Ezekiel 18:24
“Remark all the sins which God threatens, thou wilt at once see that they are present sins. But if his past righteousness shall not profit the righteous in the time of his iniquity, neither shall his wickedness which he hath forsaken hurt the wicked man in the time of his righteousness; for it is written, Let the wicke…”
Source: Septuagint
24But when the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, according to all the transgressions which the transgressor has wrought, none of his righteousness which he has wrought shall be at all remembered: in his trespass wherein he has trespassed, and in his sins wherein he has sinned, in them shall he die.
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22None of his trespasses which he has committed shall be remembered: in his righteousness which he has done he shall live.
23Shall I at all desire the death of the sinner, saith the Lord, as I desire that he should turn from his evil way, and live?
— Ezekiel 18:24 —
25Yet ye have said, The way of the Lord is not straight. Hear now, all the house of Israel; will not my way be straight? Is your way straight?
26When the righteous turns away from his righteousness and commits a trespass, and dies in the trespass which he has committed, he shall even die in it.