Ezekiel 14:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, says the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall only deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

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  • Ezek 14:14 : 14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only their own souls by their righteousness, says the Lord GOD.
  • Ezek 14:16 : 16 Though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they alone shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.
  • Ezek 18:20 : 20 The soul that sins, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, nor 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.
  • Ezek 18:22 : 22 All his transgressions that he has committed shall not be mentioned to him: in his righteousness that he has done he shall live.
  • Hos 10:12 : 12 Sow for yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.
  • Zeph 2:3 : 3 Seek the LORD, all you meek of the earth, who have carried out His judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be you shall be hidden in the day of the LORD'S anger.
  • Acts 10:35 : 35 But in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is accepted by him.
  • 1 John 2:29 : 29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him.
  • 1 John 3:7 : 7 Little children, let no one deceive you: he who does righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous.
  • 1 John 3:10 : 10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.
  • Job 5:19-24 : 19 He shall deliver you in six troubles: yes, in seven no evil shall touch you. 20 In famine he shall redeem you from death: and in war from the power of the sword. 21 You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue: nor shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes. 22 At destruction and famine you shall laugh: nor shall you be afraid of the beasts of the earth. 23 For you shall have a covenant with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you. 24 And you shall know that your dwelling shall be at peace; and you shall visit your home, and shall not sin.
  • Ps 33:18-19 : 18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his mercy, 19 to deliver their soul from death and to keep them alive in famine.
  • Isa 3:10 : 10 Say to the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezek 14:13-19
    7 verses
    93%

    13Son of man, when the land sins against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out my hand upon it and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it;

    14Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only their own souls by their righteousness, says the Lord GOD.

    15If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, so that it is desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:

    16Though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they alone shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.

    17Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, Sword, pass through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

    18Though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.

    19Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:

  • Ezek 3:19-21
    3 verses
    74%

    19Yet if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.

    20Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand.

    21Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous do not sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also you have delivered your soul.

  • Ezek 14:21-23
    3 verses
    73%

    21For thus says the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four severe judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the wild beasts, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?

    22Yet, behold, in it shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come to you, and you shall see their way and their deeds: and you shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.

    23And they shall comfort you, when you see their ways and their deeds: and you shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, says the Lord GOD.

  • Ezek 33:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12Therefore, son of man, say to the children of your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sins.

    13When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trusts in his own righteousness, and commits iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he has committed, he shall die for it.

  • Ezek 33:27
    69%

    27Say thus to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; As I live, surely those who are in the ruins shall fall by the sword, and he who is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

  • Ezek 18:24
    68%

    24But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, should he live? All his righteousness that he has done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them he shall die.

  • Ezek 22:30-31
    2 verses
    68%

    30And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before Me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

    31Therefore have I poured out My indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, says the Lord GOD.

  • Jer 14:16
    67%

    16And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; they will have no one to bury them—neither them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters—for I will pour their wickedness upon them.

  • Jer 50:40
    67%

    40As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, says the LORD; so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man live there.

  • Ps 37:39
    67%

    39But the salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; he is their strength in the time of trouble.

  • Ps 33:19
    67%

    19to deliver their soul from death and to keep them alive in famine.

  • Ezek 18:20-22
    3 verses
    67%

    20The soul that sins, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, nor 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.

    21But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he has committed, and keep all My statutes, and do what is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

    22All his transgressions that he has committed shall not be mentioned to him: in his righteousness that he has done he shall live.

  • Ezek 18:9
    67%

    9Has walked in My statutes, and has kept My judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, says the Lord GOD.

  • Jer 21:9
    67%

    9He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes out, and falls to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be as a prize to him.

  • Ezek 33:9
    67%

    9Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.

  • Hab 3:17
    67%

    17Though the fig tree shall not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls.

  • Zeph 1:18
    67%

    18Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of His jealousy: for He will make a speedy end of all those that dwell in the land.

  • Ezek 5:11
    67%

    11Therefore, as I live, says the Lord GOD; Surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things, and with all your abominations, therefore will I also diminish you; neither shall my eye spare, nor will I have any pity.

  • 2 Pet 2:5
    67%

    5And did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

  • Jer 38:2
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    2Thus says the LORD, He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; but he who goes forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life as a prize, and shall live.

  • Ezek 24:14
    66%

    14I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to your ways, and according to your deeds, they shall judge you, says the Lord GOD.

  • Obad 1:14
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    14You should not have stood at the crossroads to cut off those among them who escaped; nor should you have delivered up those among them who remained in the day of distress.

  • Amos 2:15
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    15Neither shall he stand that handles the bow; and he who is swift of foot shall not save himself: neither shall he who rides the horse save himself.

  • Ezek 6:12
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    12He who is far off shall die of pestilence; and he who is near shall fall by the sword; and he who remains and is besieged shall die by famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.

  • Amos 6:9
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    9And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, they shall die.

  • Jer 14:13
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    13Then I said, 'Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, the prophets say to them, 'You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.''

  • Gen 18:26
    66%

    26And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

  • Ezek 7:16
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    16But those who escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, everyone for his iniquity.

  • Amos 9:4
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    4And though they go into captivity before their enemies, from there I will command the sword, and it shall slay them; and I will set my eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

  • Ezek 18:3
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    3As I live, says the Lord GOD, you shall no longer have occasion to use this proverb in Israel.

  • Prov 24:11
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    11If you hold back from rescuing those taken away to death, and those ready to be slain;

  • Ezek 16:48
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    48As I live, says the Lord GOD, neither has your sister Sodom and her daughters done anything as you have done, you and your daughters.

  • Ezek 33:19
    66%

    19But if the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall live because of it.

  • Jer 38:20
    66%

    20But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver you. Obey, I beg you, the voice of the LORD, which I speak to you: so it shall be well with you, and your soul shall live.

  • Jer 49:18
    66%

    18As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, says the LORD, no man shall dwell there, nor shall a son of man reside in it.

  • Ezek 24:25
    66%

    25Also, you, son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that to which they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,