Ezekiel 18:21
But if a wicked man turns from all his sins that he has committed, and keeps all my statutes, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live. He shall not die.
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Genesis 26:5because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my order, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Psalms 119:1Blessed are those who are perfect in the way, who walk in the law of LORD.
Psalms 119:112I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes forever, even to the end.
Isaiah 1:16Wash you, make you clean, put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.
Jeremiah 18:8if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from their evil, I will relent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
Ezekiel 3:21Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous man not sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning, and thou have delivered thy soul.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 18:11-21
The Ways of God Justified; God's Vindication of Himself. ( b. c. 593.) 10 If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things, 11 And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife, 12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination, 13 Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase:… Read the whole commentary →