Ezekiel 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 sins, it shall die.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
3As I live, says lord LORD, ye shall not have [occasion] any more to use this proverb in Israel.
5But if a man be just, and does that which is lawful and right.
Cross References
Numbers 27:16Let LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
Job 8:4If thy sons have sinned against him, and he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression,
Isaiah 57:16For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry, for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls that I have made.
Ezekiel 18:20The soul that sins, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, nor shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of a righteous man shall be upon him, and the wickedness of a wicked man shal
Zechariah 12:1The burden of the word of LORD concerning Israel. [Thus] says LORD, who stretches forth the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him:
Galatians 3:10For as many as are from works of law are under a curse, for it is written, Cursed is every man who does not continue in all things written in the book of the law, to do them.
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 →