Ezekiel 3:20

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Ezekiel 3:20

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Summary

Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

When

Righteousness

Isaiah 64:6

Daniel 9:18

And i lay

Because

Matthew 18:15

And his

2 Peter 2:21

But his

Ezekiel 3:18

Ezekiel 33:6

Hebrews 13:17

General references

Ezekiel 11:4

Bible References

When

And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, According to all the abominations That the wicked hath done, he doth -- thus he liveth, All his righteousnesses that he hath done are not remembered, For his trespass that he hath trespassed, And for his sin that he hath sinned, For them he doth die.

And thou, son of man, say unto the sons of thy people: The righteousness of the righteous doth not deliver him in the day of his transgression, And the wickedness of the wicked, He doth not stumble for it in the day of his turning from his wickedness, And the righteous is not able to live in it in the day of his sinning.

And Joash doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.

As to those turning to their crooked ways, Jehovah causeth them to go with workers of iniquity. Peace on Israel!

And those removing from after Jehovah, And who have not sought Jehovah, nor besought Him.

'And that sown on the rocky places, this is he who is hearing the word, and immediately with joy is receiving it,

and 'the righteous by faith shall live,' and 'if he may draw back, My soul hath no pleasure in him,'

for overswellings of vanity speaking, they do entice in desires of the flesh -- lasciviousnesses, those who had truly escaped from those conducting themselves in error,

out of us they went forth, but they were not of us, for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but -- that they might be manifested that they are not all of us.

Righteousness

And we are as unclean -- all of us, And as a garment passing away, all our righteous acts; And we fade as a leaf -- all of us. And our iniquities as wind do take us away.

Incline, O my God, Thine ear, and hear, open Thine eyes and see our desolations, and the city on which Thy name is called; for not for our righteous acts are we causing our supplications to fall before Thee, but for Thy mercies that are many.

And i lay

Their silver into out-places they cast, And their gold impurity becometh. Their silver and their gold is not able to deliver them, In a day of the wrath of Jehovah, Their soul they do not satisfy, And their bowels they do not fill, For the stumbling-block of their iniquity it hath been.

'Son of man, these men have caused their idols to go up on their heart, and the stumbling-block of their iniquity they have put over-against their faces; am I inquired of at all by them?

thou dost not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of the dream, for Jehovah your God is trying you, to know whether ye are loving Jehovah your God with all your heart, and with all your soul;

Abundant peace have those loving Thy law, And they have no stumbling-block.

Therefore thus said Jehovah: Lo, I do give to this people stumbling blocks, And stumbled against them have fathers and sons together, The neighbour and his friend do perish.

and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, 'Lo, this one is set for the falling and rising again of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against --

wherefore? because -- not by faith, but as by works of law; for they did stumble at the stone of stumbling,

and David saith, 'Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling-block, and for a recompense to them;

also we -- we preach Christ crucified, to Jews, indeed, a stumbling-block, and to Greeks foolishness,

him, whose presence is according to the working of the Adversary, in all power, and signs, and lying wonders,

and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence -- who are stumbling at the word, being unbelieving, -- to which also they were set;

Because

In My saying to the wicked: Thou dost surely die; and thou hast not warned him, nor hast spoken to warn the wicked from his wicked way, so that he doth live; he -- the wicked -- in his iniquity dieth, and his blood from thy hand I require.

'Thou dost not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou dost certainly reprove thy fellow, and not suffer sin on him.

And Nathan saith unto David, 'Thou art the man! Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I anointed thee for king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

and go out unto his presence doth Jehu son of Hanani, the seer, and saith unto king Jehoshaphat, 'To give help to the wicked, and to those hating Jehovah, dost thou love? and for this against thee is wrath from before Jehovah,

And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Amaziah, and He sendeth unto him a prophet, and he saith unto him, 'Why hast thou sought the gods of the people that have not delivered their people out of thy hand?'

A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, Is the wise reprover to an attentive ear.

'And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;

And his

'And, when the unclean spirit may go forth from the man, it doth walk through dry places seeking rest, and doth not find;

And that in the good ground: These are they, who in an upright and good heart, having heard the word, do retain it, and bear fruit in continuance.

to those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, do seek glory, and honour, and incorruptibility -- life age-during;

and 'the righteous by faith shall live,' and 'if he may draw back, My soul hath no pleasure in him,'

for it were better to them not to have acknowledged the way of the righteousness, than having acknowledged it, to turn back from the holy command delivered to them,

But his

And the watchman, when he seeth the sword coming in, And he hath not blown with a trumpet, And the people hath not been warned, And come in doth a sword, And taketh away of them -- a soul, He in his iniquity is taken away, And his blood from the hand of the watchman I require.

Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this is unprofitable to you.

General references

Therefore prophesy concerning them, prophesy, son of man.'