Ezekiel 3:20 Cross References
Ezekiel 3:20
20: If good people turn bad and don't listen to my warning, they will die. If you did not warn them of the consequences, then they will die in their sins. Their previous good deeds won't help them, and I will hold you responsible, demanding your blood for theirs.
Ezekiel 18:24
- However, if righteous people turn to sinful ways and start acting like other sinners, should they be allowed to live? No, of course not! All their previous goodness will be forgotten, and they will die for their sins.
Ezekiel 3:18
- If I warn the wicked, saying, `You are under the penalty of death,' but you fail to deliver the warning, they will die in their sins. And I will hold you responsible, demanding your blood for theirs.
Ezekiel 33:12
- "Son of man, give your people this message: The good works of righteous people will not save them if they turn to sin, nor will the sins of evil people destroy them if they repent and turn from their sins.
- When I tell righteous people that they will live, but then they sin, expecting their past righteousness to save them, then none of their good deeds will be remembered. I will destroy them for their sins.
Hebrews 10:38
- And a righteous person will live by faith. But I will have no pleasure in anyone who turns away."
Ezekiel 18:26
- When righteous people turn from being good and start doing sinful things, they will die for it. Yes, they will die because of their sinful deeds.
Psalms 125:5
- But banish those who turn to crooked ways, O LORD. Take them away with those who do evil. And let Israel have quietness and peace.
2 Peter 2:18
- They brag about themselves with empty, foolish boasting. With lustful desire as their bait, they lure back into sin those who have just escaped from such wicked living.
- They promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves to sin and corruption. For you are a slave to whatever controls you.
- And when people escape from the wicked ways of the world by learning about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up with sin and become its slave again, they are worse off than before.
- It would be better if they had never known the right way to live than to know it and then reject the holy commandments that were given to them.
- They make these proverbs come true: "A dog returns to its vomit," and "A washed pig returns to the mud."
Jeremiah 6:21
- Therefore, this is what the LORD says: "I will put obstacles in my people's path. Fathers and sons will both fall over them. Neighbors and friends will collapse together."
Romans 2:7
- He will give eternal life to those who persist in doing what is good, seeking after the glory and honor and immortality that God offers.
- But he will pour out his anger and wrath on those who live for themselves, who refuse to obey the truth and practice evil deeds.
Ezekiel 14:7
- I, the LORD, will punish all those, both Israelites and foreigners, who reject me and set up idols in their hearts so they fall into sin, and who then come to a prophet asking for my advice.
- I will turn against such people and make a terrible example of them, destroying them. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
- And if a prophet is deceived and gives a message anyway, it is because I, the LORD, have deceived that prophet. I will stand against such prophets and cut them off from the community of Israel.
Ezekiel 33:6
- But if the watchman sees the enemy coming and doesn't sound the alarm to warn the people, he is responsible for their deaths. They will die in their sins, but I will hold the watchman accountable.
1 John 2:19
- These people left our churches because they never really belonged with us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. When they left us, it proved that they do not belong with us.
Zephaniah 1:6
- And I will destroy those who used to worship me but now no longer do. They no longer ask for the LORD's guidance or seek my blessings."
1 Peter 2:8
- And the Scriptures also say, "He is the stone that makes people stumble, the rock that will make them fall." They stumble because they do not listen to God's word or obey it, and so they meet the fate that has been planned for them.
2 Chronicles 24:17
- But after Jehoiada's death, the leaders of Judah came and bowed before King Joash and persuaded the king to listen to their advice.
- They decided to abandon the Temple of the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and they worshiped Asherah poles and idols instead! Then the anger of God burned against Judah and Jerusalem because of their sin.
- The LORD sent prophets to bring them back to him, but the people would not listen.
- Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the people and said, "This is what God says: Why do you disobey the LORD's commands so that you cannot prosper? You have abandoned the LORD, and now he has abandoned you!"
- Then the leaders plotted to kill Zechariah, and by order of King Joash himself, they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the LORD's Temple.
Ezekiel 14:3
- "Son of man, these leaders have set up idols in their hearts. They have embraced things that lead them into sin. Why should I let them ask me anything?
Isaiah 8:14
- He will keep you safe. But to Israel and Judah he will be a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap that entangles them.
Ezekiel 33:18
- For again I say, when righteous people turn to evil, they will die.
