Thematic Bible




Ezekiel 18:1 (show verse)

The word of the LORD came unto me, on this manner,

Ezekiel 18:2 (show verse)

"What mean ye by this common proverb, that ye use in the land of Israel, saying, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge'?

Ezekiel 18:3 (show verse)

As truly as I live, sayeth the LORD God, ye shall use this byword no more in Israel.

Ezekiel 18:4 (show verse)

Behold, all souls are mine. Like as the father is mine, so is the son mine also. The soul that sinneth, shall die.

Ezekiel 18:5 (show verse)

If a man be godly, and do the thing that is equal and right,

Ezekiel 18:6 (show verse)

he eateth not upon the hills; he lifteth not his eyes up to the Idols of Israel; he defileth not his neighbour's wife; he meddleth with no menstruous woman;

Ezekiel 18:7 (show verse)

he grieveth nobody; he giveth his debtor his pledge again; he raketh none other man's goods by violence; he parteth his meat with the hungry; he clotheth the naked;

Ezekiel 18:8 (show verse)

he lendeth nothing upon usury; he taketh nothing over; he withdraweth his hand from doing wrong; he handleth faithfully betwixt man and man;

Ezekiel 18:9 (show verse)

he walketh in my commandments, and keepeth my laws, and performeth them faithfully: This is a righteous man, he shall surly live, sayeth the LORD God.

Ezekiel 18:10 (show verse)

"If he now get a son, that is a murderer, a shedder of blood: if he do one of these things

Ezekiel 18:11 (show verse)

- though he do not all - he eateth upon the hills; he defileth his neighbour's wife;

Ezekiel 18:12 (show verse)

he grieveth the poor and needy; he robbeth and spoileth; he giveth not the debtor his pledge again; he lifteth up his eyes unto Idols, and meddle with abominable things;

Ezekiel 18:13 (show verse)

he lendeth upon usury, and taketh moreover. Shall this man live? He shall not live. Seeing he hath done all these abominations, he shall die: his blood shall be upon him.

Ezekiel 18:14 (show verse)

Now if this man get a son also, that seeth all his father's sins, which he hath done, and feareth, neither doth such like:

Ezekiel 18:15 (show verse)

Namely, he eateth not upon the mountains; he lifteth not his eyes up to the Idols of Israel; he defileth not his neighbour's wife;

Ezekiel 18:16 (show verse)

he vexeth no man; he keepeth no man's pledge, he neither spoileth, nor robbeth any man; he dealeth his meat with the hungry; he clotheth the naked;

Ezekiel 18:17 (show verse)

he opresseth not the poor; he receiveth no usury, nor anything over; he keepeth my laws, and walketh in my commandments: this man shall not die in his father's sin, but shall live without fail.

Ezekiel 18:18 (show verse)

As for his father, because he oppressed and spoiled his brother, and did wickedly among his people: Lo, he is dead in his own sin.

Ezekiel 18:19 (show verse)

And yet say ye, 'Wherefore then should not this son bear his father's sin?' Therefore, because the son hath done equity and right, hath kept all my commandments and done them: therefore shall he live indeed.

Ezekiel 18:20 (show verse)

The soul that sinneth, she shall die. The son shall not bear part of the father's wickedness. The righteousness of the right shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.

Ezekiel 18:21 (show verse)

And yet the wicked, if he turn from all his sins which he did, and keep all mine ordinances, and do justly and righteously; he shall live and not die.

Ezekiel 18:22 (show verse)

None of the sins that he hath done shall be reckoned unto him: In the righteousness that he hath done, he shall live.

Ezekiel 18:23 (show verse)

For I desire not the death of a sinner, saith the Lord Jehovah, but rather that he should turn from his way, and live.

Ezekiel 18:24 (show verse)

And so if a righteous turn from his righteousness and do wickedness, and shall do like unto all the abominations which a wicked doth, shall he live? No, none of those righteousness that he did shall be remembered. But in the wickedness which he wrought, and in the sin which he did, in them shall he die.

Ezekiel 18:25 (show verse)

But you will say, 'The way of the Lord is not equal.' Here I pray you, ye house of Israel. Is not my way equal?

Ezekiel 18:26 (show verse)

If a righteous turn from his righteousness and do wickedly, and die therefore: in the wickedness which he did he shall die.

Ezekiel 18:27 (show verse)

And when a wicked turneth from his wickedness and doth justly and righteously, he shall save his soul:

Ezekiel 18:28 (show verse)

because he feared and turned from all his wickedness which he did, he shall live and not die, saith the Lord almighty.

Ezekiel 18:29 (show verse)

And yet sayeth the house of Israel, 'Tush, the way of the LORD is not equal.' Are my ways unright, O ye house of Israel? Are not your ways rather unequal?

Ezekiel 18:30 (show verse)

"As for me, I will judge every man, according to his ways, O ye house of Israel, sayeth the LORD God. Wherefore be converted, and turn you clean from all your wickedness, so shall there no sin do you harm.

Ezekiel 18:31 (show verse)

Cast away from you all your ungodliness that ye have done: make you new hearts and a new spirit. Wherefore will ye die, O ye house of Israel?

Ezekiel 18:32 (show verse)

Seeing I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, sayeth the LORD God; Turn you then, and ye shall live."