Ezekiel 33:11

Tree of Life Version

Say to them: ‘As I live’—it is a declaration of Adonai—‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Return, return from your evil ways. Why will you die, O house of Israel?’

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:14

For we will all surely die and be like water spilt on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not take away life but rather, He devises plans so that a banished person may not remain an outcast from Him.

Job 37:23

Shaddai, we cannot find Him! He is great in power and justice, and abundant righteousness He does not oppress.

Psalm 51:15

Then will I teach transgressors Your ways and sinners will return to You.

Proverbs 1:23

You are repulsed at my rebuke. Behold, I pour out my heart to you. I will make my words known to you.

Proverbs 8:36

But whoever fails to find me harms his life— all who hate me love death.”

Isaiah 21:12

The watchman said, “Morning comes, yet also it is night.” If you would inquire, inquire. Come back again.”

Isaiah 49:18

Lift up your eyes around and see: all of them will gather and come to you.” “As I live” —it is Adonai’s declaration— “you will wear them all as jewelry and bind them on like a bride.”

Jeremiah 22:24

“As I live,” declares Adonai, “even if Coniah son of King Jehoiakim of Judah were a signet ring on My right hand, yet I would pull you off,

Jeremiah 3:12

Go! Proclaim these words toward the north, saying: “Return backsliding Israel,” says Adonai. “I will no longer frown on you, for I am merciful,” says Adonai. “I will not keep a grudge forever.

Jeremiah 3:22

“Return, backsliding children! I will heal your backsliding.” “Yes, we will come to You for You are Adonai Eloheinu.

Jeremiah 44:7

So now, thus says Adonai, Elohim-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel: “Why are you committing this great evil against your own souls? You cut off from yourselves man and woman, infant and nursing child, from the midst of Judah, to leave yourself without a remnant.

Jeremiah 44:8

You are provoking Me with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have come to dwell, so that you will be cut off and become a curse and a disgrace among all the nations of the earth.

Jeremiah 46:18

As I live,” declares the King —whose Name is Adonai-Tzva’ot— “like Tabor among the mountains, or like Carmel by the sea, so surely he will come.”

Lamentations 3:33

For He does not afflict from His heart or grieve the sons of men.

Ezekiel 14:6

Therefore say to the house of Israel, thus says Adonai Elohim: “Return, turn away from your idols; turn your faces from all your abominations.

Ezekiel 16:48

“As I live”—it is a declaration of Adonai—“your sister Sodom with her daughters have not done as you have done, you and your daughters.

Ezekiel 18:23

“Do I delight at all in the death of the wicked?” It is a declaration of Adonai. “Rather, should he not return from his ways, and live?

Ezekiel 5:11

“Therefore, as I live, says Adonai Elohim, surely, because you have defiled My Sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will shave you off. My eye will not spare, and I will have no pity.

Daniel 9:13

As it is written in the Torah of Moses, all this calamity came on us, yet we have not sought the favor of Adonai Eloheinu by turning away from our iniquities and paying attention to Your truth.

Hosea 11:8

“How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I surrender you, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I set you as Zeboim? My heart is turning over within Me. My compassions are kindled.

Hosea 14:1

Samaria will bear her guilt, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword, their infants dashed to pieces, their pregnant women ripped open.

Joel 2:12

“Yet even now” —it is a declaration of Adonai— “turn to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping and lamenting.”

Zephaniah 2:9

Therefore, as I live, declares Adonai-Tzva’ot God of Israel, Moab will be like Sodom and Ammon like Gomorrah— a possession of weeds and a salt pit, a perpetual wasteland. The remainder of My people will plunder them. The remnant of My nation will dispossess them.

Numbers 14:21

But as certainly as I live and as certainly as the glory of Adonai fills the entire earth,

Numbers 14:28

So tell them, ‘As surely as I live,’ says Adonai, ‘I will do to you just as I heard you say in My ears.

Acts 26:20

Rather, I kept declaring—first to those in Damascus, and then Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also the Gentiles—that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with that repentance.

Acts 3:19

Repent, therefore, and return—so your sins might be blotted out,

Romans 14:11

For it is written, “As I live, says Adonai, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall give praise to God.”

1 Timothy 2:4

He desires all men to be saved and come into the knowledge of the truth.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some consider slowness. Rather, He is being patient toward you—not wanting anyone to perish, but for all to come to repentance.