Ezekiel 18:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Not one of the sins which he has done will be kept in memory against him: in the righteousness which he has done he will have life.

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  • Ps 18:20-24 : 20 The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him. 21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God. 22 For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me. 23 And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin. 24 Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.
  • Isa 43:25 : 25 I, even I, am he who takes away your sins; and I will no longer keep your evil doings in mind.
  • Ezek 33:16 : 16 Not one of the sins which he has done will be kept in mind against him: he has done what is ordered and right, life will certainly be his.
  • Mic 7:19 : 19 He will again have pity on us; he will put our sins under his feet: and you will send all our sins down into the heart of the sea.
  • Jer 50:20 : 20 In those days and in that time, says the Lord, when the evil-doing of Israel is looked for, there will be nothing; and in Judah no sins will be seen: for I will have forgiveness for those whom I will keep safe.
  • Ezek 18:24 : 24 But when the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, like all the disgusting things which the evil man does, will he have life? Not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory: in the wrong which he has done and in his sin death will overtake him.
  • Rom 2:6-7 : 6 Who will give to every man his right reward: 7 To those who go on with good works in the hope of glory and honour and salvation from death, he will give eternal life:
  • Rom 8:1 : 1 For this cause those who are in Christ Jesus will not be judged as sinners.
  • Gal 6:7-8 : 7 Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain. 8 Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.
  • Heb 8:12 : 12 And I will have mercy on their evil-doing, and I will not keep their sins in mind.
  • Heb 10:3-4 : 3 But year by year there is a memory of sins in those offerings. 4 Because it is not possible for the blood of oxen and goats to take away sins.
  • Jas 2:21-26 : 21 Was not the righteousness of Abraham our father judged by his works, when he made an offering of Isaac his son on the altar? 22 You see that his faith was helping his works and was made complete by them; 23 And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God. 24 You see that a man's righteousness is judged by his works and not by his faith only. 25 And in the same way, was not the righteousness of Rahab, the loose woman, judged by her works, when she took into her house those who were sent and let them go out by another way? 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead even so faith without works is dead.
  • 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue, 6 And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind, 7 And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself. 8 For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For the man who has not these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having no memory of how he was made clean from his old sins. 10 For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall: 11 For so the way will be open to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
  • 1 John 3:7 : 7 My little children, let no man take you out of the true way: he who does righteousness is upright, even as he is upright;
  • Jer 31:34 : 34 And no longer will they be teaching every man his neighbour and every man his brother, saying, Get knowledge of the Lord: for they will all have knowledge of me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord: for they will have my forgiveness for their evil-doing, and their sin will go from my memory for ever.
  • 1 Kgs 17:18 : 18 And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come to put God in mind of my sin, and to put my son to death?
  • 2 Chr 6:23 : 23 Then let your ear be open in heaven, and be the judge of your servants, giving punishment to the wrongdoer, so that his sin may come on his head; and, by your decision, keeping from evil him who has done no wrong.
  • Ps 19:11 : 11 By them is your servant made conscious of danger, and in keeping them there is great reward.
  • Ps 25:7 : 7 Do not keep in mind my sins when I was young, or my wrongdoing: let your memory of me be full of mercy, O Lord, because of your righteousness.
  • Ps 32:1-2 : 1 <Of David. Maschil.> Happy is he who has forgiveness for his wrongdoing, and whose sin is covered. 2 Happy is the man in whom the Lord sees no evil, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
  • Ps 51:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.> Have pity on me, O God, in your mercy; out of a full heart, take away my sin.
  • Ps 103:12 : 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he put our sins from us.

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  • Ezek 33:10-19
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    10And you, son of man, say to the children of Israel, You say, Our wrongdoing and our sins are on us and we are wasting away in them; how then may we have life?

    11Say to them, By my life, says the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the evil-doer; it is more pleasing to me if he is turned from his way and has life: be turned, be turned from your evil ways; why are you looking for death, O children of Israel?

    12And you, son of man, say to the children of your people, The righteousness of the upright man will not make him safe in the day when he does wrong; and the evil-doing of the evil man will not be the cause of his fall in the day when he is turned from his evil-doing; and the upright man will not have life because of his righteousness in the day when he does evil.

    13When I say to the upright that life will certainly be his; if he puts his faith in his righteousness and does evil, not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory; but in the evil he has done, death will overtake him.

    14And when I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly be your fate; if he is turned from his sin and does what is ordered and right;

    15If the evil-doer lets one who is in his debt have back what is his, and gives back what he had taken by force, and is guided by the rules of life, doing no evil; life will certainly be his, death will not overtake him.

    16Not one of the sins which he has done will be kept in mind against him: he has done what is ordered and right, life will certainly be his.

