Ezekiel 33:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.”
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“If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.”
King James Version · Public Domain“When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die therein.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“In the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity--he dieth for it.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 33:18 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 3:20Now if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die in his sin, and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. And I will hold you responsible for his blood.
- Ezekiel 18:26If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, he will die for this. He will die because of the iniquity he has committed.
- Ezekiel 33:12Therefore, son of man, say to your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked man cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. Nor will the righteous man be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.’
- Hebrews 10:38But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
- 2 Peter 2:20If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.
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