Leviticus 18:5

New American Bible - revised edition

Keep, then, my statutes and decrees, for the person who carries them out will find life through them. I am the Lord.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:29

You bore witness against them, to bring them back to your law. But they were insolent and would not obey your commandments; They sinned against your ordinances, which give life to those who keep them. They turned stubborn backs, stiffened their necks, and would not obey.

Exodus 6:2

Then God spoke to Moses, and said to him: I am the Lord.

Exodus 6:29

the Lord said to Moses: I am the Lord. Say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, all that I tell you.

Exodus 6:6

Therefore, say to the Israelites: I am the Lord. I will free you from the burdens of the Egyptians and will deliver you from their slavery. I will redeem you by my outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.

Isaiah 55:3

Pay attention and come to me; listen, that you may have life. I will make with you an everlasting covenant, the steadfast loyalty promised to David.

Ezekiel 18:9

if he walks by my statutes and is careful to observe my ordinances, that man is just—he shall surely live—oracle of the Lord God.

Ezekiel 20:11

Then I gave them my statutes and made known to them my ordinances, so that everyone who keeps them has life through them.

Ezekiel 20:13

But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not observe my statutes, and they rejected my ordinances that bring life to those who keep them. My sabbaths, too, they desecrated grievously. Then I considered pouring out my fury on them in the wilderness to put an end to them,

Ezekiel 20:21

But their children rebelled against me: they did not follow my statutes or keep my ordinances that bring life to those who observe them; my sabbaths they desecrated. Then I considered pouring out my fury on them, spending my anger against them in the wilderness;

Leviticus 18:6

None of you shall approach a close relative to have sexual intercourse. I am the Lord.

Malachi 3:6

For I, the Lord, do not change, and you, sons of Jacob, do not cease to be.

Matthew 19:17

He answered him, “Why do you ask me about the good? There is only One who is good. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

Luke 10:28

He replied to him, “You have answered correctly; do this and you will live.” The Parable of the Good Samaritan.

Romans 10:5

Moses writes about the righteousness that comes from [the] law, “The one who does these things will live by them.”

Romans 7:10

then I died, and the commandment that was for life turned out to be death for me.

Galatians 3:12

But the law does not depend on faith; rather, “the one who does these things will live by them.”

Deuteronomy 30:20

by loving the Lord, your God, obeying his voice, and holding fast to him. For that will mean life for you, a long life for you to live on the land which the Lord swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give to them.

Deuteronomy 30:6

The Lord, your God, will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you will love the Lord, your God, with your whole heart and your whole being, in order that you may live.

Deuteronomy 4:1

Now therefore, Israel, hear the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to observe, that you may live, and may enter in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.