Ezekiel 18:21
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
חַטָּאָה
chaṭṭâʼâh
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
חֹק
chôq
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...
יְמָנִי
yᵉmânîy
right (i.e. at the right hand)
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
חָיָה
châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
Key Terms in This Verse
מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the pla...
Study H4941 →עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →חֹק chôq
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
Study H2706 →חַטָּאָה chaṭṭâʼâh
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
Study H2403 →חָיָה châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Study H2421 →שׁוּב shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Study H7725 →Cross References
But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
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.
Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall...
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