass (C)in full, plus one-fifth of it, and give it to the one he has wronged. 8 But if the man has no [a]relative to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution for the wrong must go to the Lord for the priest, in addition to (D)the ram of the atonement with which atonement is made for him.
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- Numbers 5:8 redeemer, Heb. goel
Exodus 22:26-27
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26 (A)If you ever take your neighbor’s garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down. 27 For that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What will he sleep in? And it will be that when he cries to Me, I will hear, for I am (B)gracious.
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