Ezekiel 33:16

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

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

In Context

15if he restores a pledge, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity—then he will surely live; he will not die.

17Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.

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Cross References

Psalms 103:9He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.

Isaiah 43:25I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

Ezekiel 18:22None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. Because of the righteousness he has practiced, he will live.

Micah 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?

Romans 5:21so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 33:11-21

The Cavils of the People Answered. ( b. c. 587.) 10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live? 11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God , I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? 12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy… Read the whole commentary →

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