Quotes about Righteousness
He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
— Ezekiel 18:7
He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.
— Ezekiel 18:8
He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.
— Ezekiel 18:9
He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his father’s iniquity. He will surely live.
— Ezekiel 18:17
Yet you may ask, ‘Why shouldn’t the son bear the iniquity of his father?’ Since the son has done what is just and right, carefully observing all My statutes, he will surely live.
— Ezekiel 18:19
The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.
— Ezekiel 18:20
But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.
— Ezekiel 18:21
None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. Because of the righteousness he has practiced, he will live.
— Ezekiel 18:22
But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die.
— Ezekiel 18:24
Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
— Ezekiel 18:25
If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, he will die for this. He will die because of the iniquity he has committed.
— Ezekiel 18:26
But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.
— Ezekiel 18:27