“But if a man is righteous and practices justice and righteousness,

and if he does not lend money at interest or take interest, if he keeps his hand from injustice and executes true justice between one person and another,

“Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not suffer the punishment for the father’s guilt?’ When the son has practiced justice and righteousness and has kept all My statutes and done them, he shall certainly live.

“But if the wicked person turns from all his sins which he has committed and keeps all My statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall certainly live; he shall not die.

But when a wicked person turns away from his wickedness which he has committed and practices justice and righteousness, he will save his life.

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery, and they have oppressed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the stranger without justice.

But when I say to the wicked, ‘You will certainly die,’ and he turns from his sin and practices justice and righteousness,

None of his sins that he has committed will be remembered against him. He has practiced justice and righteousness; he shall certainly live.

But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and practices justice and righteousness, he will live by them.

‘This is what the Lord God says: “Enough, you princes of Israel; get rid of violence and destruction, and practice justice and righteousness. Revoke your evictions of My people,” declares the Lord God.