Ezekiel 18:19-20

18:19 “Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not suffer ¹  for his father’s iniquity?’ When the son does what is just and right, and observes all my statutes and carries them out, he will surely live. 18:20 The person who sins is the one who will die. A son will not suffer ²  for his father’s iniquity, and a father will not suffer ³  for his son’s iniquity; the righteous person will be judged according to his righteousness, and the wicked person according to his wickedness. ⁴ 

Ezekiel 18:30

18:30 “Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, ⁵  O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent ⁶  and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity. ⁷ 

Ezekiel 33:11-20

33:11 Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but prefer that the wicked change his behavior ⁸  and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil deeds! ⁹  Why should you die, O house of Israel?’

33:12 “And you, son of man, say to your people, ¹⁰  ‘The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him if he rebels. ¹¹  As for the wicked, his wickedness will not make him stumble if he turns from it. ¹²  The righteous will not be able to live by his righteousness ¹³  if he sins.’ ¹⁴  33:13 Suppose I tell the righteous that he will certainly live, but he becomes confident in his righteousness and commits iniquity. None of his righteous deeds will be remembered; because of the iniquity he has committed he will die. 33:14 Suppose I say to the wicked, ‘You must certainly die,’ but he turns from his sin and does what is just and right. 33:15 He ¹⁵  returns what was taken in pledge, pays back what he has stolen, and follows the statutes that give life, ¹⁶  committing no iniquity. He will certainly live – he will not die. 33:16 None of the sins he has committed will be counted ¹⁷  against him. He has done what is just and right; he will certainly live.

33:17 “Yet your people ¹⁸  say, ‘The behavior ¹⁹  of the Lord is not right,’ ²⁰  when it is their behavior that is not right. 33:18 When a righteous man turns from his godliness and commits iniquity, he will die for it. 33:19 When the wicked turns from his sin and does what is just and right, he will live because of it. 33:20 Yet you say, ‘The behavior of the Lord is not right.’ House of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his behavior.” ²¹ 

Ezekiel 36:31-32

36:31 Then you will remember your evil behavior ²²  and your deeds which were not good; you will loathe yourselves on account of your sins and your abominable deeds. 36:32 Understand that ²³  it is not for your sake I am about to act, declares the sovereign Lord. Be ashamed and embarrassed by your behavior, O house of Israel.

Romans 3:19

3:19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under ²⁴  the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

[18:19]  ¹ tn Heb “lift up, bear.”

[18:20]  ² tn Heb “lift up, bear.”

[18:20]  ³ tn Heb “lift up, bear.”

[18:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “the righteousness of the righteous one will be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked one will be upon him.”

[18:30]  ⁵ tn Heb “ways.”

[18:30]  ⁶ tn The verbs and persons in this verse are plural whereas the individual has been the subject of the chapter.

[18:30]  ⁷ tn Or “leading to punishment.”

[33:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “turn from his way.”

[33:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “ways.” This same word is translated “behavior” earlier in the verse.

[33:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the sons of your people.”

[33:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “in the day of his rebellion.” The statement envisions a godly person rejecting what is good and becoming sinful. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:247-48.

[33:12]  ¹² tn Heb “and the wickedness of the wicked, he will not stumble in it in the day of his turning from his wickedness.”

[33:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “by it.”

[33:12]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “in the day of his sin.”

[33:15]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the wicked one.”

[33:15]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and in the statutes of life he walks.”

[33:16]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “remembered.”

[33:17]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the sons of your people.”

[33:17]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “way.”

[33:17]  ²⁰ tn The Hebrew verb translated “is (not) right” has the basic meaning of “to measure.” For a similar concept, see Ezek 18:25, 29.

[33:20]  ²¹ tn Heb “ways.”

[36:31]  ²² tn Heb “ways.”

[36:32]  ²³ tn Heb “Let it be known.”

[3:19]  ²⁴ tn Grk “in,” “in connection with.”