Ezekiel 20:18

But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:

Cross-reference

In Ezekiel 20:7, God gave the same command to the first generation in Egypt to abandon idols. Here He reiterates it to their children.

Ezekiel 18:19 addresses the same issue: the son who does right shall not suffer for his father's iniquity — reinforcing the call to break from ancestral sin.

Ezekiel 2:3 Parallel

Ezekiel 2:3 identifies Israel as rebels, both they and their fathers — the same generational rebellion that the wilderness generation is told to avoid.

Ezekiel 18:14 gives the positive example: a son who sees his father's sins and does not do them — the exact behavior commanded in Ezekiel 20:18.

Ezekiel 18:17 describes a son who walks in God's statutes, not his father's sins — directly illustrating the obedience commanded to the wilderness children.

1 Peter 1:18 speaks of redemption from the empty way of life handed down from fathers — the very tradition Ezekiel warned against.

In Numbers 32:13-15, Moses warns the next generation not to repeat their fathers' sins, directly echoing the command in Ezekiel 20:18.

Deuteronomy 4:3-6 recalls the Baal Peor judgment and urges obedience to God's statutes — the positive counterpart to the warning against following fathers' idols.

Acts 7:51 Parallel

Acts 7:51 charges, 'as your fathers did, so do you' — directly echoing Ezekiel's warning not to follow fathers' ways.

Luke 11:48 Parallel

Luke 11:48 adds that they approve their fathers' deeds, confirming they walk in the same statutes Ezekiel warned against.

Psalm 78:6-8 explicitly says children should not be like their fathers, a stubborn generation — a direct parallel to Ezekiel's command.

Luke 11:47 Parallel

Luke 11:47 condemns those who build tombs for prophets their fathers killed, showing they follow their fathers' pattern — violating Ezekiel's warning.

Zechariah 1:2-4 commands 'Do not be like your fathers,' who ignored the prophets — the same warning as in Ezekiel 20:18.

Jeremiah 11:10 describes the same generational rebellion — people turning back to forefathers' iniquities, mirroring the warning against following fathers' statutes.

Amos 2:4 Parallel

Amos 2:4 condemns Judah for following the lies their fathers walked after — a parallel indictment of continuing in ancestral disobedience.

Psalm 78:8 Parallel

Psalm 78:8 prays that the next generation not be like their stubborn, rebellious fathers — directly mirroring Ezekiel's warning to the wilderness children.

2 Chronicles 33:22 records Amon serving the idols his father Manasseh made — the exact opposite of Ezekiel's command not to follow fathers' ways.

In Joshua 24:14, Joshua similarly urges Israel to put away the gods their fathers served — the same call to break from ancestral idolatry.

Numbers 14:32 Historical context

In Numbers 14:32, God decrees the wilderness death for the rebellious fathers — the judgment that makes the warning to their children urgent.

Numbers 14:33 Historical context

Numbers 14:33 shows the children suffering for their fathers' sins, underscoring why the children must not follow their fathers' ways.

Psalm 106:39 summarizes Israel's defilement through idolatry — the very behavior Ezekiel commands the children to avoid.

Jeremiah 3:9 Related theme

Jeremiah 3:9 describes Israel's idolatrous 'whoredom' defiling the land, echoing the defilement Ezekiel warns the children against.

Jeremiah 2:7 Related theme

Jeremiah 2:7 records Israel later defiling the land God gave them — the very outcome the command in Ezekiel aims to prevent.