Ezekiel 18:5

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

Cross-reference

Ezekiel 18:21 extends the standard: even a wicked person who turns to do what is lawful shall live—same condition for righteousness.

Ezekiel 33:14 repeats the same principle: turning from sin and doing what is just and right results in life.

Matthew 7:21-27 emphasizes doing the Father's will, not just professing, paralleling Ezekiel's call to do what is just and right.

Revelation 22:14 blesses those who wash their robes — the righteous — with access to the tree of life, echoing the life rewarded to the righteous here.

1 John 3:7 Parallel

1 John 3:7 declares that whoever practices righteousness is righteous — a direct echo of the principle that righteous deeds define a righteous person.

1 John 2:29 Parallel

1 John 2:29 ties practicing righteousness to being born of God — the same link between righteous action and righteous status.

1 John 2:3 Parallel

1 John 2:3 states that keeping God's commandments proves we know Him, paralleling Ezekiel's righteous man who does what is just.

James 2:14-26 argues faith without works is dead, aligning with Ezekiel's depiction of the righteous man's active obedience.

James 1:22-25 urges being doers of the word, not hearers only, mirroring Ezekiel's insistence that righteousness is shown by actions.

Romans 2:7-10 promises eternal life to those who persist in well-doing, consistent with Ezekiel's promise that the righteous man lives.

Genesis 18:19 shows God's purpose for Abraham: to teach his household to do righteousness and justice — the same pairing of virtues.

Jeremiah 22:15 recalls King Josiah who did justice and righteousness, illustrating the same standard for rulers.

Proverbs 21:3 states that doing righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice — the same core value.

Psalm 24:4-6 defines the one worthy to ascend the Lord's hill — clean hands, pure heart — matching Ezekiel's portrait of the righteous.

Psalm 15:2-5 similarly describes the righteous person's character — walking blamelessly, speaking truth — echoing Ezekiel's criteria for the just.

Deuteronomy 6:25 connects careful obedience to the commandments with being accounted righteous — similar link between action and righteousness.

In Deuteronomy 16:20, the same emphasis on pursuing justice appears—both verses define righteousness as the path to life.

1 John 5:2-5 expands righteous living to keeping God's commandments, linking it to love for God and overcoming the world.