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Ezekiel 18:21 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 21. 21But 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.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Ezekiel turns or qualifies the movement with “But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my…” at Ezekiel 18:21 inside “Turning Changes the Moral Direction of a Life.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 18:21–24
Begin with Ezekiel 18:21–24's complete movement: A wicked person who turns toward justice lives, while a righteous person who abandons justice is not protected by a moral résumé. At verse 18:21, The prophetic word through Ezekiel turns or qualifies the movement with “But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my…” at Ezekiel 18:21 inside “Turning Changes the Moral Direction of a Life.”
Why It Needs Context
The prophetic word through Ezekiel turns or qualifies the movement with “But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my…” at Ezekiel 18:21 inside “Turning Changes the Moral Direction of a Life.” Because nearby lines develop or qualify it, Ezekiel 18:21–24 supplies the minimum responsible context.
Continue in Context
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Read Ezekiel 18:21–24 — Turning Changes the Moral Direction of a LifeSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 18:21–24, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
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Open Scriptures, release 2.2
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 18:21–24
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