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Ezekiel Chapter 18

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In Ezekiel chapter 18 the prophet confronts the people of Israel with a solemn accusation that each individual is responsible for the sins of his family, especially when they have broken the covenant. He declares that God will judge the nation as a whole and that the wicked will be punished while the righteous will be spared. The chapter emphasizes personal accountability and the seriousness of covenant obedience.

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(1) The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
(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?
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Ezekiel 17:12Isaiah 3:15Romans 9:20Ezekiel 6:2Ezekiel 6:3Ezekiel 7:2Ezekiel 25:3Ezekiel 36:1Ezekiel 36:2Ezekiel 36:3Ezekiel 36:4Ezekiel 36:5

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Jeremiah 31:29Jeremiah 16:3Jeremiah 27:19Joel 1:4Jeremiah 31:30Joel 1:6

(3) As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
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Ezekiel 18:19Ezekiel 18:20Ezekiel 18:30Ezekiel 33:11Ezekiel 33:12Ezekiel 33:13Ezekiel 33:14Ezekiel 33:15Ezekiel 33:16Ezekiel 33:17Ezekiel 33:18Ezekiel 33:19

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Romans 14:8Galatians 2:20Ezekiel 12:23

(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.
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Numbers 16:22Numbers 27:16Zechariah 12:1Hebrews 12:9Ezekiel 18:20Romans 6:23Galatians 3:10Galatians 3:11Galatians 3:12Galatians 3:13Galatians 3:22

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II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Ezekiel 13:19Romans 14:8Ezekiel 13:18Ezekiel 13:20

(5) But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
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Psalms 15:2Psalms 15:3Psalms 15:4Psalms 15:5Psalms 24:4Psalms 24:5Psalms 24:6Matthew 7:21Matthew 7:22Matthew 7:23Matthew 7:24Matthew 7:25

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Leviticus 19:36Ezekiel 45:10

(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 neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,
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Ezekiel 18:11Ezekiel 18:15Ezekiel 6:13Ezekiel 20:28Ezekiel 22:9Exodus 34:15Numbers 25:2I Corinthians 10:20Ezekiel 18:12Ezekiel 20:7Ezekiel 20:24Ezekiel 33:25

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Ezekiel 18:15Ezekiel 18:11Zechariah 6:1Joel 1:4Joshua 11:21Ezekiel 6:13

(7) And 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 18:12Ezekiel 18:16Ezekiel 18:18Ezekiel 22:12Ezekiel 22:13Ezekiel 22:27Ezekiel 22:28Ezekiel 22:29Exodus 22:21Exodus 22:22Exodus 22:23Exodus 22:24

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Ezekiel 18:16Ezekiel 18:12Ezekiel 18:18Leviticus 13:47II Kings 8:5

(8) He 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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Ezekiel 18:13Ezekiel 18:17Ezekiel 22:12Exodus 22:25Leviticus 25:35Leviticus 25:36Leviticus 25:37Deuteronomy 23:19Deuteronomy 23:20Nehemiah 5:1Nehemiah 5:2Nehemiah 5:3

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Deuteronomy 23:19Ezekiel 18:17I John 5:20

(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.
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Ezekiel 18:17Ezekiel 20:13Ezekiel 33:15Ezekiel 36:27Ezekiel 37:24Deuteronomy 4:1Deuteronomy 5:1Deuteronomy 6:1Deuteronomy 6:2Deuteronomy 10:12Deuteronomy 10:13Deuteronomy 11:1

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Ezekiel 18:17Ezekiel 20:21Ezekiel 5:6Ezekiel 5:7Ezekiel 18:19Ezekiel 20:13

(10) If 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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Leviticus 19:13Malachi 3:8Malachi 3:9John 18:40Exodus 22:2Genesis 9:5Genesis 9:6Exodus 21:12Numbers 35:31I John 3:12

