1The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying,

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2What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?

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Lamentations 5:7, Lamentations 5:7, Jeremiah 31:29, Jeremiah 31:30, Jeremiah 31:29

3As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.

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Ezekiel 18:19, Ezekiel 18:20, Ezekiel 18:19, Ezekiel 18:20, Ezekiel 33:11

4Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

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Ezekiel 18:20, Ezekiel 18:20, Romans 6:23, Romans 6:23, Numbers 16:22

5But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

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Ezekiel 33:14, Ezekiel 33:14, 1 John 3:7, 1 John 3:7, James 1:22

6And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour’s wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,

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Ezekiel 18:15, Ezekiel 18:15, Deuteronomy 4:19, Deuteronomy 4:19, Ezekiel 22:9

7And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

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Ezekiel 18:16, Ezekiel 18:16, Exodus 22:26, Ezekiel 18:12, Exodus 22:26

8He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,

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Exodus 22:25, Exodus 22:25, Zechariah 8:16, Zechariah 8:16, Deuteronomy 23:19

9Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord God.

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Habakkuk 2:4, Ezekiel 20:11, Habakkuk 2:4, Ezekiel 20:11, Ezekiel 18:17

10If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,

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Exodus 21:12, Exodus 21:12, John 18:40, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 9:6

11And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour’s wife,

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James 2:17, John 15:14, Luke 11:28, Philippians 4:9, 1 John 3:22

12Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

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Ezekiel 8:6, Ezekiel 8:17, Ezekiel 8:6, Ezekiel 8:17, 2 Kings 21:11

13Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

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Leviticus 20:9, Ezekiel 3:18, Ezekiel 18:8, Exodus 22:25, Leviticus 20:9

14Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father’s sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,

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2 Chronicles 34:21, 2 Chronicles 34:21, Proverbs 23:24, Proverbs 23:24, Matthew 23:32

15That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour’s wife,

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Ezekiel 18:6, Ezekiel 18:7, Ezekiel 18:6, Ezekiel 18:7, Ezekiel 18:11

16Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,

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Ezekiel 18:7, Ezekiel 18:7, Proverbs 25:21, Ecclesiastes 11:1, Ecclesiastes 11:2

17That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

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Ezekiel 18:8, Ezekiel 18:9, Ezekiel 18:8, Ezekiel 18:9, Leviticus 18:4

18As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.

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Ezekiel 3:18, Ezekiel 3:18, Ezekiel 18:20, John 8:21, Isaiah 3:11

19Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.

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Exodus 20:5, Exodus 20:5, Jeremiah 15:4, Zechariah 1:3, Zechariah 1:6

20The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

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2 Kings 14:6, 2 Kings 14:6, Deuteronomy 24:16, Deuteronomy 24:16, Ezekiel 18:4

21But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

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Ezekiel 33:19, Ezekiel 18:27, Ezekiel 18:28, Ezekiel 33:19, Ezekiel 18:27

22All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.

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Micah 7:19, Micah 7:19, Ezekiel 33:16, Isaiah 43:25, Ezekiel 33:16

23Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?

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Ezekiel 33:11, Ezekiel 33:11, 1 Timothy 2:4, 1 Timothy 2:4, 2 Peter 3:9

24But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

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Ezekiel 33:18, Ezekiel 33:18, Proverbs 21:16, Proverbs 21:16, 2 John 1:8

25Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

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Ezekiel 33:17, Ezekiel 33:17, Malachi 3:13, Malachi 3:15, Malachi 3:13

26When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

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27Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

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Isaiah 1:18, Ezekiel 18:21, Isaiah 1:18, Ezekiel 18:21, Isaiah 55:7

28Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

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Deuteronomy 32:29, Deuteronomy 32:29, Luke 15:17, Luke 15:18, Luke 15:17

29Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?

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Ezekiel 18:25, Ezekiel 18:25, Proverbs 19:3, Proverbs 19:3, Ezekiel 18:2

30Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord God. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

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Matthew 3:2, Matthew 16:27, Matthew 3:2, Matthew 16:27, Ezekiel 18:21

31Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

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Psalms 51:10, Ezekiel 36:26, Psalms 51:10, Ezekiel 36:26, Romans 8:13

32For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

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2 Peter 3:9, 2 Peter 3:9, Ezekiel 18:23, Ezekiel 18:23, Ezekiel 33:11