Ezekiel 18:23 Cross References

Ezekiel 18:23

23: "Do you think, asks the Sovereign LORD, that I like to see wicked people die? Of course not! I only want them to turn from their wicked ways and live.

Ezekiel 33:11

  1. As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of wicked people. I only want them to turn from their wicked ways so they can live. Turn! Turn from your wickedness, O people of Israel! Why should you die?

2 Peter 3:9

  1. The Lord isn't really being slow about his promise to return, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to perish, so he is giving more time for everyone to repent.

1 Timothy 2:4

  1. for he wants everyone to be saved and to understand the truth.

Ezekiel 18:32

  1. I don't want you to die, says the Sovereign LORD. Turn back and live!

Psalms 147:11

  1. Rather, the LORD's delight is in those who honor him, those who put their hope in his unfailing love.

Luke 15:32

  1. We had to celebrate this happy day. For your brother was dead and has come back to life! He was lost, but now he is found!'"

Luke 15:10

  1. In the same way, there is joy in the presence of God's angels when even one sinner repents."

Luke 15:4

  1. "If you had one hundred sheep, and one of them strayed away and was lost in the wilderness, wouldn't you leave the ninety-nine others to go and search for the lost one until you found it?
  2. And then you would joyfully carry it home on your shoulders.
  3. When you arrived, you would call together your friends and neighbors to rejoice with you because your lost sheep was found.
  4. In the same way, heaven will be happier over one lost sinner who returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven't strayed away!

Luke 15:22

  1. "But his father said to the servants, 'Quick! Bring the finest robe in the house and put it on him. Get a ring for his finger, and sandals for his feet.
  2. And kill the calf we have been fattening in the pen. We must celebrate with a feast,
  3. for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now he is found.' So the party began.

Micah 7:18

  1. Where is another God like you, who pardons the sins of the survivors among his people? You cannot stay angry with your people forever, because you delight in showing mercy.

Hosea 11:8

  1. "Oh, how can I give you up, Israel? How can I let you go? How can I destroy you like Admah and Zeboiim? My heart is torn within me, and my compassion overflows.

Exodus 34:6

  1. He passed in front of Moses and said, "I am the LORD, I am the LORD, the merciful and gracious God. I am slow to anger and rich in unfailing love and faithfulness.
  2. I show this unfailing love to many thousands by forgiving every kind of sin and rebellion. Even so I do not leave sin unpunished, but I punish the children for the sins of their parents to the third and fourth generations."

James 2:13

  1. For there will be no mercy for you if you have not been merciful to others. But if you have been merciful, then God's mercy toward you will win out over his judgment against you.

Lamentations 3:33

  1. For he does not enjoy hurting people or causing them sorrow.

Jeremiah 31:20

  1. "Is not Israel still my son, my darling child?" asks the LORD. "I had to punish him, but I still love him. I long for him and surely will have mercy on him.

Job 33:27

  1. He will declare to his friends, `I sinned, but it was not worth it.
  2. God rescued me from the grave, and now my life is filled with light.'
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