Ezekiel 20:11
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And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.
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For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
“You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”
The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”
And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?
Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.
Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness.