Ezekiel 18:27

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Ezekiel 18:25–29 · Berean Standard Bible

25 Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?

26 If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, he will die for this. He will die because of the iniquity he has committed.

27 But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.

28 Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.

29 Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Are My ways unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?

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Ezekiel 18:21

But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.

Isaiah 1:18

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Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

Matthew 9:13

But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Matthew 21:28

But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’

Matthew 21:29

‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.

Matthew 21:30

Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go.

Matthew 21:31

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Matthew 21:32

For John came to you in a righteous way and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.

Acts 3:19

Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,

Acts 20:21

testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 26:20

First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.

Ezekiel 33:5

Since he heard the sound of the horn but failed to heed the warning, his blood will be on his own head. If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life.

Acts 2:40

With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”

1 Timothy 4:16

Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.