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Ezekiel 18

Ezek. 18:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But if a man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
be just
tsaddiyq (Hebrew #6662)
just
KJV usage: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Pronounce: tsad-deek'
Origin: from 6663
, and do
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
γthat which is lawful
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
and right
tsdaqah (Hebrew #6666)
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
KJV usage: justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
Pronounce: tsed-aw-kaw'
Origin: from 6663
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judgment and justice.

Cross References

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Psa. 15:2‑5• 2He who walketh uprightly,{HR}And worketh righteousness{HR}And speaketh truth in his heart.
 3[Who] hath not slandered with his tongue,{HR}Hath not done evil to his neighbour,{HR}And hath not taken up a reproach against his neighbour.
 4Despised in his eyes [is] the contemned [one],{HR}And the fearers of Jehovah he honoureth;{HR}That hath sworn to the injury of [himself] and hath not changed.
 5His silver he hath not given for usury,{HR}And a bribe against an innocent [person] he hath not taken.{HR}He who doeth these things shall not be moved forever. (Psa. 15:2‑5)
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Psa. 24:4‑6• 4The clean of hands and pure of heart,{HR}Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood{HR}And hath not sworn to deceit.
 5He shall receive a blessing from Jehovah{HR}And righteousness from the God of his salvation.
 6This [is] the generation of those who seek him,{HR}Who seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. (Psa. 24:4‑6)
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Matt. 7:21‑27• 21Not everyone that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he that doeth the will of my Father that is in the heavens.
 22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many works of power?
 23And then will I avow to them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work lawlessness.
 24Whoever therefore heareth these my words and doeth them, I will liken him to a prudent man which built his house upon the rock;
 25and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and fell upon that house, and it fell not; for it had been founded upon the rock.
 26And every one that heareth these my words, and doeth them not, shall be likened to a foolish man which built his house upon the sand;
 27and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and fell upon that house, and it fell, and its fall was great. (Matt. 7:21‑27)
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Rom. 2:7‑10• 7to those that with patience in good work seek for glory and honour and incorruption, eternal life;
 8but to those that are contentious and disobey the truth but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation,
 9tribulation and anguish on every soul of man that worketh out evil, both of Jew first and of Greek;
 10but glory and honour and peace to everyone that worketh good, both to Jew first and to Greek; (Rom. 2:7‑10)
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James 1:22‑25• 22But be word-doers, and not hearers only, deluding yourselves.
 23Because if Anyone is a word-hearer, and not a doer, he is like a man considering his natural face in a mirror:
 24for he considered himself and is gone away, and straightway forgot of what sort he was.
 25But he that closely looked into perfect law, that of liberty, and abode close, being not a quite forgetful hearer, but a work-doer, he shall be blessed in his doing. (James 1:22‑25)
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James 2:14‑26• 14What [is] the profit, my brethren, if one say he have faith, but have not works? Can faith save him?
 15If a brother or a sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
 16and one from among you say to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled, but ye give them not the things needful for the body, what [is] the profit?
 17So also faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself.
 18But someone will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works. Show me thy faith apart from works, and out of my works I will show thee my faith.
 19Thou believest that God is one; thou doest well; the demons also believe and shudder.
 20But art thou willing to learn, O vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?
 21Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
 22Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and by works faith was perfected.
 23And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness, and he was called Friend of God.
 24Ye see that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.
 25And likewise was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works in that she received the messengers and sent [them] out another way?
 26For as the body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. (James 2:14‑26)
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1 John 2:3,29• 3And herein we know that we have known him, if we keep his commandments.
 29If ye know that he is righteous, know that every one that doeth righteousness hath been begotten of him. (1 John 2:3,29)
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1 John 3:7• 7Dear children, let no one lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous even as he is righteous. (1 John 3:7)
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1 John 5:2‑5• 2Herein we know that we love the children of God when we love God and keep his commandments.
 3For this is the love of God that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous.
 4For all that is begotten of God overcometh the world, and this is the victory that overcame the world, our faith.
 5Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? (1 John 5:2‑5)
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Rev. 22:14• 14Blessed {i}are{/i} those that wash their robes, that they may have right to the tree of life and may enter in by the gates into the city. (Rev. 22:14)
that, etc.
Heb. judgment and justice.
Ezek. 33:14• 14Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; (Ezek. 33:14)
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Gen. 18:19• 19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of Jehovah, to do justice and judgment; that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. (Gen. 18:19)
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Prov. 21:3• 3To exercise justice and judgment{HR}[Is] more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice. (Prov. 21:3)
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Jer. 22:15• 15Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him? (Jer. 22:15)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And if a man be righteous, and do judgment and justice:

W. Kelly Translation

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But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,