Ezekiel 18:20–24

²⁰The person who sins is the one who will die.^x A son won’t suffer punishment for the father’s iniquity, and a father won’t suffer punishment for the son’s iniquity.^y The righteousness of the righteous person will be on him,^z and the wickedness of the wicked person will be on him.^aa

²¹“But if the wicked person turns from all the sins he has committed,^ab keeps all my statutes, and does what is just and right, he will certainly live; he will not die. ²²None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him.^ac He will live because of the righteousness he has practiced.^{ad 23}Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked?”^ae This is the declaration of the Lord God. “Instead, don’t I take pleasure when he turns from his ways and lives? ²⁴But when a righteous person turns from his righteousness^af and acts unjustly, committing the same detestable acts that the wicked do, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered.^ag He will die because of the treachery he has engaged in and the sin he has committed.