Ezekiel 18:21

Easy To Read Version

“Now, if a bad person changes his life then he will live and not die. That person might stop doing all the bad things he did. He might begin to carefully obey all my laws. He might become fair and good.

Cross References

Genesis 26:5

I will do this because your father Abraham obeyed my words and did the things I said. Abraham obeyed my commands, my laws, and my rules.”

Psalm 119:1

People living pure lives are happy.\par Those people follow the Lord’s teachings.\par

Psalm 119:112

I will always try very hard\par to obey all your laws.\par

Psalm 119:80

Lord, let me obey your commands perfectly,\par so I will not be ashamed.\par

Proverbs 28:13

A person that hides his sins will not be successful. But a person that confesses his sins and stops doing wrong will receive mercy.

Jeremiah 18:8

But the people of that nation might change their hearts and lives. The people in that nation might stop doing evil things. Then I would change my mind. I would not follow my plans to bring disaster to that nation.

Jeremiah 26:3

Maybe they will listen and obey my message. Maybe they will stop living such evil lives. If they change, then I might change my mind about my plans to punish them. I am planning this punishment because of many bad things those people have done.

Ezekiel 18:17

He helps poor people. If a person wants to borrow money, the good son lends him the money. And he does not charge interest on that loan! The good son obeys my laws and follows my laws. That good son will not be put to death for his father’s sins! That good son will live.

Ezekiel 18:19

“You might ask, ‘Why won’t the son be punished for his father’s sins?’ The reason is that the son was fair and did good things! He very carefully obeyed my laws! So he will live.

Ezekiel 18:5

“If a person is good, then he will live! That good person treats people fairly.

Ezekiel 18:9

He obeys my laws. He thinks about my decisions and learns to be fair and dependable. He is a good person, so he will live.

Ezekiel 3:21

“But if you warn the good person and tell him to stop sinning, and he stops sinning, then he won’t die. Why? Because you warned him and he listened. In this way, you saved your own life.”

Ezekiel 33:19

And if an evil person stops doing bad things and begins to live right and be fair, then he will live!

Ezekiel 36:27

And I will put my Spirit inside you. {\cf2\super [282]} I will change you so you will obey my laws. You will carefully obey my commands.

Daniel 4:27

So, king, please accept my advice. I advise you to stop sinning and do what is right. Stop doing bad things. And be kind to poor people. Then you might continue to be successful.”

Luke 1:6

Zechariah and Elizabeth were truly good people before God. They did everything the Lord (God) commanded and told people to do. They were without fault.

Acts 3:19

So you must change your hearts and lives! Come back to God and he will forgive your sins.

Romans 8:13

If you use your lives to do the wrong things your sinful selves want, then you will die spiritually. But if you use the Spirit’s {\cf2\super [64]} help to stop doing the wrong things you do with your body, then you will have \{true\} life.

James 2:14

My brothers and sisters, if a person says that he has faith, but does nothing, then that faith is worth nothing. Can faith like that save him? No!

James 2:26

A person’s body that does not have a spirit is dead. It is the same with faith—faith that does nothing is dead!