Ezekiel 18:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now if he has a son who sees all his father's sins which he has done, and in fear does not do the same:

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  • 2 Chr 34:21 : 21 Go and get directions from the Lord for me and for those who are still in Israel and for Judah, about the words of this book which has come to light; for great is the wrath of the Lord which has been let loose on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord or done what is recorded in this book.
  • Prov 23:24 : 24 The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.
  • Isa 44:19 : 19 And no one takes note, no one has enough knowledge or wisdom to say, I have put part of it in the fire, and made bread on it; I have had a meal of the flesh cooked with it: and am I now to make the rest of it into a false god? am I to go down on my face before a bit of wood?
  • Jer 8:6 : 6 I took note and gave ear, but no one said what is right: no man had regret for his evil-doing, saying, What have I done? everyone goes off on his way like a horse rushing to the fight.
  • Jer 9:14 : 14 But they have been walking in the pride of their hearts, going after the Baals, as their fathers gave them teaching.
  • Jer 44:17 : 17 But we will certainly do every word which has gone out of our mouths, burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her as we did, we and our fathers and our kings and our rulers, in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then we had food enough and did well and saw no evil.
  • Ezek 18:10 : 10 If he has a son who is a thief, a taker of life, who does any of these things,
  • Ezek 18:28 : 28 Because he had fear and was turned away from all the wrong which he had done, life will certainly be his, death will not be his fate.
  • Ezek 20:18 : 18 And I said to their children in the waste land, Do not be guided by the rules of your fathers or keep their orders or make yourselves unclean with their images:
  • Hos 7:2 : 2 And they do not say to themselves that I keep in mind all their sin; now their evil acts come round them on every side; they are before my face.
  • Hag 1:5 : 5 For this cause the Lord of armies has said, Give thought to your ways.
  • Hag 1:7 : 7 This is what the Lord of armies has said: Give thought to your ways.
  • Hag 2:18 : 18 And now, give thought; looking on from this day, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the time when the base of the Lord's house was put in its place, give thought to it.
  • Matt 23:32 : 32 Make full, then, the measure of your fathers.
  • Luke 15:17-19 : 17 But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers of my father's servants have bread enough, and more, while I am near to death here through need of food! 18 I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: 19 I am no longer good enough to be named your son: make me like one of your servants.
  • 1 Pet 1:18 : 18 Being conscious that you have been made free from that foolish way of life which was your heritage from your fathers, not through a payment of things like silver or gold which come to destruction,
  • Ps 119:59-60 : 59 I gave thought to my steps, and my feet were turned into the way of your unchanging word. 60 I was quick to do your orders, and let no time be wasted.
  • Prov 17:21 : 21 He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.
  • 2 Chr 29:3-9 : 3 In the first year of his rule, in the first month, opening the doors of the Lord's house, he made them strong. 4 And he sent for the priests and the Levites, and got them together in the wide place on the east side, 5 And said to them, Give ear to me, O Levites: now make yourselves holy, and make holy the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and take away everything unclean from the holy place. 6 For our fathers have done evil, sinning in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have given him up, turning away their faces from the house of the Lord, and turning their backs on him. 7 The doors of his house have been shut and the lights put out; no perfumes have been burned or offerings made to the God of Israel in his holy place. 8 And so the wrath of the Lord has come on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has given them up to be a cause of fear and wonder and shame, as your eyes have seen. 9 For see, our fathers have been put to death with the sword, and our sons and daughters and wives have been taken away prisoners because of this. 10 Now it is my purpose to make an agreement with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that the heat of his wrath may be turned away from us. 11 My sons, take care now: for you have been marked out by the Lord to come before him and to be his servants, burning offerings to him.

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