Ezekiel 18:21

But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all My statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

In Context

20The soul that sinneth, it shall die; the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father with him, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son with him; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

22None of his transgressions that he hath committed shall be remembered against him; for his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.

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Cross References

Genesis 26:5because that Abraham hearkened to My voice, and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.'

Psalms 119:1ALEPH. Happy are they that are upright in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.

Psalms 119:112I have inclined my heart to perform Thy statutes, for ever, at every step.

Isaiah 1:16Wash you, make you clean, put away the evil of your doings from before Mine eyes, cease to do evil;

Jeremiah 18:8but if that nation turn from their evil, because of which I have spoken against it, I repent of the evil that I thought to do unto it.

Ezekiel 3:21Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning; and thou hast 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 →

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