Ezekiel 18:9-19

Leeser(i) 9 In my statutes he walketh steadfastly, and my ordinances he keepeth to deal truly: he is righteous, he shall surely live, saith the Lord Eternal. 10 If he now beget a dissolute son that sheddeth blood and doth to his brother any one of thee things; 11 And he is one that doth not any of these duties; but eateth even upon the mountains, and defileth the wife of his neighbor; 12 The poor and needy he over-reacheth, he is guilty of robberies, the pledge he restoreth not, and to the idols he lifteth up his eyes, abominations he committeth: 13 Upon interest he giveth forth, and increase he taketh: and he should live? he shall not live; all these abominations hath he done, he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him. 14 And behold, if he beget a son, who seeth all the sins of his father which he hath done, and he considereth, and doth not the like of them; 15 Upon the mountains he eateth not, and his eyes he lifteth not up to the idols of the house of Israel, the wife of his neighbor he defileth not; 16 And he over-reacheth no man, a pledge he withholdeth not, and of a robbery he is never guilty, his bread he giveth to the hungry, and the naked he covereth with a garment; 17 From the poor he withdraweth his hand, interest and increase he taketh not: my ordinances he executeth; in my statutes he walketh:—he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live. 18 His father, because he unjustly withheld wages, was guilty of robbery on his brother, and did that which is not good in the midst of his people,—and lo, he died through his iniquity. 19 Yet say ye, Why doth not the son bear part of the iniquity of the father? when the son hath executed justice and righteousness, all my statutes hath he kept, and hath done them: he shall surely live.