When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will even die therein.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Ezekiel 33:18 in context
Ezekiel 33:15–21
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if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity, he will surely live. He will not die.
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None of his sins that he has committed will be remembered against him. He has done that which is lawful and right. He will surely live.
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“‘Yet the children of your people say, “The way of the Lord is not fair;” but as for them, their way is not fair.
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When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will even die therein.
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When the wicked turns from his wickedness and does that which is lawful and right, he will live by it.
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Yet you say, “The way of the Lord is not fair.” House of Israel, I will judge every one of you after his ways.’”
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In the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, one who had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, “The city has been defeated!”
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