Ezekiel 18:21-32
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g "But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does h what is just and right, i he shall surely live; he shall not die.
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j None of the transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him; for the righteousness that he has done he shall live.
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k Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?
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l But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice and does the same abominations that the wicked person does, shall he live? m None of the righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered; for n the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, for them he shall die.
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o "Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not just.' Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?
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l When a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it; for the injustice that he has done he shall die.
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Again, p when a wicked person turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he shall save his life.
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Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions that he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
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Yet the house of Israel says, 'The way of the Lord is not just.' O house of Israel, are my ways not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?
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"Therefore q I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. r Repent and turn from all your transgressions, s lest iniquity be your ruin.
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t Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and u make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! v Why will you die, O house of Israel?
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w For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; r so turn, and live."
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Ezekiel 18:27
Again, when a wicked person turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he shall save his life.
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Ezekiel 18:5
If a man is righteous and does what is just and right -
Ezekiel 18:19
Yet you say, 'Why should not the son suffer for the iniquity of the father?' When the son has done what is just and right, and has been careful to observe all my statutes, he shall surely live.
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Ezekiel 18:9
Walks in my statutes, and keeps my rules by acting faithfully - he is righteous; he shall surely live, declares the Lord God.
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Ezekiel 33:16
None of the sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him. He has done what is just and right; he shall surely live.
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Ezekiel 18:32
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Ezekiel 3:20
Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. Because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, and his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered, but his blood I will require at your hand.
Ezekiel 33:12 - 13
And you, son of man, say to your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him when he transgresses, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall by it when he turns from his wickedness, and the righteous shall not be able to live by his righteousness when he sins.
Ezekiel 33:18
When the righteous turns from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it.
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2 Peter 2:20 - 21
For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
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Ezekiel 14:13
Son of man, when a land sins against me by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out my hand against it and break its supply of bread and send famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast.
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Ezekiel 33:17
Yet your people say, 'The way of the Lord is not just,' when it is their own way that is not just.
Ezekiel 33:20
Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not just.' O house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his ways.
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Ezekiel 18:24
But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice and does the same abominations that the wicked person does, shall he live? None of the righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, for them he shall die.
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Ezekiel 18:21
But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is just and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
Ezekiel 33:19
And when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he shall live by this.
Ezekiel 13:22
Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not grieved him, and you have encouraged the wicked, that he should not turn from his evil way to save his life.
Ezekiel 33:11 - 12
Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?
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Ezekiel 7:3
Now the end is upon you, and I will send my anger upon you; I will judge you according to your ways, and I will punish you for all your abominations.
Ezekiel 7:8
Now I will soon pour out my wrath upon you, and spend my anger against you, and judge you according to your ways, and I will punish you for all your abominations.
Ezekiel 33:20
Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not just.' O house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his ways.
Ezekiel 36:19
I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. In accordance with their ways and their deeds I judged them.
Ezekiel 39:24
I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and their transgressions, and hid my face from them.
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Ezekiel 14:6
Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God : Repent and turn away from your idols, and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
Hosea 14:1
Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
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Isaiah 3:8
For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because their speech and their deeds are against the Lord, defying his glorious presence.
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Ezekiel 20:7
And I said to them, Cast away the detestable things your eyes feast on, every one of you, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.
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Ezekiel 11:19
And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh.
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Ezekiel 33:11
Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?
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Ezekiel 18:23
Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?
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Ezekiel 18:30
Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, lest iniquity be your ruin.
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