18:1 The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,
18:2 What 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?
18:3 [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have
[occasion] any more to use this proverb in Israel.
18:4 Behold, 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.
18:5 But if a man is just, and doeth that which is lawful and
right,
18:6 [And] hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath
lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither
hath defiled his neighbor's wife, neither hath come near to a
polluted woman,
18:7 And hath not oppressed any, [but] hath restored to the
debtor his pledge, hath stripped none by violence, hath given
his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a
garment:
18:8 He [that] hath not given forth upon interest, neither hath
taken any increase, [that] hath withdrawn his hand from
iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
18:9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to
deal truly; he [is] just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord
GOD.
18:10 If he begetteth a son [that is] a robber, a shedder of
blood, and [that] doeth the like to [any] one of these
[things],
18:11 And that doeth not any of those [duties], but even hath
eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,
18:12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath stripped by
violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his
eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination.
18:13 Hath given forth upon interest, 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.
18:14 Now lo, [if] he begetteth a son, that seeth all his
father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth
not such like,
18:15 [That] hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath
lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath
not defiled his neighbor's wife,
18:16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withheld the pledge,
neither hath stripped by violence, [but] hath given his bread
to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
18:17 [That] hath taken off his hand from the poor, [that] hath
not received interest 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.
18:18 [As for] his father, because he cruelly oppressed,
stripped his brother by violence, and did [that] which [is] not
good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
18:19 Yet 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.
18:20 The 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.
18:21 But 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.
18:22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall
not be mentioned to him: in his righteousness that he hath done
he shall live.
18:23 Have 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?
18:24 But 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.
18:25 Yet 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?
18:26 When 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.
18:27 Again, when a 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.
18:28 Because he considereth and turneth away from all his
transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he
shall not die.
18:29 Yet 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?
18:30 Therefore 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.
18:31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, by which ye
have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit:
for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
18:32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth,
saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn [ye], and live.
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