"But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby." — Ezekiel 33:19

Ezekiel 33:19 · KJV

“But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.”

— Ezekiel 33:19

Verse 18

When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

Verse 20

Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

Ezekiel 33 — Context

Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.

Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth {month}, in the fifth {day} of the month, {that} one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

Cross References

Ezekiel 18:27-28

Again, when the wicked {man} turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

Ezekiel 33:14

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; {that...: Heb. judgment and justice}