Ezekiel 33:11
33:11 Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the sovereign
Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but prefer that the wicked change his behavior
and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil deeds!
Why should you die, O house of Israel?’
Deuteronomy 30:15
30:15 “Look! I have set before you today life and prosperity on the one hand, and death and disaster on the other.
Deuteronomy 30:19
30:19 Today I invoke heaven and earth as a witness against you that I have set life and death, blessing and curse, before you. Therefore choose life so that you and your descendants may live!
Proverbs 8:36
8:36 But the one who does not find me brings harm to himself;
all who hate me love death.”
Jeremiah 21:8
21:8 “But tell the people of Jerusalem that the Lord says, ‘I will give you a choice between two courses of action. One will result in life; the other will result in death.
Jeremiah 27:15
27:15 For I, the
Lord, affirm
that I did not send them. They are prophesying lies to you. If you
listen to them, I will drive you and the prophets who are prophesying lies out of the land and you will all die in exile.”
Acts 13:46
13:46 Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously,
“It was necessary to speak the word of God
to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy
of eternal life, we
are turning to the Gentiles.