OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 3

Ezekiel 18:3

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“As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “you shall not use this proverb any more in Israel.

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Ezekiel 18:1–6

1

The LORD’s word came to me again, saying,

2

“What do you mean, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying,

‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,

and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?

3
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“As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “you shall not use this proverb any more in Israel.

4

Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine. The soul who sins, he shall die.

5

“But if a man is just,

and does that which is lawful and right,

6

and has not eaten on the mountains,

hasn’t lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel,

hasn’t defiled his neighbor’s wife,

hasn’t come near a woman in her impurity,

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