“If a man is righteous and does (A)what is just and right— if he (B)does not eat upon the mountains or (C)lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, (D)does not defile his neighbor's wife (E)or approach (F)a woman in her time of menstrual impurity, (G)does not oppress anyone, but (H)restores to the debtor his pledge, (I)commits no robbery, (J)gives his bread to the hungry (K)and covers the naked with a garment, (L)does not lend at interest (M)or take any profit,[a] withholds his hand from injustice, (N)executes true justice between man and man, (O)walks in my statutes, and keeps my rules by acting faithfully—he is righteous; (P)he shall surely live, declares the Lord God.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 18:8 That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the poor; also verses 13, 17 (compare Leviticus 25:36)

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