Ezekiel 33:10–20

¹⁰Therefore, 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 ⁿwe pine away in them, ^ohow should we then live? ¹¹Say unto them, ^pAs I live, saith the Lord God, ^qI 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 ^rwhy will ye die, O house of Israel? ¹²Therefore, thou son of man, say unto ^athe children of thy people, ^sThe righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, ^the shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; ^sneither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth. ¹³When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; ^sif 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. ¹⁴Again, ^uwhen I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; ^vif he turn from his sin, and ^vdo that which is lawful and right; ¹⁵if the wicked ^wrestore the pledge, ^xgive again that he had robbed, walk in ^ythe statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. ^16zNone of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: ^vhe hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live. ^17aYet ^bthe children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. ^18cWhen the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby. ^19dBut if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and ^vdo that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby. ^20aYet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, ^eI will judge you every one after his ways.