Ezekiel 18:21–32

²¹“But ^xif a wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die. ^22yNone of the transgressions which he has committed shall be remembered against him; because of the righteousness which he has done, he shall ^zlive. ^23aDo I have any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?” says the Lord God, “and not that he should turn from his ways and live?

²⁴“But ^bwhen a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? ^cAll the righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; because of the unfaithfulness of which he is guilty and the sin which he has committed, because of them he shall die.

²⁵“Yet you say, ^d‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ Hear now, O house of Israel, is it not My way which is fair, and your ways which are not fair? ^26eWhen a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity, and dies in it, it is because of the iniquity which he has done that he dies. ²⁷Again, ^fwhen a wicked man turns away from the wickedness which he committed, and does what is lawful and right, he preserves himself alive. ²⁸Because he ^gconsiders and turns away from all the transgressions which he committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die. ^29hYet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ O house of Israel, is it not My ways which are fair, and your ways which are not fair?

³⁰ⁱ“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways,” says the Lord God. ^j“Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin. ^31kCast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a ^lnew heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel? ³²For ^mI have no pleasure in the death of one who dies,” says the Lord God. “Therefore turn and ⁿlive!”