Ezekiel 3:18
When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Cross-reference
In Ezekiel 3:19, the watchman who warns is cleared of bloodguilt — the positive counterpart to the failure in verse 18.
In Ezekiel 3:20, the watchman's responsibility extends to the righteous who turn to sin — expanding the same warning principle to a new case.
In Ezekiel 34:10, God holds shepherds accountable for neglecting the flock — same heart of accountability for failing to protect God's people.
Ezekiel 33:9 restates the same watchman principle: if you warn the wicked and he doesn't turn, you have delivered your own soul.
In Ezekiel 18:4, God declares the soul that sins shall die, directly supporting the principle behind the watchman's warning in 3:18.
In Ezekiel 18:20, individual responsibility is affirmed — the wicked die for their own sin, grounding the watchman's warning in 3:18.
In Ezekiel 18:30, the same prophet calls for repentance to avoid downfall — a direct parallel reinforcing the watchman's message.
In Ezekiel 33:6, the same watchman scenario repeats with identical language — failure to warn brings bloodguilt on the watchman.
In Ezekiel 33:8, the warning duty is restated verbatim, emphasizing the watchman's responsibility to speak or face bloodguilt.
James 5:20 states that bringing back a sinner saves his soul from death — exactly the stakes of the watchman's warning in Ezekiel 3:18.
In Genesis 2:17, God uses the same phrase 'thou shalt surely die' to warn Adam, which appears in 3:18 as the pronouncement against the wicked.
1 Timothy 4:16 directly parallels the watchman's responsibility: 'save yourself and your hearers' by careful teaching and warning.
In Acts 20:27, Paul proclaims the whole counsel — fulfilling the watchman's duty to warn fully, as in Ezekiel.
In Acts 20:26, Paul declares himself innocent of blood — directly echoing Ezekiel's watchman who avoids bloodguilt by faithful warning.
In Luke 13:5, Jesus repeats the warning to repent or perish — reinforcing the same urgent call as Ezekiel's watchman.
In Luke 13:3, Jesus warns that without repentance all will perish — a New Testament parallel to the call to turn from evil ways.
In 2 Samuel 4:11, David demands blood from murderers' hands — identical legal language to Ezekiel's 'require his blood at your hand'.
In Genesis 42:22, Reuben says 'his blood is required' — the same idiom Ezekiel uses for the watchman's accountability.
In Genesis 9:5, God demands an accounting for bloodshed — Ezekiel echoes this divine requirement for the watchman's bloodguilt.
Jeremiah 7:27 says the people will not listen or answer when called — directly paralleling the watchman's audience that refuses to heed the warning.
Jeremiah 6:10 laments that the people cannot listen to warning — the same resistance the watchman faces when he speaks.
In Isaiah 55:7, the wicked are called to forsake their ways and return to the Lord — the very response the watchman's warning aims to produce.
In 2 Chronicles 19:10, Jehoshaphat instructs judges to warn the people to prevent guilt — parallel to the watchman's warning.
In Acts 18:6, Paul declares 'Your blood be on your own heads' after warning the Jews — directly echoing Ezekiel's language of innocence.
In Deuteronomy 22:8, building a parapet prevents bloodguilt — parallel to the watchman's duty to warn to avoid bloodguilt.
In John 8:24, Jesus warns that unbelief leads to dying in sins, echoing the same warning about dying in iniquity.
In Acts 2:40, Peter's urgent call to 'save yourselves from this crooked generation' echoes the watchman's duty to warn people to flee judgment.
Acts 3:19 calls for repentance that the watchman's warning aims to provoke — turning back so sins are blotted out.
James 5:19 describes restoring a wanderer — the same action the watchman undertakes by warning the wicked to turn from sin.