He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
Ezekiel 33:14 - Revised Standard Version CI 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, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Again, when I have said to the wicked, You shall surely die, if he turns from his sin and does that which is lawful and right– American Standard Version (1901) Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; Common English Bible And even if I have pronounced a death sentence on the wicked, if they turn from sin and do what is just and right— Catholic Public Domain Version And if I say to the impious man, 'You shall certainly die,' and yet he repents from his sin, and he does judgment and justice, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And if I shall say to the wicked: Thou shalt surely die: and he do penance for his sin, and do judgment and justice, |
He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for what his hands have done shall be done to him.
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.
“If you return, O Israel, says the Lord, to me you should return. If you remove your abominations from my presence, and do not waver,
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;
“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.
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.
And when the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does what is lawful and right, he shall live by it.
If I say to the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
I will heal their faithlessness; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them.
He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,