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Ezekiel 18:23 Cross-References
Explore 13 cross-references for Ezekiel 18:23 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Ezekiel chapter 18 verse 23 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?”
Ezekiel 18:23 (KJV)
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Commentary on Ezekiel 18:23
God reveals His heart: "Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?" This rhetorical question establishes that God takes no delight in judgment but desires repentance. The Hebrew word chaphets (חָפֵץ, "pleasure") indicates delight or desire. While God's holiness requires judging sin, His grace offers salvation. This tension between justice and mercy finds resolution in Christ's substitutionary atonement. The Reformed distinction between God's decretive and preceptive wills appears: God decrees some to judgmen...
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Cross-References for Ezekiel 18:23
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“As I live”
“Who will have all men to be saved”
“as some count slowness; but is patient with us”
“says the Lord Yahweh: therefore turn yourselves”
“I tell you”
“in those who hope in his loving kindness.”
“for this”
“and proclaimed”