3. “As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, you will not quote this proverb in Israel anymore!
4. Indeed! All lives are mine – the life of the father as well as the life of the son is mine. The one who sins will die.
5. “Suppose a man is righteous. He practices what is just and right,
6. does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains or pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife, does not have sexual relations with a woman during her period,
7. does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked,