Ezekiel 3:21

And you, because you have warned him—the righteous—that the righteous does not sin, and he has not sinned, he surely lives, because he has been warned; and you have delivered your soul.”

Literal Standard Version

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

20And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, and he has done perversity, and I have put a stumbling-block before him, he dies; because you have not warned him, he dies in his sin, and his righteousness that he has done is not remembered, and I require his blood from your hand.

22And there is a hand of YHWH on me there, and He says to me, “Rise, go forth to the valley, and there I speak with you.”

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Cross References

Proverbs 9:9Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, || Make known to the righteous, || And he increases learning.

Ezekiel 3:19And you, because you have warned the wicked, and he has not turned back from his wickedness, and from his wicked way, he dies in his iniquity, and you have delivered your soul.

Acts 20:31Therefore, watch, remembering that three years, night and day, I did not cease with tears warning each one;

1 Corinthians 10:12so that he who is thinking to stand—let him observe, lest he fall.

Galatians 2:11And when Peter came to Antioch, I stood up against him to the face, because he was blameworthy,

Ephesians 4:17This, then, I say, and I testify in the LORD: you are no longer to walk, as also the other nations 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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