Ezekiel 18:4

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Indeed! 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.

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  • Ezek 18:20 : 20 The 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.
  • Num 16:22 : 22 Then they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and said,“O God, the God of the spirits of all people, will you be angry with the whole community when only one man sins?”
  • Rom 6:23 : 23 For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • Heb 12:9 : 9 Besides, we have experienced discipline from our earthly fathers and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life?
  • Gal 3:10-13 : 10 For all who rely on doing the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written,“Cursed is everyone who does not keep on doing everything written in the book of the law.” 11 Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith. 12 But the law is not based on faith, but the one who does the works of the law will live by them. 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us(because it is written,“Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”)
  • Gal 3:22 : 22 But the scripture imprisoned everything under sin so that the promise could be given– because of the faithfulness of Jesus Christ– to those who believe.
  • Num 27:16 : 16 “Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all humankind, appoint a man over the community,
  • Isa 42:5 : 5 This is what the true God, the LORD, says– the one who created the sky and stretched it out, the one who fashioned the earth and everything that lives on it, the one who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who live on it:
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 The Repentance of Judah This is an oracle, the LORD’s message concerning Israel: The LORD– he who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundations of the earth, who forms the human spirit within a person– says,

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  • Ezek 18:17-21
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    17refrains 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.

    18As 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.

    19“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.

    20The 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.

    21“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.

  • Ezek 18:1-3
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    1Individual Retribution The LORD’s message came to me:

    2“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?’

    3“As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, you will not quote this proverb in Israel anymore!

  • Deut 24:16
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    16Fathers must not be put to death for what their children do, nor children for what their fathers do; each must be put to death for his own sin.

  • Ezek 18:30-32
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    30“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.

    31Throw 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?

    32For I take no delight in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and live!

  • Job 12:10
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    10in whose hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all the human race.

  • Ezek 18:13-14
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    13engages 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.

    14“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.

  • Ezek 18:23-26
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    23Do 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?

    24“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.

    25“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?

    26When 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.

  • Ezek 18:5
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    5“Suppose a man is righteous. He practices what is just and right,

  • Lev 17:11
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    11for the life of every living thing is in the blood. So I myself have assigned it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives, for the blood makes atonement by means of the life.

  • Job 34:15
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    15all flesh would perish together and human beings would return to dust.

  • Ezek 5:10
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    10Therefore fathers will eat their sons within you, Jerusalem, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments on you, and I will scatter any survivors to the winds.

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    36But the one who misses me brings harm to himself; all who hate me love death."

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    17“Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must give them a warning from me.

    18When I say to the wicked,“You will certainly die,” and you do not warn him– you do not speak out to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked lifestyle so that he may live– that wicked person will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death.

    19But as for you, if you warn the wicked and he does not turn from his wicked deed and from his wicked lifestyle, he will die for his iniquity but you will have saved your own life.

    20“When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I set an obstacle before him, he will die. If you have not warned him, he will die for his sin. The righteous deeds he performed will not be considered, but I will hold you accountable for his death.

    21However, if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he does not sin, he will certainly live because he was warned, and you will have saved your own life.”

  • Isa 22:14
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    14The LORD of Heaven’s Armies told me this:“Certainly this sin will not be forgiven as long as you live,” says the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

  • Ezek 33:8-11
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    8When I say to the wicked,‘O wicked man, you must certainly die,’ and you do not warn the wicked about his behavior, the wicked man will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death.

    9But if you warn the wicked man to change his behavior, and he refuses to change, he will die for his iniquity, but you have saved your own life.

    10“And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel,‘This is what you have said:“Our rebellious acts and our sins have caught up with us, and we are wasting away because of them. How then can we live?”’

    11Say to them,‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but prefer that the wicked change his behavior and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil deeds! Why should you die, O house of Israel?’

  • Ezek 20:27
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    27“Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and tell them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: In this way too your fathers blasphemed me when they were unfaithful to me.

  • Job 14:22
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    22His flesh only has pain for him, and he mourns for himself.”

  • Ezek 18:10
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  • John 5:21
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    21For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes.

  • Prov 15:11
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    11Death and Destruction are before the LORD– how much more the hearts of humans!

  • Prov 19:16
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    31And you, my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are my people, and I am your God, declares the Sovereign LORD.’”

  • 2 Chr 25:4
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