The LORD’s word came to me again, saying, “What do you mean, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, Jer 31:29-30Lam 5:7Ezk 37:11Ezk 37:19Ezk 17:12Ezk 37:25Isa 3:15Ezk 25:3
‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
“As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “you shall not use this proverb any more in Israel. Ezk 18:19-20Ezk 18:30Ezk 33:11-20Ezk 36:31-32Rom 3:19 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine. The soul who sins, he shall die. Ezk 18:20Rom 6:23Num 16:22Heb 12:9Gal 3:10-13Zec 12:1Gal 3:22Num 27:16
“But if a man is just, Ezk 33:141Jn 3:7Pro 21:31Jn 2:291Jn 2:31Jn 5:2-5Gen 18:19Jas 1:22-25
and does that which is lawful and right,
and has not eaten on the mountains, Ezk 18:15Deu 4:19Ezk 18:11-12Ezk 20:24Ezk 22:9-11Ezk 6:13Lev 20:10Lev 20:18
hasn’t lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel,
hasn’t defiled his neighbor’s wife,
hasn’t come near a woman in her impurity,
and has not wronged any, Ezk 18:16Exo 22:26Ezk 18:12Deu 24:12-13Ezk 33:15Amo 2:8Amo 3:10Exo 22:21-24
but has restored to the debtor his pledge,
has taken nothing by robbery,
has given his bread to the hungry,
and has covered the naked with a garment;
he who hasn’t lent to them with interest, Exo 22:25Zec 8:16Deu 23:19-20Lev 25:35-37Deu 1:16-17Deu 16:18-20Ezk 18:13Ezk 18:17
hasn’t taken any increase from them,
who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity,
has executed true justice between man and man,
has walked in my statutes, Ezk 20:11Hab 2:4Amo 5:41Jn 2:29Deu 10:12-13Rom 1:171Jn 3:7Ezk 18:17
and has kept my ordinances,
to deal truly;
he is just,
he shall surely live,” says the Lord GOD.
“If he fathers a son who is a robber who sheds blood, and who does any one of these things, Exo 21:121Jn 3:12Exo 22:2Gen 9:5-6Jhn 18:40Lev 19:13Mal 3:8-9Num 35:31 or who does not do any of those things 1Jn 3:221Ki 13:221Ki 13:8Ezk 18:15Ezk 18:6-7Jas 2:17Jhn 13:17Jhn 15:14
but has eaten at the mountain shrines
and defiled his neighbor’s wife,
has wronged the poor and needy, Ezk 8:17Ezk 8:62Ki 21:11Amo 4:1Ezk 18:16Ezk 18:6-7Zec 7:102Ki 23:13
has taken by robbery,
has not restored the pledge,
and has lifted up his eyes to the idols,
has committed abomination,
has lent with interest, Exo 22:25Ezk 18:8Lev 20:9Act 18:6Ezk 18:17Ezk 18:24Ezk 18:28Ezk 18:32
and has taken increase from the poor,
shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations. He shall surely die. His blood will be on him.
“Now, behold, if he fathers a son who sees all his father’s sins which he has done, and fears, and doesn’t do likewise, 2Ch 34:21Pro 23:241Pe 1:182Ch 29:3-11Ezk 18:10Ezk 18:28Ezk 20:18Hag 1:5
who hasn’t eaten on the mountains, Ezk 18:6-7Ezk 18:11-13
hasn’t lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel,
hasn’t defiled his neighbor’s wife,
hasn’t wronged any, Ezk 18:7Ecc 11:1-2Isa 58:7-10Job 22:7Job 31:19Luk 11:41Luk 14:13Pro 22:9
hasn’t taken anything to pledge,
hasn’t taken by robbery,
but has given his bread to the hungry,
and has covered the naked with a garment;
who has withdrawn his hand from the poor, Ezk 18:8-9Dan 4:27Ezk 18:13Ezk 18:19-21Ezk 18:28Ezk 20:18Ezk 20:30Ezk 3:21
who hasn’t received interest or increase,
has executed my ordinances,
has walked in my statutes;
he shall not die for the iniquity of his father. He shall surely live. As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he will die in his iniquity. Ezk 3:18Ezk 18:20Ezk 18:24Ezk 18:26Ezk 18:4Isa 3:11Jhn 8:21Jhn 8:24
“Yet you say, ‘Why doesn’t the son bear the iniquity of the father?’ When the son has done that which is lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes, and has done them, he will surely live. Exo 20:5Zec 1:3-6Deu 5:9Ezk 18:2Ezk 18:9Ezk 20:18-20Jer 15:42Ki 23:26 The soul who sins, he shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him. 2Ki 14:6Deu 24:16Ezk 18:4Jer 31:29-302Ch 25:4Mat 16:271Ki 8:32Rom 2:6-9
“But if the wicked turns from all his sins that he has committed, and keeps all my statutes, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live. He shall not die. Ezk 33:19Tit 2:11-14Ezk 18:27-28Act 3:19Rom 8:13Ezk 18:9Pro 28:131Ti 1:13-16 None of his transgressions that he has committed will be remembered against him. In his righteousness that he has done, he shall live. Mic 7:19Ezk 33:16Isa 43:25Ezk 18:24Psa 18:20-24Heb 8:12Jer 50:20Psa 103:12 Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked?” says the Lord GOD, “and not rather that he should return from his way, and live? Ezk 33:111Ti 2:42Pe 3:9Ezk 18:32Luk 15:10Luk 15:32Psa 147:11Luk 15:22-24
“But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, should he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done will be remembered. In his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them he shall die. Ezk 33:18Pro 21:162Jn 1:8Ezk 33:12-132Ch 24:17-22Gal 3:4Rev 3:111Jn 2:19
“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not equal.’ Hear now, house of Israel: Is my way not equal? Aren’t your ways unequal? Ezk 33:17Mal 3:13-15Ezk 33:20Gen 18:25Jer 12:1Mal 2:17Zep 3:5Ezk 18:29 When the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies in it, then he dies in his iniquity that he has done. Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he will save his soul alive. Ezk 18:21Isa 1:18Isa 55:7Act 3:191Ti 4:16Act 2:40Act 20:21Act 26:20 Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live. He shall not die. Deu 32:29Luk 15:17-18Col 3:5-9Jas 2:10-12Ezk 12:3Ezk 18:14Ezk 18:21Ezk 18:31 Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ House of Israel, aren’t my ways fair? Aren’t your ways unfair? Ezk 18:25Pro 19:3Ezk 18:2
“Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways,” says the Lord GOD. “Return, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions, so iniquity will not be your ruin. Ezk 18:21Mat 16:27Mat 3:2Ezk 14:6Luk 13:3Ezk 7:3Dan 9:13Hos 12:6 Cast away from you all your transgressions in which you have transgressed; and make yourself a new heart and a new spirit. For why will you die, house of Israel? Psa 51:10Ezk 36:26Ezk 11:19Rom 8:13Isa 1:16-17Rom 12:2Ezk 33:111Pe 2:1 For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies,” says the Lord GOD. “Therefore turn yourselves, and live! 2Pe 3:9Ezk 18:23Ezk 33:11Lam 3:33