Ezekiel 18 (NET)

Ezekiel 18:1¹The Lord ’s message came to me:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Ezekiel 18:2²“What do you mean by quoting this proverb concerning the land of Israel: “‘The fathers eat sour grapes, And the children’s teeth become numb?’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 31:29-30Lam 5:7Ezek 37:11Ezek 37:19Ezek 17:12Ezek 37:25Isa 3:15Ezek 25:3Ezek 6:2-3Jer 15:4

Ezekiel 18:3³“As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, you will not quote this proverb in Israel anymore!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 18:19-20Ezek 18:30Ezek 33:11-20Ezek 36:31-32Rom 3:19

Ezekiel 18:4⁴Indeed! All lives are mine—the life of the father as well as the life of the son is mine. The one who sins will die.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 18:20Rom 6:23Num 16:22Heb 12:9Gal 3:10-13Zech 12:1Gal 3:22Num 27:16Isa 42:5

Ezekiel 18:5⁵“Suppose a man is righteous. He practices what is just and right,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 33:141 John 3:7Prov 21:31 John 2:291 John 2:31 John 5:2-5Gen 18:19Jas 1:22-25Jas 2:14-26Matt 7:21-27

Ezekiel 18:6⁶does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains or pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife, does not approach a woman for marital relations during her period,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 18:15Deut 4:19Ezek 18:11-12Ezek 20:24Ezek 22:9-11Ezek 6:13Lev 20:10Lev 20:18Num 25:21 Cor 10:20

Ezekiel 18:7⁷does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 18:16Exod 22:26Ezek 18:12Deut 24:12-13Ezek 33:15Amos 2:8Amos 3:10Exod 22:21-24Ezek 18:18Luke 3:11

Ezekiel 18:8⁸does not engage in usury or charge interest, but refrains from wrongdoing, promotes true justice between men,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 22:25Zech 8:16Deut 23:19-20Lev 25:35-37Deut 1:16-17Deut 16:18-20Ezek 18:13Ezek 18:17Ezek 22:12Ps 15:5

Ezekiel 18:9⁹and follows my statutes and observes my regulations by carrying them out. That man is righteous; he will certainly live, declares the Sovereign Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 20:11Hab 2:4Amos 5:41 John 2:29Deut 10:12-13Rom 1:171 John 3:7Ezek 18:17Acts 24:16Amos 5:14

Ezekiel 18:10¹⁰“Suppose such a man has a violent son who sheds blood and does any of these things mentioned previouslyCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 21:121 John 3:12Exod 22:2Gen 9:5-6John 18:40Lev 19:13Mal 3:8-9Num 35:31

Ezekiel 18:11¹¹(though the father did not do any of them). He eats pagan sacrifices on the mountains, defiles his neighbor’s wife,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 3:221 Kgs 13:221 Kgs 13:8Ezek 18:15Ezek 18:6-7Jas 2:17John 13:17John 15:14Luke 11:28Matt 7:21-27

Ezekiel 18:12¹²oppresses the poor and the needy, commits robbery, does not give back what was given in pledge, prays to idols, performs abominable acts,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 8:17Ezek 8:62 Kgs 21:11Amos 4:1Ezek 18:16Ezek 18:6-7Zech 7:102 Kgs 23:13Hos 12:7Isa 59:6-7

Ezekiel 18:13¹³engages in usury, and charges interest. Will he live? He will not! Because he has done all these abominable deeds he will certainly die. He will bear the responsibility for his own death.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 22:25Ezek 18:8Lev 20:9Acts 18:6Ezek 18:17Ezek 18:24Ezek 18:28Ezek 18:32Ezek 3:18Ezek 33:4-5

Ezekiel 18:14¹⁴“But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father’s example.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 34:21Prov 23:241 Pet 1:182 Chr 29:3-11Ezek 18:10Ezek 18:28Ezek 20:18Hag 1:5Hag 1:7Hag 2:18

Ezekiel 18:15¹⁵He does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains, does not pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 18:6-7Ezek 18:11-13

Ezekiel 18:16¹⁶does not oppress anyone or keep what has been given in pledge, does not commit robbery, gives his food to the hungry and clothes the naked,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 18:7Eccl 11:1-2Isa 58:7-10Job 22:7Job 31:19Luke 11:41Luke 14:13Prov 22:9Prov 25:21Prov 31:20

Ezekiel 18:17¹⁷refrains from wrongdoing, does not engage in usury or charge interest, carries out my regulations, and follows my statutes. He will not die for his father’s iniquity; he will surely live.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 18:8-9Dan 4:27Ezek 18:13Ezek 18:19-21Ezek 18:28Ezek 20:18Ezek 20:30Ezek 3:21Ezek 33:13Ezek 33:15-16

