Ezekiel 18:30

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Summary

Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

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Repent

Yourselves

Ezekiel 18:32

General references

Ezekiel 18:3

Romans 2:6

Bible References

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Then once more you will see that I make a distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and the one who does not.

For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.

All the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be paid back according to what he has done while in the body, whether good or evil.

Let each one examine his own work. Then he can take pride in himself and not compare himself with someone else.

(Look! I am coming soon, and my reward is with me to pay each one according to what he has done!

Repent

"But if the wicked person turns from all the sin he has committed and observes all my statutes and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.

"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Return! Turn from your idols, and turn your faces away from your abominations.

But if you warn the wicked man to change his behavior, and he refuses to change, he will die for his iniquity, but you have saved your own life.

Just as it is written in the law of Moses, so all this calamity has come on us. Still we have not tried to pacify the LORD our God by turning back from our sin and by seeking wisdom from your reliable moral standards.

But you must return to your God, by maintaining love and justice, and by waiting for your God to return to you.

"Yet even now," the Lord says, "return to me with all your heart -- with fasting, weeping, and mourning. Tear your hearts, not just your garments!"

"Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near."

but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with repentance.

Therefore, remember from what high state you have fallen and repent! Do the deeds you did at the first; if not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place -- that is, if you do not repent.

Yourselves

For I take no delight in the death of anyone, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent and live!

General references

"As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, you will not quote this proverb in Israel anymore!

He will reward each one according to his works: