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One Who Sins Will Die
18:1 The word of the LORD came unto me again,
saying,
18:2 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?
18:3 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have
occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
18:4 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.
18:5 But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and
right,
18:6 And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath
lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel,
neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come
near to a menstruous woman,
18:7 And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the
debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given
his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a
garment;
18:8 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taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from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,
18:9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my
judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live,
saith the Lord GOD.
18:10 If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of
blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,
18:11 And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath
eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,
18:12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by
violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up
his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
18:13 Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase:
shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all
these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be
upon him.
18:14 Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his
father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth
not such like,
18:15 That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath
lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath
not defiled his neighbour's wife,
18:16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the
pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his
bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a
garment,
18:17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath
not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments,
hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the
iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
18:18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed,
spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not
good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his
iniquity.
18:19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity
of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful
and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done
them, he shall surely live.
18:20 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
the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the
wicked shall be upon him.
18:21 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 live, he shall not die.
18:22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they
shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that
he hath done he shall live.
18:23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should
die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from
his ways, and live?
18:24 But when the righteous turneth away from his
righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according
to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he
live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be
mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in
his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
18:25 Yet ye say, The way of the LORD is not equal. Hear
now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your
ways unequal?
18:26 When a righteous man turneth away from his
righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them;
for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.
18:27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his
wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is
lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
18:28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his
transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live,
he shall not die.
18:29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the LORD is
not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not
your ways unequal?
18:30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every
one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and
turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity
shall not be your ruin.
18:31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby
ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new
spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
18:32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth,
saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye. |
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