Ezekiel 18:20
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20 (A)The soul who sins shall die. (B)The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. (C)The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, (D)and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
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Deuteronomy 24:16
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16 (A)“Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin.
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2 Kings 14:6
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6 But he did not put to death the children of the murderers, according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the Lord commanded, (A)“Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. But each one shall die for his own sin.”
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Ezekiel 18:4
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4 Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: (A)the soul who sins shall die.
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Romans 2:6-9
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6 (A)He will render to each one according to his works: 7 to those who (B)by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; 8 but for those who are self-seeking[a] and (C)do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. 9 There will be tribulation and distress (D)for every human being who does evil, the Jew (E)first and also the Greek,
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- Romans 2:8 Or contentious
Jeremiah 31:29-30
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29 In those days they shall no longer say:
(A)“‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
and the children's teeth are set on edge.’
30 (B)But everyone shall die for his own iniquity. Each man who eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.
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2 Chronicles 25:4
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4 But he did not put their children to death, according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the Lord commanded, (A)“Fathers shall not die because of their children, nor children die because of their fathers, but each one shall die for his own sin.”
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Matthew 16:27
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27 (A)For the Son of Man is going to come with (B)his angels in the glory of his Father, and (C)then he will repay each person according to what he has done.
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1 Kings 8:32
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32 then hear in heaven and act and judge your servants, (A)condemning the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
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Revelation 22:12-15
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12 “Behold, (A)I am coming soon, (B)bringing my recompense with me, (C)to repay each one for what he has done. 13 (D)I am the Alpha and the Omega, (E)the first and the last, (F)the beginning and the end.”
14 Blessed are those who (G)wash their robes,[a] so that they may have the right to (H)the tree of life and that (I)they may enter the city by the gates. 15 (J)Outside are (K)the dogs (L)and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
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- Revelation 22:14 Some manuscripts do his commandments
Numbers 18:1
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Duties of Priests and Levites
18 So the Lord said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father's house with you shall (A)bear iniquity connected with the sanctuary, (B)and you and your sons with you shall bear iniquity connected with your priesthood.
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Revelation 20:12
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12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and (A)books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is (B)the book of life. And (C)the dead were judged by what was written in the books, (D)according to what they had done.
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2 Chronicles 6:23
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23 then hear from heaven and act and judge your servants, repaying the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
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