Jeremiah 31:30

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.”

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BSBPD

“Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“But--each for his own iniquity doth die, Every man who is eating the unripe fruit, Blunted are his teeth.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 31:30 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 24:16Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.
  2. Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
  3. Ezekiel 3:18If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.
  4. Ezekiel 3:24Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
  5. Ezekiel 18:4Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.
  6. Ezekiel 18:20The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.
  7. Ezekiel 33:8If I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity, yet I will hold you accountable for his blood.
  8. Ezekiel 33:13If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but he then trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, then none of his righteous works will be remembered; he will die because of the iniquity he has committed.
  9. Ezekiel 33:18If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.
  10. Galatians 6:5For each one should carry his own load.
  11. Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
  12. James 1:15Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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