Ezekiel 18:26

When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

Cross-reference

In Ezekiel 18:18, the father dies for his own sin, reinforcing the individual responsibility taught here.

Ezekiel 18:24 expands on this same principle: the righteous who turns to sin will die for his treachery, not for past righteousness.

In Ezekiel 3:20, the same principle of a righteous person turning away is repeated, with added warning for the watchman.

Ezekiel 33:18 restates this exact warning— the righteous who turns to injustice will die for it— echoing the same principle.

1 John 5:17 Contrast

1 John 5:17 qualifies that not all sin leads to death, contrasting the absolute statement here that turning away from righteousness brings death.

In Proverbs 2:13, it describes those who leave straight paths—similar to the righteous turning to evil here.