Leviticus 18:5

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You must keep my decrees and my laws, because the person who obeys them will live by them. I am the LORD.

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  • Ezek 20:11 : 11 I gave them my statutes and made known to them my ordinances, by which a person who obeys them will live.
  • Rom 10:5 : 5 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”
  • Gal 3:12 : 12 The law is not based on faith; instead, it says, 'The person who does these things will live by them.'
  • Ezek 20:13 : 13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my statutes and rejected my ordinances—though by them a person will live if they do them—and they greatly profaned my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness to destroy them.
  • Ezek 20:21 : 21 But the children rebelled against me. They did not walk in my statutes, and they did not keep my ordinances to obey them, though by them a person will live. They profaned my Sabbaths, so I said I would pour out my wrath on them and unleash my anger against them in the wilderness.
  • Luke 10:28 : 28 Jesus said to him, 'You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.'
  • Exod 6:2 : 2 God spoke to Moses and said to him, "I am the LORD."
  • Exod 6:6 : 6 Therefore, say to the Israelites: 'I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. I will deliver you from their slavery and redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.'
  • Exod 6:29 : 29 that the LORD said to Moses, 'I am the LORD. Speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, everything I tell you.'
  • Mal 3:6 : 6 For I, the Lord, do not change; therefore, you, descendants of Jacob, are not consumed.

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    2Speak to the Israelites and tell them: 'I am the LORD your God.'

    3You must not behave like the people of Egypt, where you used to live, or like the people of Canaan, where I am bringing you. You must not follow their practices.

    4You must obey my laws and carefully keep my decrees. Live by them. I am the LORD your God.

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    37Keep all my decrees and all my laws and follow them. I am the LORD.

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    11I gave them my statutes and made known to them my ordinances, by which a person who obeys them will live.

  • Lev 20:7-8
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    7Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the LORD your God.

    8Keep my statutes and do them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

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    2Keep my Sabbaths and revere my sanctuary; I am the LORD.

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    17Do not take advantage of one another, but fear your God; I am the LORD your God.

    18You are to follow my statutes and observe my ordinances and carry them out, so that you may live securely in the land.

  • Lev 22:31
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    31Therefore, keep My commandments and follow them. I am the LORD.

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    29For anyone who commits any of these detestable practices will be cut off from among their people.

    30So keep my charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were done before you, so you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.

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    9He walks in my statutes and faithfully keeps my rules—he is righteous; he will surely live, declares the Sovereign Lord.

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    19'I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, keep my ordinances, and obey them.

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    30Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the LORD.

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    21But if the wicked turn from all their sins that they have committed, keep all my statutes, and do what is just and right, they will live; they will not die.

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    26But you are to keep my statutes and my judgments. Do not commit any of these abominations, whether you are a native-born or a foreigner residing among you.

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    11Therefore, you shall keep the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances that I am giving you today to follow.

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    9They must keep My commands and not bear guilt by treating the holy things improperly, for if they do, they will die because of it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

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    22You shall faithfully keep all my statutes and all my judgments and obey them, so that the land to which I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.

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    32Be careful to keep all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you today.

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    1Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and judgments that I am teaching you to observe, so that you may live and enter to take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is giving to you.

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    5For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”

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