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Eze 18:21 — But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

if the		Eze 18:27,28,30; Eze 33:11-16,19; 2Ch 33:12,13; Pro 28:13; Isa 1:16-20; Isa 55:6,7; Luk 24:47; Act 3:19; Act 26:18-20; 1Ti 1:13-16; Jam 4:8-10
and keep		Eze 18:9; Eze 36:27; Gen 26:5; Psa 119:80,112; Luk 1:6; Jam 2:14,26
and do		Eze 18:5,19,27; Psa 119:1; Gal 5:22-24; Tts 2:11-14
he shall surely		Eze 18:17,28; Eze 3:21; Rom 8:13

Correlating Passages

if the

	Eze 18:27	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.
	Eze 18:28	Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
	Eze 18:30	Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn [yourselves] from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
	Eze 33:11	Say unto them, [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
	Eze 33:12	Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his [righteousness] in the day that he sinneth.
	Eze 33:13	When I shall say to the righteous, [that] he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.
	Eze 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;
	Eze 33:15	[If] the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
	Eze 33:16	None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
	Eze 33:19	But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
	2Ch 33:12	And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
	2Ch 33:13	And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he [was] God.
	Pro 28:13	He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.
	Isa 1:16	Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
	Isa 1:17	Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
	Isa 1:18	Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
	Isa 1:19	If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
	Isa 1:20	But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken [it].
	Isa 55:6	Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
	Isa 55:7	Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
	Luk 24:47	And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
	Act 3:19	Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
	Act 26:18	To open their eyes, [and] to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
	Act 26:19	Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
	Act 26:20	But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and [then] to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
	1Ti 1:13	Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did [it] ignorantly in unbelief.
	1Ti 1:14	And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
	1Ti 1:15	This [is] a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
	1Ti 1:16	Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
	Jam 4:8	Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.
	Jam 4:9	Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.
	Jam 4:10	Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

and keep

	Eze 18:9	Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he [is] just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.
	Eze 36:27	And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do [them].
	Gen 26:5	Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
	Psa 119:80	Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
	Psa 119:112	I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, [even unto] the end.
	Luk 1:6	And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
	Jam 2:14	What [doth it] profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
	Jam 2:26	For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

and do

	Eze 18:5	But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
	Eze 18:19	Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, [and] hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
	Eze 18:27	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.
	Psa 119:1	ALEPH. Blessed [are] the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
	Gal 5:22	But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
	Gal 5:23	Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
	Gal 5:24	And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
	Tts 2:11	For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
	Tts 2:12	Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
	Tts 2:13	Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
	Tts 2:14	Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

he shall surely

	Eze 18:17	[That] hath taken off his hand from the poor, [that] hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
	Eze 18:28	Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
	Eze 3:21	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.
	Rom 8:13	For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

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Scott, Thomas. "Ezekiel 18:21," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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