Ezekiel 18:19-23
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"Yet you say, z 'Why should not the son suffer for the iniquity of the father?' When the son has done a what is just and right, and has been careful to observe all my statutes, b he shall surely live.
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c The soul who sins shall die. d The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. e The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, f and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
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g "But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does h what is just and right, i he shall surely live; he shall not die.
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j None of the transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him; for the righteousness that he has done he shall live.
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k Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?
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Cross References
Exodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me.
Ezekiel 18:2
What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge'?
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Ezekiel 18:5
If a man is righteous and does what is just and right -
Ezekiel 18:21
But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is just and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
Ezekiel 18:27
Again, when a wicked person turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he shall save his life.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 18:9
Walks in my statutes, and keeps my rules by acting faithfully - he is righteous; he shall surely live, declares the Lord God.
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Ezekiel 18:4
Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins shall die.
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2 Kings 14:6
But he did not put to death the children of the murderers, according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the Lord commanded, "Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. But each one shall die for his own sin.
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Cross References
Isaiah 3:10 - 11
Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
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Romans 2:9
There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek.
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Ezekiel 18:27
Again, when a wicked person turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he shall save his life.
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Ezekiel 18:5
If a man is righteous and does what is just and right -
Ezekiel 18:19
Yet you say, 'Why should not the son suffer for the iniquity of the father?' When the son has done what is just and right, and has been careful to observe all my statutes, he shall surely live.
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Ezekiel 18:9
Walks in my statutes, and keeps my rules by acting faithfully - he is righteous; he shall surely live, declares the Lord God.
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Ezekiel 33:16
None of the sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him. He has done what is just and right; he shall surely live.
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