Ezekiel 18:21-24

Expanded Bible

²¹ “But suppose the wicked ·stop doing all [turn away from] the sins they have done and obey all my ·rules [statutes; ordinances; requirements] and do what is ·fair [just] and right. Then they will surely live; they will not die. ²² None of their ·sins [transgressions] will be ·held [^Lremembered] against them. Because they have done what is ·right [righteous], they will live. ²³ ·I do not really want the wicked to die [^LDo I take pleasure in the death of the wicked…?], says the Lord God. ·I [Do I not…?] want them to ·stop [turn from] their ·bad ways [^Lways] and live.

²⁴ “But suppose ·good people [the righteous] ·stop doing good [turn from righteousness] and do wrong and do the same ·hateful [detestable; abominable] things the wicked do. Will they live? All their ·good [righteous] acts will ·be forgotten [^Lnot be remembered], because they became unfaithful. They have sinned, so they will die because of their sins.