Ezekiel 3:21

But if thou warn the just man, that the just may not sin, and he doth not sin: living he shall live, because thou hast warned him, and thou hast delivered thy soul.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.

In Context

20Moreover if the just man shall turn away from his justice, and shall commit iniquity: I will lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die, because thou hast not given him warning: he shall die in his sin, and his justices which he hath done, shall not be remembered: but I will require his blood at thy hand.

22And the hand of the Lord was upon me, and he said to me: Rise and go forth into the plain, and there I will speak to thee.

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Cross References

Proverbs 9:9Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it.

Ezekiel 3:19But if thou give warning to the wicked, and he be not converted from his wickedness, and from his evil way: he indeed shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul.

Acts 20:31Therefore watch, keeping in memory, that for three years I ceased not, with tears to admonish every one of you night and day.

1 Corinthians 10:12Wherefore he that thinketh himself to stand, let him take heed lest he fall.

Galatians 2:11But when Cephas was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.

Ephesians 4:17This then I say and testify in the Lord: That henceforward you walk not as also the Gentiles walk in the vanity of their mind,

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 3:17-22

The Watchman's Office. ( b. c. 595.) 16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. 18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.… Read the whole commentary →

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