Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.
Say
The righteousness
Neither
General references
Bible References
Say
Ezekiel 33:2
Son of man, speak to the sons of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring a sword upon the land and the people of the land take a man from within their borders and set him up as a watchman;
The righteousness
Ezekiel 33:18
When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die thereby.
Ezekiel 3:20
Again, When the righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die because thou hast not given him warning; he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at thy hand.
Ezekiel 18:24
But if the righteous should leave his righteousness and commit iniquity, and do according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? All his righteousness that he has done shall not be mentioned; by his rebellion in which he has trespassed and by his sin which he has committed, because of them he shall die.
As for
Ezekiel 33:19
And when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does judgment and righteousness, he shall live thereby.
Ezekiel 18:21
But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he has committed and keep all my statutes and live according to judgment and righteousness, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
1 Kings 8:48
and so convert themselves unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who led them away captive and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou didst give unto their fathers, toward the city which thou hast chosen and the house which I have built for thy name,
2 Chronicles 7:14
if my people, upon whom my name is invoked, shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from the heavens and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
Matthew 21:28
But what do you think? A certain man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, Son, go work today in my vineyard.
Romans 3:25
whom God purposed for reconciliation through faith in his blood for the manifestation of his righteousness, for the remission of sins that are past, by the patience of God,
Neither
1 John 2:1
My little children, I write these things unto you, that ye sin not; and if anyone has sinned, we have an Advocate before the Father, Jesus, the righteous Christ;
General references
Ezekiel 33:18
When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die thereby.