Ezekiel 18:22-26
Ezekiel 18:22
All his offenses which he has committed will not be remembered against him; because of his righteousness which he has practiced, he will live.
Ezekiel 18:23
Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked,” declares the Lord God, “rather than that he would turn from his ways and live?
Ezekiel 18:24
“But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness, commits injustice and does according to all the abominations that the wicked person does, will he live? All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his treachery which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die.
Ezekiel 18:25
Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ Hear now, house of Israel! Is My way not right? Is it not your ways that are not right?
Ezekiel 18:26
When a righteous person turns away from his righteousness, commits injustice and dies because of it, for his injustice which he has committed he dies.