²⁰The one who sins is the one who will die.^o The child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them.^p

²¹“But if^q a wicked person turns away from all the sins they have committed and keeps all my decrees^r and does what is just and right, that person will surely live; they will not die.^s ²²None of the offenses they have committed will be remembered against them. Because of the righteous things they have done, they will live.^t ²³Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign Lord. Rather, am I not pleased^u when they turn from their ways and live?^v

²⁴“But if a righteous person turns^w from their righteousness and commits sin and does the same detestable things the wicked person does, will they live? None of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness^x they are guilty of and because of the sins they have committed, they will die.^y

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Ezekiel 18:20: The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.

Cross references

oSee Nu 15:31
p Dt 24:16; See 1 Ki 8:32; 2 Ki 14:6; Isa 3:11; See Eze 7:27; See 14:14; See Mt 16:27; Jn 9:2
q Jer 18:8
rSee Ge 26:5
sSee Eze 13:22; 36:27
t Ps 18:20–24; See Isa 43:25; Da 4:27; Mic 7:19
u Ps 147:11
vSee Job 37:23; See La 3:33; See Eze 16:6; Mic 7:18; See 1 Ti 2:4
wSee Jer 34:16
xSee Eze 15:8
ySee 1 Sa 15:11; 2 Ch 24:17–20; See Job 35:8; Pr 21:16; See Eze 3:20; 20:27; 2 Pe 2:20–22