Ezekiel 20:11

And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.

Cross-reference

In Ezekiel 20:21, the same phrase recurs but the children rebel — showing Israel's consistent failure to obey the life-giving statutes.

Ezekiel 33:15 echoes 'statutes of life' and the promise that the doer shall live—same covenant principle.

Ezekiel 18:9 repeats the same formula: keeping God's statutes leads to living—a consistent theme in Ezekiel.

Galatians 3:12 also quotes Leviticus 18:5 to contrast law and faith, using the same formula.

Leviticus 18:5 is the original source of the 'do them and live' formula that Ezekiel quotes here.

Romans 10:5 Citation

Romans 10:5 quotes the same Leviticus 18:5 principle, contrasting law-righteousness with faith.

Luke 10:28 Allusion

Luke 10:28 records Jesus affirming the same principle — do the law and live — echoing Leviticus 18:5.

Psalm 147:19 declares God 'declares his word, his statutes and rules to Israel' — same giving of law as in Ezekiel.

Nehemiah 9:13 explicitly states God gave 'right rules and true laws, good statutes' at Sinai — directly matching the giving in Ezekiel.

Deuteronomy 4:8 praises the righteous statutes God gave Israel — the same gift of laws that Ezekiel records as life-giving.

Nehemiah 9:29 directly quotes the phrase 'if a person does them, he shall live by them' from this passage.

In Matthew 19:17, Jesus says keeping the commandments leads to eternal life—a clear NT echo of the life-from-obedience principle.

Deuteronomy 6:25 Related theme

In Deuteronomy 6:25, doing the commandments is called righteousness—the same principle that doing God's statutes brings life.

Romans 2:13 Parallel

Romans 2:13 states that doers of the law are justified—aligning with Ezekiel's 'do them and live' principle.

Romans 7:10 Contrast

Romans 7:10 recalls the commandment that 'promised life' but brought death—contrasting the intended effect with the actual outcome under sin.

Romans 9:4 Related theme

Romans 9:4 lists the giving of the law among Israel's privileges, echoing God's gift of statutes that bring life here.

Deuteronomy 4:1 uses the same call to do statutes to live — a direct parallel to this life-giving principle.

Hosea 8:12 Contrast

Hosea 8:12 laments that God's many laws are treated as foreign—contrasting God's gift of life-giving statutes with Israel's rejection.

Psalm 147:20 contrasts Israel's unique knowledge of God's rules with other nations — building on the giving of statutes here.

Nehemiah 9:14 adds that God made known the Sabbath and commandments — expanding on the statutes given here.

Romans 3:2 Allusion

Romans 3:2 says the Jews were entrusted with God's oracles — the same statutes given here, now seen as a privilege and responsibility.