Verse 4

and their sons he hath not put to death, but `did' as is written in the law, in the book of Moses, whom Jehovah commanded, saying, `Fathers do not die for sons, and sons die not for fathers, but each for his own sin they die.'

Referenced Verses

• Deut 24:16 : 16 `Fathers are not put to death for sons, and sons are not put to death for fathers -- each for his own sin, they are put to death.
• Ezek 18:20 : 20 The soul that doth sin -- it doth die. A son doth not bear of the iniquity of the father, And a father doth not bear of the iniquity of the son, The righteousness of the righteous is on him, And the wickedness of the wicked is on him.
• 2 Kgs 14:5-6 : 5 And it cometh to pass, when the kingdom hath been strong in his hand, that he smiteth his servants, those smiting the king his father, 6 and the sons of those smiting `him' he hath not put to death, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses that Jehovah commanded, saying, `Fathers are not put to death for sons, and sons are not put to death for fathers, but each for his own sin is put to death.'
• Jer 31:29-30 : 29 In those days they do not say any more: Fathers have eaten unripe fruit, And the sons' teeth are blunted. 30 But -- each for his own iniquity doth die, Every man who is eating the unripe fruit, Blunted are his teeth.
• Ezek 18:4 : 4 Lo, all the souls are Mine, As the soul of the father, So also the soul of the son -- they are Mine, The soul that is sinning -- it doth die.