Ezekiel 18:18¹⁸As for his father, because he practices extortion, robs his brother, and does what is not good among his people, he will die for his iniquity.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 3:18Ezek 18:20Ezek 18:24Ezek 18:26Ezek 18:4Isa 3:11John 8:21John 8:24

Ezekiel 18:19¹⁹“Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not suffer for his father’s iniquity?’ When the son does what is just and right, and observes all my statutes and carries them out, he will surely live.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 20:5Zech 1:3-6Deut 5:9Ezek 18:2Ezek 18:9Ezek 20:18-20Jer 15:42 Kgs 23:26Ezek 20:24Ezek 20:30

Ezekiel 18:20²⁰The person who sins is the one who will die. A son will not suffer for his father’s iniquity, and a father will not suffer for his son’s iniquity; the righteous person will be judged according to his righteousness, and the wicked person according to his wickedness.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 14:6Deut 24:16Ezek 18:4Jer 31:29-302 Chr 25:4Matt 16:271 Kgs 8:32Rom 2:6-92 Chr 6:23Rev 20:12

Ezekiel 18:21²¹“But if the wicked person turns from all the sin he has committed and observes all my statutes and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 18:27-28Ezek 33:19Titus 2:11-14Acts 3:19Ezek 18:9Prov 28:13Rom 8:131 Tim 1:13-16Ezek 18:5Luke 24:47

Ezekiel 18:22²²None of the sins he has committed will be held against him; because of the righteousness he has done, he will live.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mic 7:19Ezek 33:16Isa 43:25Ezek 18:24Ps 18:20-24Heb 8:12Jer 50:20Ps 103:12Rom 8:11 John 3:7

Ezekiel 18:23²³Do I actually delight in the death of the wicked, declares the Sovereign Lord? Do I not prefer that he turn from his wicked conduct and live?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 33:111 Tim 2:42 Pet 3:9Ezek 18:32Luke 15:10Luke 15:32Ps 147:11Luke 15:22-24Luke 15:4-7Exod 34:6-7

Ezekiel 18:24²⁴“But if a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing according to all the abominable practices the wicked carry out, will he live? All his righteous acts will not be remembered; because of the unfaithful acts he has done and the sin he has committed, he will die.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 33:18Prov 21:162 John 1:8Ezek 33:12-132 Chr 24:17-22Gal 3:4Rev 3:111 John 2:19Ezek 18:26Rev 2:10

Ezekiel 18:25²⁵“Yet you say, ‘The Lord’s conduct is unjust!’ Hear, O house of Israel: Is my conduct unjust? Is it not your conduct that is unjust?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 33:17Mal 3:13-15Ezek 33:20Gen 18:25Jer 12:1Mal 2:17Zeph 3:5Ezek 18:29Deut 32:4Jer 16:10-13

Ezekiel 18:26²⁶When a righteous person turns back from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing, he will die for it; because of the wrongdoing he has done, he will die.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Ezekiel 18:27²⁷When a wicked person turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will preserve his life.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 18:21Isa 1:18Isa 55:7Acts 3:191 Tim 4:16Acts 2:40Acts 20:21Acts 26:20Ezek 33:5Matt 9:13

Ezekiel 18:28²⁸Because he considered and turned from all the sins he had done, he will surely live; he will not die.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 32:29Luke 15:17-18Col 3:5-9Jas 2:10-12Ezek 12:3Ezek 18:14Ezek 18:21Ezek 18:31Ezek 33:12Jer 31:18-20

Ezekiel 18:29²⁹Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The Lord’s conduct is unjust!’ Is my conduct unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your conduct that is unjust?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 18:25Prov 19:3Ezek 18:2

Ezekiel 18:30³⁰“Therefore, I will judge each person according to his conduct, O house of Israel, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 18:21Matt 16:27Matt 3:2Ezek 14:6Luke 13:3Ezek 7:3Dan 9:13Hos 12:6Joel 2:12-13Luke 13:5

Ezekiel 18:31³¹Throw away all your sins you have committed and fashion yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why should you die, O house of Israel?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 51:10Ezek 36:26Rom 8:13Ezek 11:19Isa 1:16-17Rom 12:2Ezek 33:111 Pet 2:1Deut 30:19Col 3:5-9

Ezekiel 18:32³²For I take no delight in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent and live!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Pet 3:9Ezek 18:23Ezek 33:11Lam 3:33