Ezekiel 18:10
If he begets a son who is a robber, a shedder of blood, and who does any one of these things,
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Genesis 9:5And surely your blood, [the blood] of your lives, I will require. At the hand of every beast I will require it. And at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, I will require the life of man.
Exodus 22:2If the thief is found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.
Numbers 35:31Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death.
John 18:40They all cried out again therefore, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. But Barabbas was a robber.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 18:2-10
Proverb of the Sour Grapes; Reply to the Sour Grapes; Divine Judgments Vindicated. ( b. c. 593.) 1 The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying, 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? 3 As I live, saith the Lord God , ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb 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 that… Read the whole commentary →