Ezekiel 18:1
Verse 1 of 32. The 18th of 48 chapters in Ezekiel, in The Major Prophets.
1The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying,
2What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
3As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
4Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
5But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.