Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.
As for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness - (2 Chronicles 7:14). On the first clause of the verse:
The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression - see Ezekiel 3:20; Ezekiel 18:24,