Jeremiah 31:30

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

When that day comes, only those who eat sour grapes will get the sour taste, and only those who sin will be put to death.

Cross References

2 Kings 14:6

But the children of those officers were not killed. The LORD had commanded in the Law of Moses that only the people who sinned were to be punished, not their parents or children.

Job 21:20

Let God All-Powerful force them to drink their own destruction from the cup of his anger.

Isaiah 3:11

Tell those who disobey, “You're in big trouble— what you did to others will come back to you.”

Ezekiel 18:20

Only those who sin will be put to death. Children won't suffer for the sins of their parents, and parents won't suffer for the sins of their children. Good people will be rewarded for what they do, and evil people will be punished for what they do.

Ezekiel 18:4

The lives of all people belong to me—parents as well as children. Only those who sin will be put to death.

Ezekiel 3:24

His Spirit took control of me and lifted me to my feet. Then the LORD said: Go back and lock yourself in your house!

Ezekiel 33:13

Suppose I promise good people that they will live, then later they start sinning and believe they will be saved by the good they did in the past. These people will certainly be put to death because of their sins. Their good deeds will be forgotten.

Ezekiel 33:18

If good people start doing evil, they will be put to death, because they have sinned.

Ezekiel 33:8

When I tell wicked people they will die because of their sins, you must warn them to turn from their sinful ways. But if you refuse to warn them, you are responsible for their death.

Galatians 6:5

We each must carry our own load.

Deuteronomy 24:16

Parents must not be put to death for crimes committed by their children, and children must not be put to death for crimes committed by their parents. Don't put anyone to death for someone else's crime.

James 1:15

Our desires make us sin, and when sin is finished with us, it leaves us dead.