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Ezekiel 18:23 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live? "

Ezekiel 18:23

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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.

22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.

23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?

24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

25 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

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Ezekiel 33:11

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"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?"

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Ezekiel 18:32

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"For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live"

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Romans 11:11

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"I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy."

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Luke 15:10

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"Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth."

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From This Chapter

Ezekiel 18:1

"The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,"

Ezekiel 18:2

"What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?"

Ezekiel 18:3

"As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel."

Ezekiel 18:4

"Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die."

Ezekiel 18:5

"But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,"

Ezekiel 18:6

"And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,"
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