The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying, Ezekiel 18:1 (KJV) Context This verse introduces a new divine oracle received by Ezekiel during the Babylonian exile. The phrase…

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? Ezekiel 18:2…

As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. Ezekiel 18:3 (KJV) Context This verse is part of a…

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. Ezekiel 18:4 (KJV)…

But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right, Ezekiel 18:5 (KJV) Context This verse opens a larger passage in which God, through the prophet…

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…

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…

All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live. Ezekiel 18:22 (KJV) Context This verse…

He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man, Ezekiel 18:8…

Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord God. Ezekiel 18:9 (KJV) Context The book…