Ezekiel 18:29

Catholic Public Domain Version

And yet the sons of Israel say, 'The way of the Lord is not fair.' How could it be that my ways are not fair, O house of Israel? And is it not instead your ways that are perverse?

Cross References

Proverbs 19:3

The foolishness of a man undermines his steps. And then he seethes in his soul against God.

Ezekiel 18:2

"Why is it that you circulate among yourselves this parable, as a proverb in the land of Israel, saying: 'The fathers ate a bitter grape, and the teeth of the sons have been affected.'

Ezekiel 18:25

And you have said, 'The way of the Lord is not fair.' Therefore, listen, O house of Israel. How could it be that my way is not fair? And is it not instead your ways that are perverse?

Ezekiel 18:28

For by considering and turning himself away from all his iniquities, which he has worked, he shall certainly live, and he shall not die.

Ezekiel 18:30

Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge each one according to his ways, says the Lord God. Be converted, and do penance for all your iniquities, and then iniquity will not be your ruin.