Ezekiel 18:19
But ye will say, Why has not the son borne the iniquity of the father? Because the son has wrought judgment and mercy, has kept all my statutes, and done them, he shall surely live.
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Deuteronomy 5:9Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor shalt thou serve them; for I am the Lord thy God, a jealous God, visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation to them that hate me,
2 Kings 24:3Moreover it was + 24:3 Gr. on the mind.the purpose of the Lord concerning Juda, to remove + 24:3 Gr. him.them from his presence, because of the sins of Manasses, according to all that he did.
Lamentations 5:7Our fathers sinned, and are not: we have borne their iniquities.
Ezekiel 18:9and has walked in my commandments and kept mine ordinances, to do them; he is righteous, he shall surely live, saith the Lord.
Ezekiel 20:24because they kept not mine ordinances, and rejected my commandments, and profaned my sabbaths, and their eyes went after the imaginations of their fathers.
Ezekiel 33:10And thou, son of man, say to the house of Israel; Thus have ye spoken, saying, Our errors, and our iniquities weigh upon us, and we pine away in them, and how then shall we live?
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 18:11-21
The Ways of God Justified; God's Vindication of Himself. ( b. c. 593.) 10 If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things, 11 And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife, 12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination, 13 Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase:… Read the whole commentary →