I agree the MKL attribution is not right. I still subscribe to the sentiment.
I did some Goggling and here is one precedent
Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, people of Israel?’
- Ezekiel 33:11