Ezekiel 18:14

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Summary

Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,

If he

Ezekiel 18:10

Proverbs 17:21

Proverbs 23:24

That seeth

1 Peter 1:18

Considereth

Bible References

If he

If he has a son who is a thief, a taker of life, who does any of these things,

He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.

That seeth

And I said to their children in the waste land, Do not be guided by the rules of your fathers or keep their orders or make yourselves unclean with their images:

In the first year of his rule, in the first month, opening the doors of the Lord's house, he made them strong.

Go and get directions from the Lord for me and for those who are still in Israel and for Judah, about the words of this book which has come to light; for great is the wrath of the Lord which has been let loose on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord or done what is recorded in this book.

But they have been walking in the pride of their hearts, going after the Baals, as their fathers gave them teaching.

But we will certainly do every word which has gone out of our mouths, burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her as we did, we and our fathers and our kings and our rulers, in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then we had food enough and did well and saw no evil.

Make full, then, the measure of your fathers.

Being conscious that you have been made free from that foolish way of life which was your heritage from your fathers, not through a payment of things like silver or gold which come to destruction,

Considereth

Because he had fear and was turned away from all the wrong which he had done, life will certainly be his, death will not be his fate.

I gave thought to my steps, and my feet were turned into the way of your unchanging word.

And no one takes note, no one has enough knowledge or wisdom to say, I have put part of it in the fire, and made bread on it; I have had a meal of the flesh cooked with it: and am I now to make the rest of it into a false god? am I to go down on my face before a bit of wood?

I took note and gave ear, but no one said what is right: no man had regret for his evil-doing, saying, What have I done? everyone goes off on his way like a horse rushing to the fight.

And they do not say to themselves that I keep in mind all their sin; now their evil acts come round them on every side; they are before my face.

For this cause the Lord of armies has said, Give thought to your ways.

And now, give thought; looking on from this day, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the time when the base of the Lord's house was put in its place, give thought to it.

But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers of my father's servants have bread enough, and more, while I am near to death here through need of food!