(11) And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,
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Ezekiel 18:7Matthew 7:21Matthew 7:22Matthew 7:23Matthew 7:24Matthew 7:25Matthew 7:26Matthew 7:27Luke 11:28John 13:17John 15:14Philippians 4:9

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Ezekiel 18:6Ezekiel 18:15Joel 1:4Joshua 11:21Zechariah 6:1Exodus 20:17

(12) Hath 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 18:7Ezekiel 18:16Hosea 12:7Amos 4:1Zechariah 7:10James 2:6Ezekiel 18:6Ezekiel 8:6Ezekiel 8:17Leviticus 18:22Leviticus 18:26Leviticus 18:27

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Ezekiel 18:7Ezekiel 18:16Ezekiel 18:18II Kings 8:5Ezekiel 23:37Deuteronomy 15:11

(13) Hath 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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Ezekiel 18:8Ezekiel 18:17Ezekiel 18:24Ezekiel 18:28Ezekiel 18:32Ezekiel 3:18Ezekiel 33:4Leviticus 20:9Leviticus 20:11Leviticus 20:12Leviticus 20:13Leviticus 20:27

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Romans 14:8Ezekiel 18:17Galatians 2:20II Kings 7:4Jeremiah 38:2Ezekiel 33:11

(14) 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,
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Ezekiel 18:10Proverbs 17:21Proverbs 23:24Ezekiel 20:18II Chronicles 29:3II Chronicles 29:4II Chronicles 29:5II Chronicles 29:6II Chronicles 29:7II Chronicles 29:8II Chronicles 29:9II Chronicles 29:10

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John 5:19

(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 neighbour's wife,
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Ezekiel 18:6Ezekiel 18:7Ezekiel 18:11Ezekiel 18:12Ezekiel 18:13

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Ezekiel 18:6Ezekiel 18:11Zechariah 6:1Joel 1:4Joshua 11:21Ezekiel 6:13

(16) Neither 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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Job 22:7Job 31:19Proverbs 22:9Proverbs 25:21Proverbs 31:20Ecclesiastes 11:1Ecclesiastes 11:2Isaiah 58:7Isaiah 58:8Isaiah 58:9Isaiah 58:10Luke 11:41

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Ezekiel 18:7Ezekiel 18:12Ezekiel 18:18Leviticus 13:47

(17) That 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 18:8Job 29:16Proverbs 14:31Proverbs 29:7Proverbs 29:14Jeremiah 22:16Daniel 4:27Matthew 18:27Matthew 18:28Matthew 18:29Matthew 18:30Matthew 18:31

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Ezekiel 18:13Romans 14:8Ezekiel 18:9Ezekiel 33:13Ezekiel 33:15Ezekiel 5:6

(18) As 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 18:4Ezekiel 18:20Ezekiel 18:24Ezekiel 18:26Ezekiel 3:18Isaiah 3:11John 8:21John 8:24

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II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Ezekiel 3:18Ezekiel 3:20Ezekiel 18:20Ezekiel 18:26

(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.
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Exodus 20:5Deuteronomy 5:9II Kings 23:26II Kings 24:3II Kings 24:4Jeremiah 15:4Lamentations 5:7Ezekiel 20:18Ezekiel 20:19Ezekiel 20:20Ezekiel 20:24Ezekiel 20:30

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Ezekiel 18:9Ezekiel 18:17Ezekiel 18:21Ezekiel 33:13Ezekiel 33:15Deuteronomy 8:3

(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.
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Ezekiel 18:4Ezekiel 18:13Deuteronomy 24:16I Kings 14:13II Kings 14:6II Kings 22:18II Kings 22:19II Kings 22:20II Chronicles 25:4Jeremiah 31:29Jeremiah 31:30Ezekiel 4:4

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Numbers 18:1Ezekiel 3:20Ezekiel 18:26Ezekiel 33:13Ezekiel 33:12Ezekiel 18:24

