Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked?” says the Lord GOD, “and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Ezekiel 18:23 in context
Ezekiel 18:20–26
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The soul who sins, he shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.
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“But if the wicked turns from all his sins that he has committed, and keeps all my statutes, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live. He shall not die.
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None of his transgressions that he has committed will be remembered against him. In his righteousness that he has done, he shall live.
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Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked?” says the Lord GOD, “and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?
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“But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, should he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done will be remembered. In his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them he shall die.
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“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not equal.’ Hear now, house of Israel: Is my way not equal? Aren’t your ways unequal?
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When the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies in it, then he dies in his iniquity that he has done.
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