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Ezekiel 18

Ezek. 18:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But when the righteous
tsaddiyq (Hebrew #6662)
just
KJV usage: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Pronounce: tsad-deek'
Origin: from 6663
turnethv away
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
from his righteousness
tsdaqah (Hebrew #6666)
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
KJV usage: justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
Pronounce: tsed-aw-kaw'
Origin: from 6663
, and committeth
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
iniquity
`evel (Hebrew #5766)
and (feminine) lavlah {av-law'}; or owlah {o-law'}; or .olah {o-law'}; from 5765; (moral) evil
KJV usage: iniquity, perverseness, unjust(-ly), unrighteousness(-ly); wicked(-ness).
Pronounce: eh'-vel
Origin: or lavel {aw'-vel}
, and doeth
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
according to all the abominations
tow`ebah (Hebrew #8441)
feminine active participle of 8581; properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
KJV usage: abominable (custom, thing), abomination.
Pronounce: to-ay-baw'
Origin: or tonebah {to-ay-baw'}
that the wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
man doeth
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
, shall he live
chayay (Hebrew #2425)
to live; causatively to revive
KJV usage: live, save life.
Pronounce: khaw-yah'-ee
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2421)
? All his righteousness
tsdaqah (Hebrew #6666)
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
KJV usage: justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
Pronounce: tsed-aw-kaw'
Origin: from 6663
that he hath done
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
shall not be mentioned
zakar (Hebrew #2142)
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; also (as denominative from 2145) to be male
KJV usage: X burn (incense), X earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, X still, think on, X well.
Pronounce: zaw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
: in his trespass
ma`al (Hebrew #4603)
properly, to cover up; used only figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. treacherously
KJV usage: transgress, (commit, do a) trespass(-ing).
Pronounce: maw-al'
Origin: a primitive root
that he hath trespassed
ma`al (Hebrew #4604)
treachery, i.e. sin
KJV usage: falsehood, grievously, sore, transgression, trespass, X very.
Pronounce: mah'-al
Origin: from 4603
, and in his sin
chatta'ah (Hebrew #2403)
from 2398; an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
KJV usage: punishment (of sin), purifying(-fication for sin), sin(-ner, offering).
Pronounce: khat-taw-aw'
Origin: or chattacth {khat-tawth'}
that he hath sinned
chata' (Hebrew #2398)
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
KJV usage: bear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.
Pronounce: khaw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
, in them shall he die
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
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Heb. 6:4‑6• 4For it is impossible to renew again to repentance those once enlightened, and who have tasted of the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
 5and have tasted the good word of God, and the works of power of the age to come,
 6and have fallen away, crucifying for themselves as they do the Son of God, and making a show of him. (Heb. 6:4‑6)
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Heb. 10:26‑27• 26For where we sin wilfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains any sacrifice for sins,
 27but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and heat of fire about to devour the adversaries. (Heb. 10:26‑27)
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2 Peter 2:20• 20For if after having escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, again entangled, they are subdued by these, their last state is worse than the first. (2 Peter 2:20)

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Righteousness,
Sin,
Trespass

