Ezekiel 18:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:”
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BSBPD
“Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And a man, when he is righteous, And hath done judgment and righteousness,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Ezekiel 18:5 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 18:19For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
- Psalms 15:2He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,
- Psalms 24:4He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
- Proverbs 21:3To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
- Jeremiah 7:5For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another,
- Jeremiah 22:15Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him.
- Ezekiel 33:14But if I tell the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and does what is just and right—
- Matthew 7:21Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
- Romans 2:7To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
- James 1:22Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
- James 2:14What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
- 1 John 2:3By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
- 1 John 2:29If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
- 1 John 3:7Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.
- 1 John 5:2By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.
- Revelation 22:14Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.
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