Ezekiel 33:13

In My saying of the righteous: He surely lives, || And—he has trusted on his righteousness, || And he has done perversity, || All his righteous acts are not remembered, || And for his perversity that he has done, || He dies for it.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.

In Context

12And you, son of man, say to the sons of your people: The righteousness of the righteous does not deliver him in the day of his transgression, || And the wickedness of the wicked, || He does not stumble for it in the day of his turning from his wickedness, || And the righteous is not able to live in it in the day of his sinning.

14And in My saying to the wicked: You surely die, || And—he has turned back from his sin, || And has done judgment and righteousness,

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Cross References

Ezekiel 18:4Behold, all the souls are Mine, || As the soul of the father, || So also the soul of the son—they are Mine, || The soul that is sinning—it dies.

Luke 18:9And He also spoke to some who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this allegory:

Philippians 3:9not having my righteousness, which [is] of law, but that which [is] through faith from Christ—the righteousness that is of God by faith,

2 Peter 2:20for if having escaped from the defilements of the world, in the acknowledging of the LORD and Savior Jesus Christ, and again being entangled by these things, they have been overcome, the last things have become worse to them than the first,

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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