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Ezek. 18:26• 26When the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and practiseth what is wrong, and dieth for it; in his wrong that he hath done shall he die. (Ezek. 18:26)
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Ezek. 3:20‑21• 20And when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and do what is wrong, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die; because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous acts which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thy hand.
 21And if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall certainly live, for he hath taken warning; and thou hast delivered thy soul. (Ezek. 3:20‑21)
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Ezek. 33:12‑13,18• 12And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth.
 13When I say to the righteous that he shall certainly live, and he trusteth to his righteousness and doeth what is wrong, none of his righteous acts shall be remembered; but in his unrighteousness which he hath done, in it shall he die.
 18When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and doeth what is wrong, then he shall die therein. (Ezek. 33:12‑13,18)
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1 Sam. 15:11• 11It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned away from following me, and hath not fulfilled my words. And Samuel was much grieved; and he cried to Jehovah all night. (1 Sam. 15:11)
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2 Chron. 24:2,17‑22• 2And Joash did what was right in the sight of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
 17And after the death of Jehoiada the princes of Judah came and made obeisance to the king; then the king hearkened to them.
 18And they forsook the house of Jehovah the God of their fathers, and served the Asherahs and idols; and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
 19And he sent prophets among them to bring them again to Jehovah, and they testified against them; but they would not give ear.
 20And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood up above the people and said unto them, Thus saith God: Wherefore do ye transgress the commandments of Jehovah? And ye cannot prosper; for ye have forsaken Jehovah, and he hath forsaken you.
 21And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the command of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah.
 22And king Joash remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, Jehovah see and require it! (2 Chron. 24:2,17‑22)
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Psa. 36:3‑4• 3The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, to do good.
 4He deviseth wickedness up on his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good: he abhorreth not evil. (Psa. 36:3‑4)
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Psa. 125:5• 5But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel! (Psa. 125:5)
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Zeph. 1:6• 6and them that turn back from after Jehovah, and that do not seek Jehovah, nor inquire for him. (Zeph. 1:6)
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Matt. 13:20‑21• 20But he that is sown on the rocky places--this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy,
 21but has no root in himself, but is for a time only; and when tribulation or persecution happens on account of the word, he is immediately offended. (Matt. 13:20‑21)
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John 6:66‑70• 66From that time many of his disciples went away back and walked no more with him.
 67Jesus therefore said to the twelve, Will ye also go away?
 68Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast words of life eternal;
 69and we have believed and known that thou art the holy one of God.
 70Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you the twelve? and of you one is a devil. (John 6:66‑70)
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Gal. 5:7• 7Ye ran well; who has stopped you that ye should not obey the truth? (Gal. 5:7)
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Heb. 10:38‑39• 38But the just shall live by faith; and, if he draw back, my soul does not take pleasure in him.
 39But *we* are not drawers back to perdition, but of faith to saving the soul. (Heb. 10:38‑39)
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2 Peter 2:18‑22• 18For while speaking great highflown words of vanity, they allure with the lusts of the flesh, by dissoluteness, those who have just fled those who walk in error,
 19promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is subdued, by him is he also brought into slavery.
 20For if after having escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, again entangled, they are subdued by these, their last state is worse than the first.
 21For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
 22But that word of the true proverb has happened to them: The dog has turned back to his own vomit; and, The washed sow to her rolling in mud. (2 Peter 2:18‑22)
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1 John 2:19• 19They went out from among us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have surely remained with us, but that they might be made manifest that none are of us. (1 John 2:19)
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1 John 5:16‑18• 16If any one see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life, for those that do not sin unto death. There is a sin to death: I do not say of that that he should make a request.
 17Every unrighteousness is sin; and there is a sin not to death.
 18We know that every one begotten of God does not sin, but he that has been begotten of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him. (1 John 5:16‑18)
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Jude 12• 12These are spots in your love-feasts, feasting together with you without fear, pasturing themselves; clouds without water, carried along by the winds; autumnal trees, without fruit, twice dead, rooted up; (Jude 12)
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Ezek. 18:10‑13• 10And if he have begotten a son that is violent, a shedder of blood, and that doeth only one of any of these things,
 11and that doeth not any of those duties, but also hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,
 12hath oppressed the poor and needy, exercised robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, committed abomination,
 13given forth upon usury, and taken increase; shall he then live? He shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall certainly die; his blood shall be upon him. (Ezek. 18:10‑13)
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Matt. 12:43‑45• 43But when the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and does not find it.
 44Then he says, I will return to my house whence I came out; and having come, he finds it unoccupied, swept, and adorned.
 45Then he goes and takes with himself seven other spirits worse than himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first. Thus shall it be to this wicked generation also. (Matt. 12:43‑45)
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Rom. 1:28‑31• 28And according as they did not think good to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind to practise unseemly things;
 29being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers,
 30back-biters, hateful to God, insolent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
 31void of understanding, faithless, without natural affection, unmerciful; (Rom. 1:28‑31)
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2 Cor. 12:20‑21• 20For I fear lest perhaps coming I find you not such as I wish, and that *I* be found by you such as ye do not wish: lest there might be strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, evil speakings, whisperings, puffings up, disturbances;
 21lest my God should humble me as to you when I come again, and that I shall grieve over many of those who have sinned before, and have not repented as to the uncleanness and fornication and licentiousness which they have practised. (2 Cor. 12:20‑21)
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2 Tim. 3:1‑5• 1But this know, that in the last days difficult times shall be there;
 2for men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, evil speakers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, profane,
 3without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, of unsubdued passions, savage, having no love for what is good,
 4traitors, headlong, of vain pretensions, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
 5having a form of piety but denying the power of it: and from these turn away. (2 Tim. 3:1‑5)
All his.
Ezek. 18:22• 22None of his transgressions which he hath committed shall be remembered against him; in his righteousness which he hath done shall he live. (Ezek. 18:22)
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Mark 13:13• 13And ye will be hated of all on account of my name; but he that has endured to the end, *he* shall be saved. (Mark 13:13)
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Gal. 3:4• 4Have ye suffered so many things in vain, if indeed also in vain? (Gal. 3:4)
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Heb. 6:4‑6• 4For it is impossible to renew again to repentance those once enlightened, and who have tasted of the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
 5and have tasted the good word of God, and the works of power of the age to come,
 6and have fallen away, crucifying for themselves as they do the Son of God, and making a show of him. (Heb. 6:4‑6)
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Heb. 10:26‑31• 26For where we sin wilfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains any sacrifice for sins,
 27but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and heat of fire about to devour the adversaries.
 28Any one that has disregarded Moses' law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses:
 29of how much worse punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and esteemed the blood of the covenant, whereby he has been sanctified, common, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
 30For we know him that said, To me belongs vengeance; *I* will recompense, saith the Lord: and again, The Lord shall judge his people.
 31It is a fearful thing falling into the hands of the living God. (Heb. 10:26‑31)
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2 John 8• 8See to yourselves, that we may not lose what we have wrought, but may receive full wages. (2 John 8)
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Rev. 2:10• 10Fear nothing of what thou art about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of life. (Rev. 2:10)
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Rev. 3:11• 11I come quickly: hold fast what thou hast, that no one take thy crown. (Rev. 3:11)
in his.
Ezek. 18:18• 18As for his father, because he practised oppression, exercised robbery upon his brother, and did what was not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity. (Ezek. 18:18)
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Prov. 14:32• 32The wicked is driven away by his evil-doing; but the righteous trusteth, even in his death. (Prov. 14:32)
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Prov. 21:16• 16The man that wandereth out of the way of wisdom shall abide in the congregation of the dead. (Prov. 21:16)
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Matt. 7:22‑23• 22Many shall say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied through *thy* name, and through *thy* name cast out demons, and through *thy* name done many works of power?
 23and then will I avow unto them, I never knew you. Depart from me, workers of lawlessness. (Matt. 7:22‑23)
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John 8:21,24• 21He said therefore again to them, I go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin; where I go ye cannot come.
 24I said therefore to you, that ye shall die in your sins; for unless ye shall believe that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. (John 8:21,24)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And when the righteous turneth from his righteousness and practiseth what is wrong, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked doeth, shall he live? None of his righteous acts which he hath done shall be remembered: in his unfaithfulness which he hath wrought, and in his sin which he hath sinned, in them shall he die.