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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Ezekiel 18 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ezekiel/18.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ezekiel/18-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Ezekiel 18</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ezekiel/17.htm" title="Ezekiel 17">◄</a> Ezekiel 18 <a href="../ezekiel/19.htm" title="Ezekiel 19">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/ezekiel/18.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">The One Who Sins Will Die</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The word of the <span class="name">Lord</span> came to me: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel:</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“ ‘The parents eat sour grapes,</p><p class="line2">and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?</p></div> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span>, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For everyone belongs to me, the parent as well as the child—both alike belong to me. The one who sins is the one who will die.</p> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Suppose there is a righteous man</p><p class="line2">who does what is just and right.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He does not eat at the mountain shrines</p><p class="line2">or look to the idols of Israel.</p><p class="line1">He does not defile his neighbor’s wife</p><p class="line2">or have sexual relations with a woman during her period.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He does not oppress anyone,</p><p class="line2">but returns what he took in pledge for a loan.</p><p class="line1">He does not commit robbery</p><p class="line2">but gives his food to the hungry</p><p class="line2">and provides clothing for the naked.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He does not lend to them at interest</p><p class="line2">or take a profit from them.</p><p class="line1">He withholds his hand from doing wrong</p><p class="line2">and judges fairly between two parties.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He follows my decrees</p><p class="line2">and faithfully keeps my laws.</p><p class="line1">That man is righteous;</p><p class="line2">he will surely live,</p><p class="attribution">declares the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p></div> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“Suppose he has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these other things <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or things to a brother">a</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>(though the father has done none of them):</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“He eats at the mountain shrines.</p><p class="line1">He defiles his neighbor’s wife.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>He oppresses the poor and needy.</p><p class="line1">He commits robbery.</p><p class="line1">He does not return what he took in pledge.</p><p class="line1">He looks to the idols.</p><p class="line1">He does detestable things.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He lends at interest and takes a profit.</p></div><p class="pcontinued">Will such a man live? He will not! Because he has done all these detestable things, he is to be put to death; his blood will be on his own head.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“But suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father commits, and though he sees them, he does not do such things:</p> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“He does not eat at the mountain shrines</p><p class="line2">or look to the idols of Israel.</p><p class="line1">He does not defile his neighbor’s wife.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He does not oppress anyone</p><p class="line2">or require a pledge for a loan.</p><p class="line1">He does not commit robbery</p><p class="line2">but gives his food to the hungry</p><p class="line2">and provides clothing for the naked.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He withholds his hand from mistreating the poor</p><p class="line2">and takes no interest or profit from them.</p><p class="line1">He keeps my laws and follows my decrees.</p></div><p class="pcontinued">He will not die for his father’s sin; he will surely live. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But his father will die for his own sin, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother and did what was wrong among his people.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“Yet you ask, ‘Why does the son not share the guilt of his father?’ Since the son has done what is just and right and has been careful to keep all my decrees, he will surely live. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The one who sins is the one who will die. The child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“But if a wicked person turns away from all the sins they have committed and keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, that person will surely live; they will not die. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>None of the offenses they have committed will be remembered against them. Because of the righteous things they have done, they will live. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span>. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“But if a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin and does the same detestable things the wicked person does, will they live? None of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness they are guilty of and because of the sins they have committed, they will die.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear, you Israelites: Is my way unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin, they will die for it; because of the sin they have committed they will die. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>But if a wicked person turns away from the wickedness they have committed and does what is just and right, they will save their life. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Because they consider all the offenses they have committed and turn away from them, that person will surely live; they will not die. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Yet the Israelites say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Are my ways unjust, people of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>“Therefore, you Israelites, I will judge each of you according to your own ways, declares the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span>. Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, people of Israel? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/18-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span>. Repent and live!</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>things to a brother</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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