Ezekiel 33:8–15

^8hWhen I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak ^dto warn the wicked from his way, ^ghthat wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but ^hhis blood will I require at thine hand. ^9lNevertheless, if thou ^dwarn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, ^ghe shall die in his iniquity; ^lmbut thou hast delivered thy soul.

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.