Ezekiel 18:24
But, when a righteous man, shall turn away, from his righteousness and do that which is perverse, Shall do, according to all the abominations which the lawless man hath done, Shall he live? None of his righteous acts which he hath done, shall be remembered, In his treachery wherein he hath been treacherous, And in his sin wherein he hath sinned, In them, shall he die.
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1 Samuel 15:11I am grieved that I made Saul to be king, for he hath turned back from following me, and, my words, hath he not established. And it was vexing to Samuel, so that he made outcry unto Yahweh, all the night.
2 Chronicles 24:17Now, after the death of Jehoiada, came the rulers of Judah, and bowed themselves down unto the king,—then, hearkened the king unto them.
Psalms 125:5As for them who turn aside unto their crooked ways, Yahweh, will lead them forth, with the workers of iniquity, Prosperity on Israel!
Proverbs 21:16The man who wandereth from the way of discretion, in the gathered host of the shades, shall settle down.
Ezekiel 18:10But he hath begotten a son Who is a violent man A shedder of blood,- Who doeth the like of any of these things;
Ezekiel 18:22None of his transgressions which he hath committed shall be remembered against him, —In his righteousness which he hath done, he shall live.
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 →