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21 But if the wicked turn away from all their sins that they have committed and keep all my statutes and do what is lawful and right, they shall surely live; they shall not die.(A) 22 None of the transgressions that they have committed shall be remembered against them, for the righteousness that they have done they shall live.(B) 23 Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, says the Lord God, and not rather that they should turn from their ways and live?(C) 24 But when the righteous turn away from their righteousness and commit iniquity and do the same abominable things that the wicked do, shall they live? None of the righteous deeds that they have done shall be remembered, for the treachery of which they are guilty and the sin they have committed, they shall die.(D)

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21 “Now if the wicked person turns from all the sins he has committed,(A) keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will certainly live; he will not die. 22 None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him.(B) He will live because of the righteousness he has practiced.(C) 23 Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked?”(D) This is the declaration of the Lord God. “Instead, don’t I take pleasure when he turns from his ways and lives? 24 But when a righteous person turns from his righteousness(E) and practices iniquity, committing the same detestable acts that the wicked do, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered.(F) He will die because of the treachery he has engaged in and the sin he has committed.

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