Ezekiel 18:10-18

English Standard Version

¹⁰ “If he fathers a son who is violent, ^(A)a shedder of blood, who does any of these things ¹¹ (though he himself did none of these things), ^(B)who even eats upon the mountains, ^(C)defiles his neighbor's wife, ¹² oppresses the poor and needy, ^(D)commits robbery, ^(E)does not restore the pledge, ^(F)lifts up his eyes to the idols, ^(G)commits abomination, ^13 (H)lends at interest, and takes profit; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; ^(I)his blood shall be upon himself.

¹⁴ “Now suppose this man fathers a son who sees all the sins that his father has done; he sees, and does not do likewise: ¹⁵ he does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor's wife, ¹⁶ does not oppress anyone, ^(J)exacts no pledge, ^(K)commits no robbery, ^(L)but gives his bread to the hungry ^(M)and covers the naked with a garment, ¹⁷ withholds his hand from iniquity,^[a] takes no interest or profit, obeys my rules, ^(N)and walks in my statutes; he shall not die for his father's iniquity; ^(O)he shall surely live. ¹⁸ As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what is not good among his people, ^(P)behold, he shall die for his iniquity.