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As I live,” says the Lord God, “you will not use this proverb anymore in Israel, for all souls are mine to judge—fathers and sons alike—and my rule is this: It is for a man’s own sins that he will die.

“But if a man is just and does what is lawful and right,

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“As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, you will no longer quote this proverb(A) in Israel. For everyone belongs to me, the parent as well as the child—both alike belong to me. The one who sins(B) is the one who will die.(C)

“Suppose there is a righteous man
    who does what is just and right.

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