Ezekiel Chapter 18

• Ezekiel 18:1
  Ezekiel.
• Ezekiel 18:2
  The LORD’s word came to me again, saying,
• Ezekiel 18:3
  “What do you mean, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are ...
• Ezekiel 18:4
  “As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “you shall not use this proverb any more in Israel.
• Ezekiel 18:5
  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.
• Ezekiel 18:6
  “But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,
• Ezekiel 18:7
  and has not eaten on the mountains, hasn’t lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hasn’t defiled his neighbor’s wife, hasn’t come nea...
• Ezekiel 18:8
  and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered t...
• Ezekiel 18:9
  he who hasn’t lent to them with interest, hasn’t taken any increase from them, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice bet...
• Ezekiel 18:10
  has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live,” says the Lord GOD.
• Ezekiel 18:11
  “If he fathers a son who is a robber who sheds blood, and who does any one of these things,
• Ezekiel 18:12
  or who does not do any of those things but has eaten at the mountain shrines and defiled his neighbor’s wife,
• Ezekiel 18:13
  has wronged the poor and needy, has taken by robbery, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,
• Ezekiel 18:14
  has lent with interest, and has taken increase from the poor, shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations. He shall sure...
• Ezekiel 18:15
  “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,
• Ezekiel 18:16
  who hasn’t eaten on the mountains, hasn’t lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hasn’t defiled his neighbor’s wife,
• Ezekiel 18:17
  hasn’t wronged any, 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 ...
• Ezekiel 18:18
  who has withdrawn his hand from the poor, who hasn’t received interest or increase, has executed my ordinances, has walked in my statutes; he shall no...
• Ezekiel 18:19
  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 iniqu...
• Ezekiel 18:20
  “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 statute...
• Ezekiel 18:21
  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 righteo...
• Ezekiel 18:22
  “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 ...
• Ezekiel 18:23
  None of his transgressions that he has committed will be remembered against him. In his righteousness that he has done, he shall live.
• Ezekiel 18:24
  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?
• Ezekiel 18:25
  “But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, ...
• Ezekiel 18:26
  “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?
• Ezekiel 18:27
  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.
• Ezekiel 18:28
  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.
• Ezekiel 18:29
  Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live. He shall not die.
• Ezekiel 18:30
  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?
• Ezekiel 18:31
  “Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways,” says the Lord GOD. “Return, and turn yourselves from all your transgres...
• Ezekiel 18:32
  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...
• Ezekiel 18:33
  For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies,” says the Lord GOD. “Therefore turn yourselves, and live!