Ezekiel 18:5

Take the example of a man who is a good person, doing what is fair and right.

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But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

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4Can't you see that everyone belongs to me? Whether parents or children, they are all mine. It's the person who sins who will die.

6He doesn't go to the pagan shrines in the mountains to eat a religious meal, or worship Israel's idols. He doesn't have sex with someone else's wife or with a woman during her period.

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Cross References

Psalms 15:2Those who live without fault and do what is right, those who sincerely tell the truth.

Proverbs 21:3Doing what's right and fair pleases the Lord more than sacrifices.

Jeremiah 22:15Does it make you a king just because you have more cedar than anyone else? Your father had food and drink, didn't he? He ruled fairly and honestly, and he had a good life because of this.

Matthew 7:21Not everyone who calls me ‘Lord, Lord’ will enter the kingdom of heaven—only those who do the will of my Father in heaven.

James 1:22But do what the word says—don't just listen to it and delude yourselves.

1 John 2:3We can be sure that we do know him if we follow his commands.

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 →

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