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Ezekiel 18:20–24

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20The person who sins shall die. A child shall not suffer for the iniquity of a parent nor a parent suffer for the iniquity of a child; the righteousness of the righteous shall be their own, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be their own.*

21But if the wicked turn away from all their sins that they have committed and keep all my statutes and do what is lawful and right, they shall surely live; they shall not die.* 22None of the transgressions that they have committed shall be remembered against them, for the righteousness that they have done they shall live.* 23Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, says the Lord God, and not rather that they should turn from their ways and live?* 24But when the righteous turn away from their righteousness and commit iniquity and do the same abominable things that the wicked do, shall they live? None of the righteous deeds that they have done shall be remembered, for the treachery of which they are guilty and the sin they have committed, they 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

  1. *Deut 24:16; Isa 3:10, 11; Rom 2:9
  2. *Ezek 3:21; 33:12, 19
  3. *Ps 18:20–24; Ezek 33:16; Mic 7:19
  4. *Ezek 33:11; 1 Tim 2:4; 2 Pet 3:9
  5. *Ezek 3:20; 33:12, 13, 18; 2 Pet 2:20