They are more desirable than gold, yes, more than much pure gold! They are sweeter than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.
Ezekiel 3:21 - Tree of Life Version If you warn the righteous person not to sin and the righteous person does not sin, he will surely live, because he took warning. You will have delivered your soul.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man not to sin and he does not sin, he shall surely live because he is warned; also you have delivered yourself from guilt. American Standard Version (1901) Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning; and thou hast delivered thy soul. Common English Bible But if you do warn the righteous not to sin, and they don’t sin, they will be declared righteous. Their lives will be preserved because they heeded the warning, and you will save your life. Catholic Public Domain Version But if you announce to the just man, so that the just man may not sin, and he does not sin, then he shall certainly live, because you have announced to him. And you will have delivered your own soul." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if thou warn the just man, that the just may not sin, and he doth not sin: living he shall live because thou hast warned him, and thou hast delivered thy soul. |
They are more desirable than gold, yes, more than much pure gold! They are sweeter than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.
A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred lashes on a fool.
Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still. Teach a righteous man and he will increase in learning.
If you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it and he does not turn from his way, then he will die in his iniquity—but you have saved your soul.
Therefore be alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning you with tears.
Therefore let the one who thinks that he stands watch out that he doesn’t fall.
I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to warn you as my dearly loved children.
We proclaim Him, warning and teaching everyone in all wisdom, so that we may present every person complete in Messiah.
We urge you, brothers and sisters, correct the unruly, comfort the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone.
Give attention to yourself and your teaching. Persevere in these things, for in doing so you will save yourself and those who hear you.
So communicate these things, and encourage and correct with complete authority. Let no one look down on you.
let him know that the one who turns a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.
Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore, be zealous and repent.