Leviticus 18:5

New International Version

Keep my decrees and laws, for the person who obeys them will live by them. I am the Lord.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:29

“You warned them in order to turn them back to your law, but they became arrogant and disobeyed your commands. They sinned against your ordinances, of which you said, ‘The person who obeys them will live by them.’ Stubbornly they turned their backs on you, became stiff-necked and refused to listen.

Exodus 6:2

God also said to Moses, “I am the Lord.

Exodus 6:29

he said to him, “I am the Lord. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I tell you.”

Exodus 6:6

“Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.

Isaiah 55:3

Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.

Ezekiel 18:9

He follows my decrees and faithfully keeps my laws. That man is righteous; he will surely live, declares the Sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 20:11

I gave them my decrees and made known to them my laws, by which the person who obeys them will live.

Ezekiel 20:13

“ ‘Yet the people of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my decrees but rejected my laws—by which the person who obeys them will live—and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and destroy them in the wilderness.

Ezekiel 20:21

“ ‘But the children rebelled against me: They did not follow my decrees, they were not careful to keep my laws, of which I said, “The person who obeys them will live by them,” and they desecrated my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and spend my anger against them in the wilderness.

Leviticus 18:6

“ ‘No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the Lord.

Malachi 3:6

“I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.

Matthew 19:17

“Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”

Luke 10:28

“You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”

Romans 10:5

Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”

Romans 7:10

I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death.

Galatians 3:12

The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, “The person who does these things will live by them.”

Deuteronomy 30:20

and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Deuteronomy 30:6

The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live.

Deuteronomy 4:1

Now, Israel, hear the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.