18:1 The
word
of
the
LORD
came
to
me:
18:2 "What
do
you
mean
by
repeating
this
proverb
concerning
the
land
of
Israel,
'The
fathers
have
eaten
sour
grapes,
and
the
children's
teeth
are
set
on
edge'
18:3 As
I
live,
declares
the
Lord
GOD,
this
proverb
shall
no
more
be
used
by
you
in
Israel.
18:4 Behold,
all
souls
are
mine;
the
soul
of
the
father
as
well
as
the
soul
of
the
son
is
mine:
the
soul
who
sins
shall
die.
18:5 "If
a
man
is
righteous
and
does
what
is
just
and
right--
18:6 if
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
or
approach
a
woman
in
her
time
of
menstrual
impurity,
18:7 does
not
oppress
anyone,
but
restores
to
the
debtor
his
pledge,
commits
no
robbery,
gives
his
bread
to
the
hungry
and
covers
the
naked
with
a
garment,
18:8 does
not
lend
at
interest
or
take
any
profit,
withholds
his
hand
from
injustice,
executes
true
justice
between
man
and
man,
18:9 walks
in
my
statutes,
and
keeps
my
rules
by
acting
faithfully--he
is
righteous;
he
shall
surely
live,
declares
the
Lord
GOD.
18:10 "If
he
fathers
a
son
who
is
violent,
a
shedder
of
blood,
who
does
any
of
these
things
18:11 (though
he
himself
did
none
of
these
things),
who
even
eats
upon
the
mountains,
defiles
his
neighbor's
wife,
18:12 oppresses
the
poor
and
needy,
commits
robbery,
does
not
restore
the
pledge,
lifts
up
his
eyes
to
the
idols,
commits
abomination,
18:13 lends
at
interest,
and
takes
profit;
shall
he
then
live
He
shall
not
live.
He
has
done
all
these
abominations;
he
shall
surely
die;
his
blood
shall
be
upon
himself.
18:14 "Now
suppose
this
man
fathers
a
son
who
sees
all
the
sins
that
his
father
has
done;
he
sees,
and
does
not
do
likewise:
18:15 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,
18:16 does
not
oppress
anyone,
exacts
no
pledge,
commits
no
robbery,
but
gives
his
bread
to
the
hungry
and
covers
the
naked
with
a
garment,
18:17 withholds
his
hand
from
iniquity,
takes
no
interest
or
profit,
obeys
my
rules,
and
walks
in
my
statutes;
he
shall
not
die
for
his
father's
iniquity;
he
shall
surely
live.
18:18 As
for
his
father,
because
he
practiced
extortion,
robbed
his
brother,
and
did
what
is
not
good
among
his
people,
behold,
he
shall
die
for
his
iniquity.
18:19 "Yet
you
say,
'Why
should
not
the
son
suffer
for
the
iniquity
of
the
father'
When
the
son
has
done
what
is
just
and
right,
and
has
been
careful
to
observe
all
my
statutes,
he
shall
surely
live.
18:20 The
soul
who
sins
shall
die.
The
son
shall
not
suffer
for
the
iniquity
of
the
father,
nor
the
father
suffer
for
the
iniquity
of
the
son.
The
righteousness
of
the
righteous
shall
be
upon
himself,
and
the
wickedness
of
the
wicked
shall
be
upon
himself.
18:21 "But
if
a
wicked
person
turns
away
from
all
his
sins
that
he
has
committed
and
keeps
all
my
statutes
and
does
what
is
just
and
right,
he
shall
surely
live;
he
shall
not
die.
18:22 None
of
the
transgressions
that
he
has
committed
shall
be
remembered
against
him;
for
the
righteousness
that
he
has
done
he
shall
live.
18:23 Have
I
any
pleasure
in
the
death
of
the
wicked,
declares
the
Lord
GOD,
and
not
rather
that
he
should
turn
from
his
way
and
live
18:24 But
when
a
righteous
person
turns
away
from
his
righteousness
and
does
injustice
and
does
the
same
abominations
that
the
wicked
person
does,
shall
he
live
None
of
the
righteous
deeds
that
he
has
done
shall
be
remembered;
for
the
treachery
of
which
he
is
guilty
and
the
sin
he
has
committed,
for
them
he
shall
die.
18:25 "Yet
you
say,
'The
way
of
the
Lord
is
not
just.'
Hear
now,
O
house
of
Israel:
Is
my
way
not
just
Is
it
not
your
ways
that
are
not
just
18:26 When
a
righteous
person
turns
away
from
his
righteousness
and
does
injustice,
he
shall
die
for
it;
for
the
injustice
that
he
has
done
he
shall
die.
18:27 Again,
when
a
wicked
person
turns
away
from
the
wickedness
he
has
committed
and
does
what
is
just
and
right,
he
shall
save
his
life.
18:28 Because
he
considered
and
turned
away
from
all
the
transgressions
that
he
had
committed,
he
shall
surely
live;
he
shall
not
die.
18:29 Yet
the
house
of
Israel
says,
'The
way
of
the
Lord
is
not
just.'
O
house
of
Israel,
are
my
ways
not
just
Is
it
not
your
ways
that
are
not
just
18:30 "Therefore
I
will
judge
you,
O
house
of
Israel,
every
one
according
to
his
ways,
declares
the
Lord
GOD.
Repent
and
turn
from
all
your
transgressions,
lest
iniquity
be
your
ruin.
18:31 Cast
away
from
you
all
the
transgressions
that
you
have
committed,
and
make
yourselves
a
new
heart
and
a
new
spirit!
Why
will
you
die,
O
house
of
Israel
18:32 For
I
have
no
pleasure
in
the
death
of
anyone,
declares
the
Lord
GOD;
so
turn,
and
live."