Ezekiel 18:21
And if the transgressor turn away from all his iniquities which he has committed, and keep all my commandments, and do justice and mercy, he shall surely live, and shall by no means die.
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Genesis 26:5Because Abraham thy father hearkened to my voice, and kept my injunctions, and my commandments, and my ordinances, and my statutes.
Psalms 119:1A Song of Degrees. 1 In mine affliction I cried to the Lord, 1 And he hearkened to me. 1
Isaiah 1:16Wash you, be clean; remove your iniquities from your souls before mine eyes; cease from your iniquities;
Jeremiah 18:8and that nation turn from all their sins, then will I repent of the evils which I purposed to do to them.
Ezekiel 3:21But if thou warn the righteous not to sin, and he sin not, the righteous shall surely live, because thou hast warned him; and thou shalt deliver thine own 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 →