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Look, every life belongs to Me. The life of the father is like the life of the son-both belong to Me. The person who sins is the one who will die.
Ezekiel 18:4 In-Context
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“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: “ ‘The parents eat sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
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“As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel.
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For everyone belongs to me, the parent as well as the child—both alike belong to me. The one who sins is the one who will die.
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“Suppose there is a righteous man who does what is just and right.
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He does not eat at the mountain shrines or look to the idols of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or have sexual relations with a woman during her period.