The righteousness of a righteous man will not save him on the day that he rebels, and the wickedness of a wicked man will not cause him to stumble on the day that he turns away from his wickedness. Likewise, a righteous man will not be able to live by his righteousness on the day that he sins.

¹³ When I say about the righteous man, “He will surely live,” but he then trusts in his own righteousness and does unrighteous things, all of his righteous acts will no longer be remembered, and he will die because of^[a] the unrighteous things he does.

¹⁴ Or when I say to the wicked man, “You will surely die,” and he turns from his sin and practices justice and righteousness— ¹⁵ if that wicked man returns the collateral paid to him for a loan, returns what he has stolen, walks in the laws that lead to life, and so avoids doing unrighteous things—he will surely live. He will not die. ¹⁶ All of the evil acts he committed will not be remembered against him. Since he has practiced justice and righteousness, he will certainly live.