⁵ If a man is righteous and practices justice and righteousness, ⁶ if he does not eat on the mountains and does not lift up his eyes to the filthy idols^[a] of the house of Israel, if he does not defile his neighbor’s wife and does not approach a woman during her period, ⁷ if he does not exploit anyone but returns the collateral given to him for a loan, if he does not seize another person’s property by force but gives his own food to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing, ⁸ if he does not deduct a fee from the money he lends to someone and he does not demand that people repay more than he lent them, if he holds back his hand from unrighteousness and administers impartial justice between two parties, ⁹ that is, if he walks in my statutes and keeps my ordinances by acting faithfully, that man is righteous and he will surely live, declares the Lord God.