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if he lives his life[a] consistent with my statutes and keeps my ordinances by practicing what’s true, then he’s righteous and will certainly live,” declares the Lord God.

Standards of Unrighteous Behavior

10 “Now suppose that person produces a son who’s violent, a murderer, and practices any of these things, 11 even though the father[b] hasn’t done any of these things. The son who eats at mountain shrines, defiles his neighbor’s wife,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 18:9 Lit. he walks
  2. Ezekiel 18:11 Lit. though he

He follows my decrees(A)
    and faithfully keeps my laws.
That man is righteous;(B)
    he will surely live,(C)
declares the Sovereign Lord.

10 “Suppose he has a violent son, who sheds blood(D) or does any of these other things[a] 11 (though the father has done none of them):

“He eats at the mountain shrines.(E)
He defiles his neighbor’s wife.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 18:10 Or things to a brother