The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

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Ezekiel 18:13 (ESV)
lends at interest, and takes profit; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon himself.

 

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Ezekiel 18:14 (ESV)
“Now suppose this man fathers a son who sees all the sins that his father has done; he sees, and does not do likewise:

 

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Ezekiel 18:15 (ESV)
he does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife,

 

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Ezekiel 18:16 (NKJV)
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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Ezekiel 18:17 (NKJV)
Who has withdrawn his hand from the poor And not received usury or increase, But has executed My judgments And walked in My statutes— He shall not die for the iniquity of his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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Ezekiel 18:18 (ESV)
As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what is not good among his people, behold, he shall die for his iniquity.

 

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Ezekiel 18:19 (NIV)

‘Yet you ask, “Why does the son not share the guilt of his father?” Since the son has done what is just and right
and has been careful to keep all my decrees, he will surely live.

 

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Ezekiel 18:20 (NIV)

The one who sins is the one who will die. 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.

 

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Ezekiel 18:21 (BSB)
But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.

 

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Ezekiel 18:22 (NKJV)
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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Ezekiel 18:23 (NIV)

Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign LORD.
Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?

 

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Ezekiel 18:24 (NIV)

“But if a righteous person turns 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 they are guilty of and because of the sins they have committed, they will die.

 

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Ezekiel 18:25 (ESV)
“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?

 

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Ezekiel 18:26 (NKJV)
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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Ezekiel 18:27 (CSB)

But if a wicked person turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right,
he will preserve his life.

 

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Ezekiel 18:28 (CSB)

He will certainly live because he thought it over and turned from all the transgressions he had committed; he will not die.

 

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Ezekiel 18:29 (BSB)
Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Are My ways unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?

 

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Ezekiel 18:30 (NKJV)
“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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Ezekiel 18:31 (NRSV)

Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed against me, and get yourselves a new heart
and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel?

 

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Ezekiel 18:32 (NRSV)

For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, says the Lord God. Turn, then, and live.