Ezekiel 33:12 Cross References
Ezekiel 33:12
12: "Son of man, give your people this message: The good works of righteous people will not save them if they turn to sin, nor will the sins of evil people destroy them if they repent and turn from their sins.
Ezekiel 33:18
- For again I say, when righteous people turn to evil, they will die.
- But if wicked people turn from their wickedness and do what is just and right, they will live.
2 Chronicles 7:14
- Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and heal their land.
Romans 3:25
- For God sent Jesus to take the punishment for our sins and to satisfy God's anger against us. We are made right with God when we believe that Jesus shed his blood, sacrificing his life for us. God was being entirely fair and just when he did not punish those who sinned in former times.
1 Kings 8:48
- Then if they turn to you with their whole heart and soul and pray toward the land you gave to their ancestors, toward this city you have chosen, and toward this Temple I have built to honor your name,
- then hear their prayers from heaven where you live. Uphold their cause
- and forgive your people who have sinned against you. Make their captors merciful to them,
Ezekiel 33:2
- "Son of man, give your people this message: When I bring an army against a country, the people of that land choose a watchman.
Ezekiel 3:20
- If good people turn bad and don't listen to my warning, they will die. If you did not warn them of the consequences, then they will die in their sins. Their previous good deeds won't help them, and I will hold you responsible, demanding your blood for theirs.
- But if you warn them and they repent, they will live, and you will have saved your own life, too."
1 John 2:1
- My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if you do sin, there is someone to plead for you before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who pleases God completely.
Ezekiel 18:24
- However, if righteous people turn to sinful ways and start acting like other sinners, should they be allowed to live? No, of course not! All their previous goodness will be forgotten, and they will die for their sins.
- "Yet you say, `The Lord isn't being just!' Listen to me, O people of Israel. Am I the one who is unjust, or is it you?
- When righteous people turn from being good and start doing sinful things, they will die for it. Yes, they will die because of their sinful deeds.
- And if wicked people turn away from their wickedness, obey the law, and do what is just and right, they will save their lives.
- They will live, because after thinking it over, they decided to turn from their sins. Such people will not die.
Ezekiel 18:21
- But if wicked people turn away from all their sins and begin to obey my laws and do what is just and right, they will surely live and not die.
Matthew 21:28
- "But what do you think about this? A man with two sons told the older boy, 'Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.'
- The son answered, 'No, I won't go,' but later he changed his mind and went anyway.
- Then the father told the other son, 'You go,' and he said, 'Yes, sir, I will.' But he didn't go.
- Which of the two was obeying his father?" They replied, "The first, of course." Then Jesus explained his meaning: "I assure you, corrupt tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the Kingdom of God before you do.