Ezekiel 33:12-19

12“Son of man, say to your people, ‘The right things that a righteous person has done will not save him when he rebels. The wicked things that a wicked person has done will not make him stumble when he turns from his wickedness. The righteous person will not live when he sins.’

13I may promise the righteous person that he will certainly live. But if he trusts in the right things that he has done and he does evil, none of the right things that he has done will be remembered. He will die because of the evil things he has done.

14I may warn the wicked person that he will certainly die. But suppose he turns from his sin and does what is fair and right.

15He returns the security for a loan, pays back everything he stole, lives by the rules of life, and does nothing evil. Then he will certainly live. He will not die.

16None of the sins that he has done will be remembered. He has done what is fair and right. He will certainly live.

17“But your people say, ‘The Lord’s way is unfair.’ Yet, their ways are unfair.

18If the righteous person turns from the right things that he has done and does evil, he will die because of it.

19If the wicked person turns from his wickedness and does what is fair and right, he will live because of it.