But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. (Ezekiel 18:21)
The change in individual character is now considered, first, the case of a wicked man repenting and doing righteousness (vs. 21-23, 27, 28), and second, the case of a righteous man falling into wickedness (vs. 24-26).