    17But the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: when it is they whose way is not equal.

    18When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him in it.

    19And when the evil man, turning away from his evil-doing, does what is ordered and right, he will get life by it.

  • Ezek 18:26-28
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    26When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him; in the evil which he has done death will overtake him.

    27Again, when the evil-doer, turning away from the evil he has done, does what is ordered and right, he will have life for his soul.

    28Because he had fear and was turned away from all the wrong which he had done, life will certainly be his, death will not be his fate.

  • Ezek 18:16-21
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    16Or done wrong to any, or taken anything from one in his debt, or taken goods by force, but has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;

    17Who has kept his hand from evil-doing and has not taken interest or great profits, who has done my orders and been guided by my rules: he will certainly not be put to death for the evil-doing of his father; life will certainly be his.

    18As for his father, because he was cruel, took goods by force, and did what is not good among his people, truly, death will overtake him in his evil-doing.

    19But you say, Why does not the son undergo punishment for the evil-doing of the father? When the son has done what is ordered and right, and has kept my rules and done them, life will certainly be his.

    20The soul which does sin will be put to death: the son will not be made responsible for the evil-doing of the father, or the father for the evil-doing of the son; the righteousness of the upright will be on himself, and the evil-doing of the evil-doer on himself.

    21But if the evil-doer, turning away from all the sins which he has done, keeps my rules and does what is ordered and right, life will certainly be his; death will not be his fate.

  • Ezek 18:23-24
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    23Have I any pleasure in the death of the evil-doer? says the Lord: am I not pleased if he is turned from his way so that he may have life?

    24But when the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, like all the disgusting things which the evil man does, will he have life? Not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory: in the wrong which he has done and in his sin death will overtake him.

  • Ezek 18:7-10
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    7And has done no wrong to any, but has given back to the debtor what is his, and has taken no one's goods by force, and has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;

    8And has not given his money out at interest or taken great profits, and, turning his hand from evil-doing, has kept faith between man and man,

    9And has been guided by my rules and has kept my laws and done them: he is upright, life will certainly be his, says the Lord.

    10If he has a son who is a thief, a taker of life, who does any of these things,

  • Ezek 3:19-21
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    19But if you give the evil-doer word of his danger, and he is not turned from his sin or from his evil way, death will overtake him in his evil-doing; but your life will be safe.

    20Again, when an upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, and I put a cause of falling in his way, death will overtake him: because you have given him no word of his danger, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, and there will be no memory of the upright acts which he has done; but I will make you responsible for his blood.

    21But if you say to the upright man that he is not to do evil, he will certainly keep his life because he took note of your word; and your life will be safe.

  • Ezek 18:13-14
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    13And has given out his money at interest and taken great profits: he will certainly not go on living: he has done all these disgusting things: death will certainly be his fate; his blood will be on him.

    14Now if he has a son who sees all his father's sins which he has done, and in fear does not do the same:

  • Ezek 18:5
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    5But if a man is upright, living rightly and doing righteousness,

  • Ezek 18:31-32
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    31Put away all your evil-doing in which you have done sin; and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: why are you desiring death, O children of Israel?

    32For I have no pleasure in the death of him on whom death comes, says the Lord: be turned back then, and have life.

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    12And I will have mercy on their evil-doing, and I will not keep their sins in mind.

  • Ezek 17:18-19
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    18For he put his oath on one side in letting the agreement be broken; and though he had given his hand to it, he did all these things; he will not get away safe.

    19And so the Lord has said, By my life, truly, for my oath which he put on one side, and my agreement which has been broken, I will send punishment on his head.

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    8Happy is the man against whom no sin is recorded by the Lord.

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    2Happy is the man in whom the Lord sees no evil, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

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    17And I will keep no more memory of their sins and of their evil-doings.

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    5So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.

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    4As for the man of pride, my soul has no pleasure in him; but the upright man will have life through his good faith.

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    10He has not given us the punishment for our sins, or the reward of our wrongdoing.

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    8And I will make them clean from all their sin, with which they have been sinning against me; I will have forgiveness for all their sins, with which they have been sinning against me, and with which they have done evil against me.

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    23For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.

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    3By my life, says the Lord, you will no longer have this saying in Israel.

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    17And if anyone does wrong, and does any of the things which the Lord has given orders are not to be done, though he has no knowledge of it, still he is in the wrong and he is responsible.

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    25I, even I, am he who takes away your sins; and I will no longer keep your evil doings in mind.

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    22And the priest will take away his sin before the Lord with the sheep which is offered for his wrongdoing, and he will have forgiveness for the sin which he has done.

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    28He kept my soul from the underworld, and my life sees the light in full measure.

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    24And the men of Zion will not say, I am ill: for its people will have forgiveness for their sin.