Ezekiel 18:26

Easy To Read Version

If a good person changes and becomes evil, then he must die for the bad things he does.

Cross References

Proverbs 2:13

They have given up goodness and now live in darkness (sin).

Ezekiel 18:18

The father might hurt people and steal things. He might never do anything good for my people! That father will die because of his own sins. \{But the son won’t be punished for his father’s sins.\}

Ezekiel 18:24

“Now, maybe a good man might stop being good. He might change his life and begin to do all the terrible things that bad person had done in the past. (That bad person changed, so he can live!) So if that good person changes and becomes bad, then God won’t remember all the good things that person did. God will remember that that man turned against him and began to sin. So that man will die because of his sin.”

Ezekiel 18:25

\{God said,\} “You people might say, ‘\{God\} my Master isn’t fair!’ But listen, family of Israel. I am fair. You are the ones who are not fair!

Ezekiel 18:27

And if a bad man changes and become good and fair, then he will save his life. He will live!

Ezekiel 3:20

“Or maybe a good man will stop being good. I might put something in front of him that causes him to fall (sin). He will start to do bad things, so he will die. He will die because he is sinning and you did not warn him. I will make you responsible for his death. And people won’t remember all the good things he did.

Ezekiel 33:13

“Maybe I will tell a good person that he will live. But maybe that good person will begin to think that the good things he did in the past will save him. So he might begin to do bad things. But I won’t remember the good things he did in the past! No, he will die because of the bad things he begins to do.

Ezekiel 33:18

If a good person stops doing good things and begins to sin, then he will die because of his sins.

Leviticus 6:7

Then the priest will go to the Lord and {do the things that will} make that person pure [56] . And God will forgive that person for all the things that made him guilty.”

Colossians 1:23

Christ will do this if you continue to believe in the Good News {\cf2\super [7]} you heard. You must continue strong and sure in your faith. You must not be moved away from the hope that Good News gave you. That same Good News has been told to all people in the world. I, Paul, help in telling that Good News.

1 John 5:17

Dear friends, remember what the apostles {\cf2\super [8]} of our Lord Jesus Christ said before.