(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.
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Ezekiel 18:27Ezekiel 18:28Ezekiel 18:30Ezekiel 33:11Ezekiel 33:12Ezekiel 33:13Ezekiel 33:14Ezekiel 33:15Ezekiel 33:16Ezekiel 33:19II Chronicles 33:12II Chronicles 33:13

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Ezekiel 33:11Romans 14:8Ezekiel 33:16Ezekiel 18:13Ezekiel 18:17Ezekiel 18:19

(22) All 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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Ezekiel 18:24Ezekiel 33:16I Kings 17:18Psalms 25:7Psalms 32:1Psalms 32:2Psalms 51:1Psalms 103:12Isaiah 43:25Jeremiah 31:34Jeremiah 50:20Micah 7:19

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Ezekiel 18:24Ezekiel 18:28Ezekiel 33:12Ezekiel 33:13Ezekiel 33:16Romans 14:8

(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?
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Ezekiel 18:32Ezekiel 33:11Lamentations 3:33Hosea 11:8I Timothy 2:4II Peter 3:9Exodus 34:6Exodus 34:7Job 33:27Job 33:28Psalms 147:11Jeremiah 31:20

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Romans 14:8Ezekiel 33:11II Kings 7:4Song of Solomon 6:13Genesis 47:19II Chronicles 25:4

(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.
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Ezekiel 18:26Ezekiel 3:20Ezekiel 3:21Ezekiel 33:12Ezekiel 33:13Ezekiel 33:18I Samuel 15:11II Chronicles 24:2II Chronicles 24:17II Chronicles 24:18II Chronicles 24:19II Chronicles 24:20

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Ezekiel 3:20Ezekiel 18:26Ezekiel 33:12Ezekiel 33:13Ezekiel 33:18Ezekiel 18:20

(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?
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Ezekiel 18:29Ezekiel 33:17Ezekiel 33:20Job 32:2Job 34:5Job 34:6Job 34:7Job 34:8Job 34:9Job 34:10Job 35:2Job 40:8

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Ezekiel 18:29Ezekiel 33:17Ezekiel 33:20

(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.
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Ezekiel 18:24Ezekiel 3:20Ezekiel 18:20Ezekiel 33:13Ezekiel 33:18Ezekiel 33:12

(27) Again, 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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Ezekiel 18:21Isaiah 1:18Isaiah 55:7Matthew 9:13Matthew 21:28Matthew 21:29Matthew 21:30Matthew 21:31Matthew 21:32Acts 3:19Acts 20:21Acts 26:20

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Jeremiah 44:9Ezekiel 33:12Ezekiel 18:24

(28) Because 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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Ezekiel 18:14Ezekiel 12:3Deuteronomy 32:29Psalms 119:1Psalms 119:6Psalms 119:59Jeremiah 31:18Jeremiah 31:19Jeremiah 31:20Luke 15:17Luke 15:18Ezekiel 18:21

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Romans 14:8Ezekiel 18:13Ezekiel 18:21Ezekiel 33:13II Kings 7:4Genesis 20:7

(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?
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Ezekiel 18:2Ezekiel 18:25Proverbs 19:3

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Ezekiel 18:25II Chronicles 21:12Proverbs 3:17Isaiah 55:8Isaiah 55:9Jeremiah 32:19

(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.
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Ezekiel 7:3Ezekiel 7:8Ezekiel 7:9Ezekiel 7:27Ezekiel 33:20Ezekiel 34:20Ecclesiastes 3:17Ecclesiastes 12:14I Peter 1:17Revelation 20:12Malachi 3:18Matthew 16:27

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Ezekiel 14:6Ezekiel 33:11Ezekiel 24:14Acts 13:46Psalms 32:5Psalms 125:5

(31) Cast 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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Ezekiel 20:7Psalms 34:14Isaiah 1:16Isaiah 1:17Isaiah 30:22Isaiah 55:7Romans 8:13Ephesians 4:22Ephesians 4:23Ephesians 4:24Ephesians 4:25Ephesians 4:26

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(32) For 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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Ezekiel 18:23Lamentations 3:33II Peter 3:9

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