Ezekiel 33:12-14

New American Standard Bible

¹² And you, son of man, say to ^[a]your fellow citizens, ‘The ^(A)righteousness of a righteous one will not save him on the day of his offense, and as for the wickedness of a wicked one, he will ^(B)not stumble because of it on the day when he turns from his wickedness; whereas a righteous one will not be able to live ^[b]by his righteousness on the day when he commits sin.’ ¹³ When I say to the righteous that he will certainly live, and he so trusts in his righteousness that he ^(C)commits injustice, none of his righteous deeds will be remembered; but for that same injustice of his which he has committed he will die. ¹⁴ But when I say to the wicked, ‘You will certainly die,’ and he ^(D)turns from his sin and practices ^(E)justice and righteousness,