²⁰^tThe soul who sins shall die. ^uThe son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. ^vThe righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, ^wand the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.

²¹“But ^xif 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. ²²^yNone of the transgressions which he has committed shall be remembered against him; because of the righteousness which he has done, he shall ^zlive. ²³^aDo 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?

²⁴“But ^bwhen 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? ^cAll 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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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

t 2 Kin. 14:6; 22:18–20; Ezek. 18:4
u Deut. 24:16; 2 Kin. 14:6; 2 Chr. 25:4; Jer. 31:29, 30
v 1 Kin. 8:32; Is. 3:10, 11; [Matt. 16:27]
w Rom. 2:6–9
x Ezek. 18:27; 33:12, 19
y Is. 43:25; Jer. 50:20; Ezek. 18:24; 33:16; Mic. 7:19
z[Ps. 18:20–24]
a Lam. 3:33; [Ezek. 18:32; 33:11; 1 Tim. 2:4; 2 Pet. 3:9]
b 1 Sam. 15:11; 2 Chr. 24:2, 17–22; Ezek. 3:20; 18:26; 33:18
c[2 Pet. 2:20]