Ezekiel 33:11-14

11Say to them, ‘1As I live!’ declares the Lord 2God, ‘I take 3no pleasure at all in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked 4turn from his way and live. 5Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then should you die, house of Israel?’

12And you, son of man, say to 6your fellow citizens, ‘The 7righteousness 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 8not stumble because of it on the day when he turns from his wickedness; whereas a righteous one will not be able to live 9by 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 10commits 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 11turns from his sin and practices 12justice and righteousness,