1 Corinthians 1:23
- So when we preach that Christ was crucified, the Jews are offended, and the Gentiles say it's all nonsense.
Ezekiel 7:19
- "They will throw away their money, tossing it out like worthless trash. It won't buy their deliverance in that day of the LORD's anger. It will neither satisfy nor feed them, for their love of money made them stumble into sin.
2 Chronicles 19:2
- Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him. "Why should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD?" he asked the king. "What you have done has brought the LORD's anger against you.
- There is some good in you, however, for you have removed the Asherah poles throughout the land, and you have committed yourself to seeking God."
- So Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, but he went out among the people, traveling from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, encouraging the people to return to the LORD, the God of their ancestors.
Luke 8:15
- But the good soil represents honest, good-hearted people who hear God's message, cling to it, and steadily produce a huge harvest.
2 Chronicles 25:15
- This made the LORD very angry, and he sent a prophet to ask, "Why have you worshiped gods who could not even save their own people from you?"
Romans 11:9
- David spoke of this same thing when he said, "Let their bountiful table become a snare, a trap that makes them think all is well. Let their blessings cause them to stumble.
Romans 9:32
- Why not? Because they were trying to get right with God by keeping the law and being good instead of by depending on faith. They stumbled over the great rock in their path.
- God warned them of this in the Scriptures when he said, "I am placing a stone in Jerusalem that causes people to stumble, and a rock that makes them fall. But anyone who believes in him will not be disappointed. "
Proverbs 25:12
- Valid criticism is as treasured by the one who heeds it as jewelry made from finest gold.
Daniel 9:18
- "O my God, listen to me and hear my request. Open your eyes and see our wretchedness. See how your city lies in ruins--for everyone knows that it is yours. We do not ask because we deserve help, but because you are so merciful.
Isaiah 64:6
- We are all infected and impure with sin. When we proudly display our righteous deeds, we find they are but filthy rags. Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall. And our sins, like the wind, sweep us away.
Psalms 119:165
- Those who love your law have great peace and do not stumble.
2 Samuel 12:7
- Then Nathan said to David, "You are that man! The LORD, the God of Israel, says, `I anointed you king of Israel and saved you from the power of Saul.
- I gave you his house and his wives and the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. And if that had not been enough, I would have given you much, much more.
- Why, then, have you despised the word of the LORD and done this horrible deed? For you have murdered Uriah and stolen his wife.
- From this time on, the sword will be a constant threat to your family, because you have despised me by taking Uriah's wife to be your own.
- " `Because of what you have done, I, the LORD, will cause your own household to rebel against you. I will give your wives to another man, and he will go to bed with them in public view.
Leviticus 19:17
- "Do not nurse hatred in your heart for any of your relatives. "Confront your neighbors directly so you will not be held guilty for their crimes.
2 Thessalonians 2:9
- This evil man will come to do the work of Satan with counterfeit power and signs and miracles.
- He will use every kind of wicked deception to fool those who are on their way to destruction because they refuse to believe the truth that would save them.
- So God will send great deception upon them, and they will believe all these lies.
- Then they will be condemned for not believing the truth and for enjoying the evil they do.
2 Chronicles 24:2
- Joash did what was pleasing in the LORD's sight throughout the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest.
Deuteronomy 13:3
- do not listen to them. The LORD your God is testing you to see if you love him with all your heart and soul.
Hebrews 13:17
- Obey your spiritual leaders and do what they say. Their work is to watch over your souls, and they know they are accountable to God. Give them reason to do this joyfully and not with sorrow. That would certainly not be for your benefit.
Matthew 12:43
- "When an evil spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, seeking rest but finding none.
- Then it says, 'I will return to the person I came from.' So it returns and finds its former home empty, swept, and clean.
- Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before. That will be the experience of this evil generation."
Psalms 36:3
- Everything they say is crooked and deceitful. They refuse to act wisely or do what is good.
Matthew 18:15
- "If another believer sins against you, go privately and point out the fault. If the other person listens and confesses it, you have won that person back.
Luke 2:34
- Then Simeon blessed them, and he said to Mary, "This child will be rejected by many in Israel, and it will be their undoing. But he will be the greatest joy to many others.
Matthew 13:20
- The rocky soil represents those who hear the message and receive it with joy.
- But like young plants in such soil, their roots don't go very deep. At first they get along fine, but they wilt as soon as they have problems or are persecuted because they believe the word.