Ezekiel 18:23

Is it any pleasure to me when the wicked die? declares the Lord GOD. Would I not rather that they turn from their ways and live?
Open Word Bible

Treated in 6 passages across the library.

  1. The Bondage of the Will · Martin Luther

    Discussion: Part the First cites Ezekiel xviii. 23

    …Sect. LXII. NOW observe, in what way the Diatribe handles that single passage in Ezekiel xviii. 23, “As I live, saith the Lord, I desire not the death of a sinner, but rather that he…

  2. The Key Teachings of Catherine Booth · Ochorus Originals

    Repentance cites EZEKIEL 18:23

    …should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live? EZEKIEL 18:23 Come for love For all her severity, the note on which she ended her sermon on repentance…

  3. The Key Teachings of John Calvin · Ochorus Originals

    The Dreadful Decree cites EZEKIEL 18:23

    …should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live? EZEKIEL 18:23 Third, it should be said in his favour that the very same sermon is full of urgency for…

  4. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Free Grace cites Ezek. 18:23

    …upon him! “‘Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?’ saith the Lord God.” (Ezek. 18:23ff.) “Repent, and turn from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.…

  5. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 24 — Election Confirmed by the Calling of God cites Ezek. 18:23

    …should die? saith the Lord God; and not that he should return from his ways and live?” (Ezek. 18:23). If we are to extend this to the whole human race, why are not the very many whose minds…

  6. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 1 — Of the True Church cites Ezek. 18:23

    …no pleasure in the death of him that dieth;” “Wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye” (Ezek. 18:23, 32). Accordingly, when Solomon dedicated the temple, one of the uses for which it was…

All of Ezekiel 18 →