3By my life, says the Lord, you will no longer have this saying in Israel.
4See, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so the soul of the son is mine: death will be the fate of the sinner's soul.
5But if a man is upright, living rightly and doing righteousness,
6And has not taken flesh with the blood for food, or given worship to the images of the children of Israel; if he has not had connection with his neighbour's wife, or come near to a woman at the time when she is unclean;
7And has done no wrong to any, but has given back to the debtor what is his, and has taken no one's goods by force, and has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;
8And has not given his money out at interest or taken great profits, and, turning his hand from evil-doing, has kept faith between man and man,
9And has been guided by my rules and has kept my laws and done them: he is upright, life will certainly be his, says the Lord.
