Ezekiel 18:10-24

10“However, he may father a violent son who sheds blood, and does any one of these things to a brother 11(though he himself did not do any of these things), that is, he even eats at the mountain shrines, and 1defiles his neighbor’s wife, 12oppresses the 2poor and needy, 3commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, but raises his eyes to the idols and 4commits abomination, 135lends money at interest and takes 6interest; will he live? He will not live! He has committed all these abominations, he shall certainly be put to death; his 7blood will be on himself.

14“Now behold, he has fathered a son who saw all his father’s sins which he committed, but he has 8seen them and does not do likewise. 15He does not eat at the mountain shrines or raise his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel; he has not defiled his neighbor’s wife, 16nor oppressed anyone, nor retained a pledge, nor committed robbery; instead, he 9gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing, 17he keeps his hand from 10the poor, does not take any kind of interest on loans, but executes My ordinances, and walks in My statutes; 11he will not die for his father’s guilt, he will certainly live. 18As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was not good among his people, behold, he will die for his guilt.

19“Yet you say, ‘12Why should the son not suffer the punishment for the father’s guilt?’ When the son has practiced 13justice and righteousness and has kept all My statutes and done them, he shall certainly live. 20The person who 14sins will die. A 15son will not suffer the punishment for the father’s guilt, nor will a father suffer the punishment for the son’s guilt; the 16righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.

21“But if the 17wicked person turns from all his sins which he has committed and keeps all My statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall certainly live; he shall not die. 2218All his offenses which he has committed will not be remembered against him; because of his 19righteousness which he has practiced, he will live. 2320Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked,” declares the Lord God, “21rather than that he would 22turn from his ways and live?

24“But when a righteous person 23turns away from his righteousness, commits injustice and does according to all the abominations that the wicked person does, will he live? 24All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his 25treachery which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die.