Ezekiel 18:5-9 ▼

5 |Suppose a man is righteous. He practices what is just and right,

6 does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains or pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor's wife, does not have sexual relations with a woman during her period,

7 does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked,

8 does not engage in usury or charge interest, but refrains from wrongdoing, promotes true justice between men,

9 and follows my statutes and observes my regulations by carrying them out. That man is righteous; he will certainly live, declares the sovereign LORD.