Ezekiel 18: 1 - 10, 13, 30 - 32
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The word of the LORD came to me again:
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| 2
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"What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, `The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge'?
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As I live, says the Lord GOD, this proverb shall no more be used by you in Israel.
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Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sins shall die.
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"If a man is righteous and does what is lawful and right --
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if he does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor's wife or approach a woman in her time of impurity,
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does not oppress any one, but restores to the debtor his pledge, commits no robbery, gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment,
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| 8
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does not lend at interest or take any increase, withholds his hand from iniquity, executes true justice between man and man,
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| 9
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walks in my statutes, and is careful to observe my ordinances -- he is righteous, he shall surely live, says the Lord GOD.
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| 10
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"If he begets a son who is a robber, a shedder of blood,
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| 13
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lends at interest, and takes increase; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominable things; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon himself.
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| 30
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"Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, says the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, lest iniquity be your ruin.
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| 31
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Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed against me, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel?
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| 32
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For I have no pleasure in the death of any one, says the Lord GOD; so turn, and live."
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