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Ezekiel 18 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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A False Proverb Refuted
The Soul That Sins Shall Die

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:1 - The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:2 - “What do you mean when you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying:

‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
And the children’s teeth are set on edge’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:3 - “As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “you shall no longer use this proverb in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 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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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:5 - But if a man is just
And does what is lawful and right;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:6 - If he has not eaten on the mountains,
Nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel,
Nor defiled his neighbor’s wife,
Nor approached a woman during her impurity;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7 - If he has not oppressed anyone,
But has restored to the debtor his pledge;
Has robbed no one by violence,
But has given his bread to the hungry
And covered the naked with clothing;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:8 - If he has not exacted usury
Nor taken any increase,
But has withdrawn his hand from iniquity
And executed true judgment between man and man;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:9 - If he has walked in My statutes
And kept My judgments faithfully—
He is just;
He shall surely live!”
Says the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:10 - “If he begets a son who is a robber
Or a shedder of blood,
Who does any of these things

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:11 - And does none of those duties,
But has eaten on the mountains
Or defiled his neighbor’s wife;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:12 - If he has oppressed the poor and needy,
Robbed by violence,
Not restored the pledge,
Lifted his eyes to the idols,
Or committed abomination;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:13 - If he has exacted usury
Or taken increase—
Shall he then live?
He shall not live!
If he has done any of these abominations,
He shall surely die;
His blood shall be upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:14 - “If, however, he begets a son
Who sees all the sins which his father has done,
And considers but does not do likewise;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:15 - Who has not eaten on the mountains,
Nor lifted his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel,
Nor defiled his neighbor’s wife;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16 - Has not oppressed anyone,
Nor withheld a pledge,
Nor robbed by violence,
But has given his bread to the hungry
And covered the naked with clothing;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:17 - Who has withdrawn his hand from the poor[fn]
And not received usury or increase,
But has executed My judgments
And walked in My statutes—
He shall not die for the iniquity of his father;
He shall surely live!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:18 - “As for his father,
Because he cruelly oppressed,
Robbed his brother by violence,
And did what is not good among his people,
Behold, he shall die for his iniquity.
Turn and Live

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:19 - “Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not bear the guilt of the father?’ Because the son has done what is lawful and right, and has kept all My statutes and observed them, he shall surely live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:20 - “The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:21 - “But if a wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:22 - “None of the transgressions which he has committed shall be remembered against him; because of the righteousness which he has done, he shall live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:23 - “Do I have any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?” says the Lord GOD, “and not that he should turn from his ways and live?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:24 - “But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? All the righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; because of the unfaithfulness of which he is guilty and the sin which he has committed, because of them he shall die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:25 - “Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ Hear now, O house of Israel, is it not My way which is fair, and your ways which are not fair?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:26 - “When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity, and dies in it, it is because of the iniquity which he has done that he dies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:27 - “Again, when a wicked man turns away from the wickedness which he committed, and does what is lawful and right, he preserves himself alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:28 - “Because he considers and turns away from all the transgressions which he committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:29 - “Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ O house of Israel, is it not My ways which are fair, and your ways which are not fair?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:30 - “Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways,” says the Lord GOD. “Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:31 - “Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:32 - “For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies,” says the Lord GOD. “Therefore turn and live!”
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NKJV Footnotes
Following Masoretic Text, Targum, and Vulgate; Septuagint reads iniquity (compare verse 8).
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