Ezekiel 18:4

Catholic Public Domain Version

Behold, all souls are mine. Just as the soul of the father is mine, so also is the soul of the son. The soul that sins, the same shall die.

Cross References

2 Kings 14:6

But the sons of those who had been killed he did not put to death, in accord with what was written in the book of the law of Moses, just as the Lord instructed, saying: "The fathers shall not die for the sons, and the sons shall not die for the fathers. Instead, each one shall die for his own sin."

Job 21:20

His eyes will see his own destruction, and he will drink from the wrath of the Almighty.

Job 8:4

And if now your children have sinned against him, and he has dismissed them into the power of their iniquity,

Isaiah 42:5

Thus says the Lord God, who created the heavens and expanded it, who formed the earth and all that springs from it, who gives breath to the people in it, and spirit to those walking on it.

Isaiah 57:16

For I will not contend unceasingly, and I will not be angry to the end. For I will exhale my breath, and the Spirit will go forth from my face.

Jeremiah 31:30

Instead, each one will die for his own iniquity. Each man who will have eaten a bitter grape, his own teeth will be affected.

Ezekiel 18:20

The soul that sins, the same shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, and the father shall not bear the iniquity of the son. The justice of the just man shall be upon himself, but the impiety of the impious man shall be upon himself.

Ezekiel 18:3

As I live, says the Lord God, this parable shall no longer be a proverb for you in Israel.

Ezekiel 18:5

And if a man is just, and he accomplishes judgment and justice,

Ezekiel 3:18

If, when I say to the impious man, 'You shall certainly die,' you do not announce it to him, and you do not speak so that he may turn aside from his impious way and live, then the same impious man will die in his iniquity. But I will attribute his blood to your hand.

Ezekiel 33:8

When I say to the impious, 'O impious man, you will die a death,' if you have not spoken so that the impious man will keep himself from his way, then that impious man will die in his iniquity. But I will attribute his blood to your hand.

Zechariah 12:1

The burden of the word of the Lord upon Israel. The Lord, stretching forth the heavens and founding the earth and forming the spirit of man within him, says:

Numbers 16:22

But they fell prone on their faces, and they said, "O most strong One, the God of the spirits of all flesh, should your anger rage against all, for the sin of one?"

Numbers 27:16

"May the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, provide a man, who may be over this multitude,

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death. But the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Galatians 3:22

But Scripture has enclosed everything under sin, so that the promise, by the faith of Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.

Deuteronomy 24:16

The fathers shall not be put to death on behalf of the sons, nor the sons on behalf of the fathers, but each one shall die for his own sin.

Hebrews 12:9

Then, too, we have certainly had the fathers of our flesh as instructors, and we reverenced them. Should we not obey the Father of spirits all the more, and so live?