Ezekiel 18:27

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Again, when a wicked man turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is lawful and right, he shall save his life.

Cross References

Isaiah 1:18

“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

Isaiah 55:7

let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Ezekiel 13:22

Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not disheartened him, and you have encouraged the wicked, that he should not turn from his wicked way to save his life;

Ezekiel 18:21

“But if a wicked man turns away from all his sins which he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

Ezekiel 18:26

When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die for it; for the iniquity which he has committed he shall die.

Ezekiel 18:28

Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions which he had committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

Ezekiel 33:14

Again, though I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ yet if he turns from his sin and does what is lawful and right,

Ezekiel 33:5

He heard the sound of the trumpet, and did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But if he had taken warning, he would have saved his life.

Matthew 9:13

Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Acts 2:40

And he testified with many other words and exhorted them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.”

Acts 20:21

testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance to God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 26:20

but declared first to those at Damascus, then at Jerusalem and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God and perform deeds worthy of their repentance.

Acts 3:19

Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

1 Timothy 4:16

Take heed to yourself and to your teaching; hold to that, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.