Ezekiel 18:27

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When a wicked person turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will preserve his life.

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  • Isa 1:18 : 18 Come, let’s consider your options,” says the LORD.“Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become white like wool.
  • Isa 55:7 : 7 The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the LORD, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.
  • Ezek 18:21 : 21 “But if the wicked person turns from all the sin he has committed and observes all my statutes and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.
  • Ezek 33:5 : 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet but did not heed the warning, so he is responsible for himself. If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life.
  • Matt 9:13 : 13 Go and learn what this saying means:‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
  • Matt 21:28-32 : 28 The Parable of the Two Sons“What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said,‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ 29 The boy answered,‘I will not.’ But later he had a change of heart and went. 30 The father went to the other son and said the same thing. This boy answered,‘I will, sir,’ but did not go. 31 Which of the two did his father’s will?” They said,“The first.” Jesus said to them,“I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God! 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe. Although you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.
  • Acts 2:40 : 40 With many other words he testified and exhorted them saying,“Save yourselves from this perverse generation!”
  • Acts 3:19 : 19 Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out,
  • Acts 20:21 : 21 testifying to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.
  • Acts 26:20 : 20 but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with repentance.
  • 1 Tim 4:16 : 16 Be conscientious about how you live and what you teach. Persevere in this, because by doing so you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.

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  • Ezek 33:18-19
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    89%

    18When a righteous man turns from his godliness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.

    19When the wicked turns from his sin and does what is just and right, he will live because of it.

  • Ezek 18:17-24
    8 verses
    87%

    17refrains from wrongdoing, does not engage in usury or charge interest, carries out my regulations and follows my statutes. He will not die for his father’s iniquity; he will surely live.

    18As for his father, because he practices extortion, robs his brother, and does what is not good among his people, he will die for his iniquity.

    19“Yet you say,‘Why should the son not suffer for his father’s iniquity?’ When the son does what is just and right, and observes all my statutes and carries them out, he will surely live.

    20The person who sins is the one who will die. A son will not suffer for his father’s iniquity, and a father will not suffer for his son’s iniquity; the righteous person will be judged according to his righteousness, and the wicked person according to his wickedness.

    21“But if the wicked person turns from all the sin he has committed and observes all my statutes and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.

    22None of the sins he has committed will be held against him; because of the righteousness he has done, he will live.

    23Do I actually delight in the death of the wicked, declares the Sovereign LORD? Do I not prefer that he turn from his wicked conduct and live?

    24“But if a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing according to all the abominable practices the wicked carry out, will he live? All his righteous acts will not be remembered; because of the unfaithful acts he has done and the sin he has committed, he will die.

  • Ezek 18:28
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    28Because he considered and turned from all the sins he had done, he will surely live; he will not die.

  • Ezek 33:11-16
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    11Say to them,‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but prefer that the wicked change his behavior and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil deeds! Why should you die, O house of Israel?’

    12“And you, son of man, say to your people,‘The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him if he rebels. As for the wicked, his wickedness will not make him stumble if he turns from it. The righteous will not be able to live by his righteousness if he sins.’

    13Suppose I tell the righteous that he will certainly live, but he becomes confident in his righteousness and commits iniquity. None of his righteous deeds will be remembered; because of the iniquity he has committed he will die.

    14Suppose I say to the wicked,‘You must certainly die,’ but he turns from his sin and does what is just and right.

    15He returns what was taken in pledge, pays back what he has stolen, and follows the statutes that give life, committing no iniquity. He will certainly live– he will not die.

    16None of the sins he has committed will be counted against him. He has done what is just and right; he will certainly live.

  • Ezek 18:26
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    26When a righteous person turns back from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing, he will die for it; because of the wrongdoing he has done, he will die.

  • Ezek 3:18-21
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    18When I say to the wicked,“You will certainly die,” and you do not warn him– you do not speak out to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked lifestyle so that he may live– that wicked person will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death.

    19But as for you, if you warn the wicked and he does not turn from his wicked deed and from his wicked lifestyle, he will die for his iniquity but you will have saved your own life.

    20“When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I set an obstacle before him, he will die. If you have not warned him, he will die for his sin. The righteous deeds he performed will not be considered, but I will hold you accountable for his death.

    21However, if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he does not sin, he will certainly live because he was warned, and you will have saved your own life.”

  • Ezek 33:8-9
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    8When I say to the wicked,‘O wicked man, you must certainly die,’ and you do not warn the wicked about his behavior, the wicked man will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death.

    9But if you warn the wicked man to change his behavior, and he refuses to change, he will die for his iniquity, but you have saved your own life.

  • Ezek 18:5
    76%

    5“Suppose a man is righteous. He practices what is just and right,

  • Ezek 18:9
    74%

    9and follows my statutes and observes my regulations by carrying them out. That man is righteous; he will certainly live, declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • Jas 5:20
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    20he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from his wandering path will save that person’s soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

  • Job 33:27-28
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    27That person sings to others, saying:‘I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved.

    28He redeemed my life from going down to the place of corruption, and my life sees the light!’

  • Ezek 18:31-32
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    31Throw away all your sins you have committed and fashion yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why should you die, O house of Israel?

    32For I take no delight in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and live!

  • Prov 16:17
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    17The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.

  • Prov 11:18-19
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    18The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

    19True righteousness leads to life, but the one who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

  • Prov 13:6
    72%

    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.

  • Prov 11:8
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    8A righteous person was delivered out of trouble, then a wicked person took his place.

  • Prov 21:18
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    18The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous are taken in the place of the upright.

  • Prov 28:18
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    18The one who walks blamelessly will be delivered, but whoever is perverse in his ways will fall at once.

  • Job 33:18
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    18He spares a person’s life from corruption, his very life from crossing over the river.

  • Ps 37:27
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    27Turn away from evil! Do what is right! Then you will enjoy lasting security.

  • Isa 55:7
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    7The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the LORD, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.

  • Prov 10:16
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    16The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.

  • Ezek 18:14
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    14“But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father’s example.

  • Prov 19:16
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    16The one who obeys commandments guards his life; the one who despises his ways will die.

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the treacherous will be ensnared by their own desires.

  • Prov 24:16
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    16Indeed a righteous person will fall seven times, and then get up again, but the guilty will collapse in calamity.

  • Prov 29:6
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    6In the transgression of an evil person there is a snare, but a righteous person can sing and rejoice.

  • Prov 28:28
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    28When the wicked gain control, people hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.