Ezekiel 18:27

And when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and shall do judgment and justice, he has kept his soul,

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In The King James Version

Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

In Context

26When the righteous turns away from his righteousness and commits a trespass, and dies in the trespass which he has committed, he shall even die in it.

28and has turned away from all his ungodliness which he has committed: he shall surely live, he shall not die.

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Cross References

Isaiah 1:18And come, let us reason together, saith the Lord: and though your sins be as purple, I will make them white as snow; and though they be as scarlet, I will make them white as wool.

Ezekiel 18:21And 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.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 18:22-30

Encouragement to Repentance. ( b. c. 593.) 21 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. 22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live. 23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God : and not that he should return from his ways, and live? 24 But when the… Read the whole commentary →

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