Leviticus 18:5

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord.

Cross-references

Leviticus 18:26 repeats the call to keep statutes and rules, reinforcing the same command within the same chapter.

Leviticus 19:37 echoes 'keep all my statutes and all my rules,' a direct parallel to Lev 18:5.

Leviticus 20:8 adds 'I am the LORD who sanctifies you,' linking obedience to sanctification, parallel to Lev 18:5.

Leviticus 20:22 commands to keep all statutes and rules, directly paralleling the call in Lev 18:5.

Leviticus 22:31 commands to keep commandments, closely mirroring the exhortation in Lev 18:5.

Leviticus 26:3 conditions blessings on walking in statutes, echoing the life-promise of Lev 18:5.

Galatians 3:12 quotes this law but contrasts it with faith — the law says 'do and live,' while faith is a different path.

Romans 10:5 Citation

Romans 10:5 directly quotes this verse to describe the righteousness based on the law, which Paul then contrasts with faith.

Luke 10:28 Allusion

Luke 10:28 echoes this principle: Jesus tells the lawyer 'do this and you will live,' affirming the law's promise.

Ezekiel 20:21 repeats the formula again for the next generation, emphasizing persistent failure to keep the life-giving statutes.

Ezekiel 20:13 cites this same law while noting Israel's rebellion — highlighting the gap between God's life-giving commands and human disobedience.

Ezekiel 20:11 repeats the same principle verbatim — obedience to God's statutes brings life — as part of Israel's history of rebellion.

Nehemiah 9:29 echoes the same principle that obedience to God's commands brings life, as stated in Leviticus 18:5.

Ezekiel 33:15 directly quotes 'the decrees that give life' from Leviticus 18:5, applying them to the repentant.

Matthew 19:17 echoes Leviticus 18:5 as Jesus affirms that keeping commandments leads to eternal life.

Deuteronomy 32:47 calls the word 'your very life,' directly reinforcing the life-giving nature of the commands in Lev 18:5.

Romans 7:10 Contrast

Romans 7:10 contrasts Leviticus 18:5 by showing the commandment intended to bring life actually brought death due to sin.

Deuteronomy 6:25 Related theme

Deuteronomy 6:25 ties careful obedience to righteousness, complementing the 'live by them' theme of Lev 18:5.

Deuteronomy 4:1 explicitly says 'do them, that you may live,' directly echoing Lev 18:5's 'live by them.'

Proverbs 7:2 mirrors the promise of life for keeping commands from Leviticus 18:5, now in a wisdom context.