Ezekiel 33:8
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If I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity, yet I will hold you accountable for his blood.
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But if the watchman sees the sword coming and fails to blow the horn to warn the people, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one will be taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.’
But if I tell the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and does what is just and right—
Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.
“You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.
The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.
Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.
As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people.
Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.
“Our father died in the wilderness, but he was not among the followers of Korah who gathered together against the LORD. Instead, he died because of his own sin, and he had no sons.