Ezekiel 18:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

Hath taken

That hath not

Ezekiel 18:8

Leviticus 18:4

He shall not

Matthew 23:29

He shall surely

Ezekiel 18:9

Ezekiel 3:21

Ezekiel 33:13

General references

Exodus 22:25

Deuteronomy 23:19

Bible References

Hath taken

And has not given his money out at interest or taken great profits, and, turning his hand from evil-doing, has kept faith between man and man,

I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.

He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.

He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.

For this cause, O King, let my suggestion be pleasing to you, and let your sins be covered by righteousness and your evil-doing by mercy to the poor, so that the time of your well-being may be longer.

And the lord of that servant, being moved with pity, let him go, and made him free of the debt.

And Zacchaeus, waiting before him, said to the Lord, See, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone wrongly, I give him back four times as much.

That hath not

And has not given his money out at interest or taken great profits, and, turning his hand from evil-doing, has kept faith between man and man,

But you are to be guided by my decisions and keep my rules, and be guided by them: I am the Lord your God.

He shall not

But you say, Why does not the son undergo punishment for the evil-doing of the father? When the son has done what is ordered and right, and has kept my rules and done them, life will certainly be his.

And I said to their children in the waste land, Do not be guided by the rules of your fathers or keep their orders or make yourselves unclean with their images:

Then you will say to them, Because your fathers have given me up, says the Lord, and have gone after other gods and become their servants and their worshippers, and have given me up and have not kept my law;

From the days of your fathers you have been turned away from my rules and have not kept them. Come back to me, and I will come back to you, says the Lord of armies. But you say, How are we to come back?

A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you put up buildings for housing the dead bodies of the prophets, and make fair the last resting-places of good men, and say,

He shall surely

And has been guided by my rules and has kept my laws and done them: he is upright, life will certainly be his, says the Lord.

But if you say to the upright man that he is not to do evil, he will certainly keep his life because he took note of your word; and your life will be safe.

When I say to the upright that life will certainly be his; if he puts his faith in his righteousness and does evil, not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory; but in the evil he has done, death will overtake him.

General references

If you let any of the poor among my people have the use of your money, do not be a hard creditor to him, and do not take interest.

Do not take interest from an Israelite on anything, money or food or any other goods, which you let him have