Ezekiel 33:10-16

10“Now as for you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what you have 1said: “Surely our offenses and our sins are upon us, and we are 2rotting away in them; 3how then can we 4survive?”’ 11Say to them, ‘5As I live!’ declares the Lord 6God, ‘I take 7no pleasure at all in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked 8turn from his way and live. 9Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then should you die, house of Israel?’ 12And you, son of man, say to 10your fellow citizens, ‘The 11righteousness of a righteous one will not save him on the day of his offense, and as for the wickedness of a wicked one, he will 12not stumble because of it on the day when he turns from his wickedness; whereas a righteous one will not be able to live 13by his righteousness on the day when he commits sin.’ 13When I say to the righteous that he will certainly live, and he so trusts in his righteousness that he 14commits injustice, none of his righteous deeds will be remembered; but for that same injustice of his which he has committed he will die. 14But when I say to the wicked, ‘You will certainly die,’ and he 15turns from his sin and practices 16justice and righteousness, 15if a wicked person returns a pledge, 17pays back what he has taken by robbery, walks by the 18statutes 19which ensure life without committing injustice, he shall certainly live; he shall not die. 1620None of his sins that he has committed will be remembered against him. He has practiced justice and righteousness; he shall certainly live.