Ezekiel 3:21

WEB

²¹Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous not sin, and he does not sin, he will surely live, because he took warning; and you have delivered your soul.”

KJV

²¹Nevertheless 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.

BSB

²¹But if you warn the righteous man not to sin, and he does not sin, he will indeed live because he heeded your warning, and you will have saved yourself.”

FBV

²¹However, if you warn those who are living right not to sin, and they don't sin, they will live for sure, because they paid attention to your warning, and you will have saved yourself—you won't die.”

Extra References

1 Timothy 4:16

¹⁶Pay attention to yourself and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

James 5:20

²⁰let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

Titus 2:15

¹⁵Say these things and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one despise you.

1 Corinthians 4:14

¹⁴I don’t write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

Proverbs 9:9

⁹Instruct a wise person, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous person, and he will increase in learning.

1 John 3:6-9

⁶Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him and doesn’t know him.

⁷Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. ⁸He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed: that he might destroy the works of the devil. ⁹Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him, and he can’t sin, because he is born of God.

Galatians 1:6-10

⁶I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different “good news”, ⁷but there isn’t another “good news.” Only there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the Good News of Christ. ⁸But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you any “good news” other than that which we preached to you, let him be cursed. ⁹As we have said before, so I now say again: if any man preaches to you any “good news” other than that which you received, let him be cursed.

¹⁰For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.

Psalms 19:11

¹¹Moreover your servant is warned by them. In keeping them there is great reward.

Acts 20:31

³¹Therefore watch, remembering that for a period of three years I didn’t cease to admonish everyone night and day with tears.

Ezekiel 3:19-20

¹⁹Yet if you warn the wicked, and he doesn’t turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he will die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.”

²⁰“Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he will die. Because you have not given him warning, he will die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered; but I will require his blood at your hand.