Ezekiel 18:19
Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
Cross-reference
Ezekiel 18:3 introduces God's oath to end the proverb about parents' sins affecting children—the same issue Ezekiel 18:19 confronts.
Ezekiel 18:17 states a righteous son lives despite his father's iniquity—the same principle Ezekiel 18:19 applies to the son who does justice.
Ezekiel 18:21 extends the principle: personal repentance brings life, reinforcing that individuals are judged for their own behavior.
In Ezekiel 20:18-20, God commands the children not to follow their fathers' sins, supporting the same call to individual responsibility.
In Ezekiel 20:30, God rebukes the current generation for imitating fathers' sins, implying they are accountable for their own deeds.
In Exodus 20:5, God punishes children for fathers' sins — the very idea Ezekiel 18:19 refutes, affirming individual responsibility.
In Deuteronomy 5:9, the same generational punishment statement appears — contrasting with Ezekiel 18:19's emphasis on individual guilt.
In 2 Kings 24:3, Judah is judged for Manasseh's sins, directly contradicting the claim here that sons don't bear fathers' guilt.
In 2 Kings 24:4, the innocent blood Manasseh shed brings judgment on Judah, opposing the individual responsibility principle here.
In Jeremiah 15:4, God makes Judah abhorrent because of Manasseh, a direct counterexample to the son not bearing father's guilt.
In Lamentations 5:7, the people state 'our fathers sinned... we bear their iniquities,' the exact proverb Ezekiel 18 rejects.
In Zechariah 1:3-6, God calls the people to repent unlike their fathers who were judged for their own ways, echoing individual responsibility.
2 Kings 9:26 shows sons suffering for Ahab's sin—the very idea Ezekiel 18:19 rejects, illustrating corporate judgment in a different context.
In 2 Kings 23:26, God's anger persisted due to Manasseh's sins — a case of generational punishment that Ezekiel 18:19 rejects.
Luke 11:48 holds Pharisees guilty for approving their fathers' deeds—contrasting with Ezekiel's denial of automatic intergenerational guilt.