1. The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
2. What mean you, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?
3. As I live, says the Lord GOD, you shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
4. Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sins, it shall die.
5. But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,
6. And has not eaten upon the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither has defiled his neighbor's wife, neither has come near a woman during her impurity,
7. And has not oppressed any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has robbed none by violence, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
8. He that has not lent money for interest, neither has taken any increase, that has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,
9. Has walked in my statutes, and has kept my judgments faithfully; he is just, he shall surely live, says the Lord GOD.
10. If he begets a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that does any one of these things,
11. And that does not any of those duties, but even has eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,
12. Has oppressed the poor and needy, has robbed by violence, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,
13. Has lent money for interest, and has taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
14. Now, lo, if he begets a son, that sees all his father's sins which he has done, and considers, and does not the same,
15. That has not eaten upon the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, has not defiled his neighbor's wife,