Ezekiel 18:31

God's Just Treatment Of Individuals, Both Righteous And Wicked

³⁰ "Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity. ³¹ Throw away all your sins you have committed and fashion yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why should you die, O house of Israel? ³² For I take no delight in the death of anyone, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent and live!

Children of Israel

House of Israel

People of Israel

Why Will You Die

Israel

Sin

Ezekiel 11:19

I will give them one heart and I will put a new spirit within them; I will remove the hearts of stone from their bodies and I will give them tender hearts,

Psalm 51:10

Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute spirit within me!

Isaiah 1:16-17

Wash! Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds from my sight. Stop sinning!

Ezekiel 36:26

I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone from your body and give you a heart of flesh.

Romans 8:13

(for if you live according to the flesh, you will die), but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live.

Isaiah 55:7

The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the Lord, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.

Ezekiel 20:7

I said to them, "Each of you must get rid of the detestable idols you keep before you, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the Lord your God."

Ezekiel 33:11

Say to them, 'As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but prefer that the wicked change his behavior and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil deeds! Why should you die, O house of Israel?'

Deuteronomy 30:15

"Look! I have set before you today life and prosperity on the one hand, and death and disaster on the other.

Deuteronomy 30:19

Today I invoke heaven and earth as a witness against you that I have set life and death, blessing and curse, before you. Therefore choose life so that you and your descendants may live!

Psalm 34:14

Turn away from evil and do what is right! Strive for peace and promote it!

Proverbs 8:36

But the one who does not find me brings harm to himself; all who hate me love death."

Isaiah 30:22

You will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away as if they were a menstrual rag, saying to them, "Get out!"

Jeremiah 21:8

"But tell the people of Jerusalem that the Lord says, 'I will give you a choice between two courses of action. One will result in life; the other will result in death.

Jeremiah 27:15

For I, the Lord, affirm that I did not send them. They are prophesying lies to you. If you listen to them, I will drive you and the prophets who are prophesying lies out of the land and you will all die in exile."

Jeremiah 32:39

I will give them a single-minded purpose to live in a way that always shows respect for me. They will want to do that for their own good and the good of the children who descend from them.

Matthew 12:33

"Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.

Matthew 23:26

Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside may become clean too!

Acts 3:19

Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out,

Acts 13:46

Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously, "It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles.

Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God -- what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.

Ephesians 4:22-32

You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,

Colossians 3:5-9

So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.

James 1:21

So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.

James 4:8

Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.

1 Peter 1:14

Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,

1 Peter 1:22

You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

1 Peter 2:1

So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

1 Peter 4:2-4

in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.