Eze 18:21-23, 27-32, 33:11, 14-16, Hos 14:1-2, Jon 3:10, Mat 9:13 | ESV | STEP | But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is just and right , he shall surely live ; he shall not die .

21 ^a“But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does ^bwhat is just and right, ^che shall surely live; he shall not die. 22 ^dNone of the transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him; for the righteousness that he has done he shall live. 23 ^eHave I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?

Ezekiel 18:27-32

27 Again, ^fwhen a wicked person turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he shall save his life. 28 Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions that he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 29 Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ O house of Israel, are my ways not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?

30 “Therefore ^gI will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. ^hRepent and turn from all your transgressions, ⁱlest iniquity be your ruin. ^{▼▼Or lest iniquity be your stumbling block} 31 ^kCast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and ^lmake yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! ^mWhy will you die, O house of Israel? 32 ⁿFor I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; ^oso turn, and live.”

Ezekiel 33:11

11 Say to them, ^pAs I live, declares the Lord God, ^qI have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; ^rturn back, turn back from your evil ways, ^sfor why will you die, O house of Israel?

Ezekiel 33:14-16

14 Again, ^tthough I say to the wicked, ^u‘You shall surely die,’ yet ^vif he turns from his sin and does what is just and right, 15 if the wicked ^wrestores the pledge, ^xgives back what he has taken by robbery, and walks ^yin the statutes of life, not doing injustice, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 16 ^zNone of the sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him. He has done what is just and right; he shall surely live.

Hosea 14:1-2

A Plea to Return to the Lord

1 ^aaReturn, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
for ^abyou have stumbled because of your iniquity.
2 Take with you words
and return to the Lord;
say to him,
“Take away all iniquity;
accept ^acwhat is good,
and we will pay with bulls
^adthe vows ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac pay the fruit} of our lips.

Jonah 3:10

10 When God saw what they did, ^afhow they turned from their evil way, ^agGod relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.

Matthew 9:13

13 Go and learn ^ahwhat this means: ^ai‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For ^ajI came not to call the righteous, ^akbut sinners.”