Ezekiel 18:20
The person who sins is the one who will die. A child will not share the guilt of a parent, and a parent will not share the guilt of a child. The righteousness of the righteous will be their own, and the wickedness of the wicked will be their own.
Treated in 6 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 8 — Exposition of the Moral Law cites Ezek. 18:20
…and the Lord himself declares, that “the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father,” (Ezek. 18:20). But still we meet more than once with a declaration as to the postponing of the…
- Communion with God ·
Of communion with Christ in purchased grace cites Ezek. xviii. 20
…v. 21. What it is in the Scripture to bear sin, see Deut. xix. 15, xx. 17; Numb. xiv. 33; Ezek. xviii. 20. The nature, kind, matter, and manner of this punishment I have, as I said before…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.2 The Second Commandment cites Ezek 18: 20
…die for his own sin; the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father?’ 2 Chron 25: 4, Ezek 18: 20. How then does God say, he ‘will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon the children?’…
- The Key Teachings of Charles G. Finney ·
The Prayer of Faith cites Ezekiel 18:20
…son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, nor the father the iniquity of the son (Ezekiel 18:20), and the same is true of faith. A parent who has prayed long and seen no fruit should…
- The Key Teachings of Derek Prince ·
Blessing or Curse cites EZEKIEL 18:20
…bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. EZEKIEL 18:20 Families do pass on patterns — of behaviour, of wounds, of sin — and it is wise to…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 4 — Penitence, as Explained in the Sophistical Jargon of the Schoolmen, Widely Different from the Purity Required by the Gospel cites Ezek. 18:20
…“the wages of sin is death;” and that “the soul that sinneth, it shall die,” (Rom. 6:23; Ezek. 18:20). The sins of believers are venial, not because they do not merit death, but because by…