Ezekiel 20:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.”
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“And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And I gave them my statutes, and showed them mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live in them.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And I give to them My statutes, And my judgments I caused them to know, Which the man who doth--liveth by them.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 20:11 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 18:5Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 4:5See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.
- Deuteronomy 4:8And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?
- Deuteronomy 20:15This is how you are to treat all the cities that are far away from you and do not belong to the nations nearby.
- Deuteronomy 30:19I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,
- Nehemiah 9:13You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.
- Nehemiah 9:14You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.
- Psalms 147:19He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.
- Proverbs 6:23For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
- Ezekiel 18:9He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 20:13Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.
- Ezekiel 20:21But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness.
- Ezekiel 33:15if he restores a pledge, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity—then he will surely live; he will not die.
- Ezekiel 33:16None of the sins he has committed will be held against him. He has done what is just and right; he will surely live.
- Luke 10:28“You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”
- Romans 3:2Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
- Romans 10:5For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
- Galatians 3:12The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”
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