Ezekiel 18:9

Such a man walks in God's statutes and deals truly, and he will surely live. Genuine obedience leads to life.

Cross-references · 30

• Hab 2:4Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
• Ezek 20:11And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
• Amos 5:4For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
• Deut 10:12–13And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
• Rom 1:17For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
• 1 Jn 2:29If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
• Ezek 18:17That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
• 1 Jn 3:7Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
• Luke 10:27–29And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
• Amos 5:14Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
• Ezek 36:27And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
• Ps 19:7–11The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
• Acts 24:16And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
• Deut 5:1And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.
• Jas 1:22–25But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
• Ezek 20:13But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
• Amos 5:24But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
• Jas 2:18–26Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
• Ezek 33:15If 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.
• Neh 9:13–14Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
• Lev 18:5Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
• Ps 105:44–45And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
• Ps 24:4–6He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
• John 14:21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
• Deut 11:1Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
• Deut 4:1Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.
• Ps 119:1–6Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
• Deut 6:1–2Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
• Ezek 37:24And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
• Luke 1:6And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

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