4 Behold, every living soul is Mine—the soul of father as well as the soul of son—both are Mine. Behold, the soul who sins is the one who will die.
5 “Suppose a man is just and does what is lawful and right:
6 He has not eaten at mountain shrines or lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel. He has not defiled his neighbor’s wife or come near to a woman during niddah .
7 He does not wrong anyone, returns his pledge for a debt, does not commit robbery, gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment.
8 He does not loan with interest or take unjust gain. He keeps his hand from iniquity, executes true justice between people,
9 walks in My laws and keeps My statutes, behaving honestly. Such a person is just—he will surely live.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
10 “Now suppose he fathers a son who is violent, who sheds blood and does any of these things to a brother