Romans 2:23

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You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?

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  • Rom 2:17 : 17 Now you, if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law and boast in God,
  • Rom 3:2 : 2 Much in every way! First of all, they were entrusted with the very words of God.
  • Rom 9:4 : 4 They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises.
  • John 5:45 : 45 Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope.
  • John 9:28-29 : 28 They ridiculed him and said, 'You are His disciple, but we are disciples of Moses!' 29 'We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where He is from.'
  • Jas 1:22-27 : 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror. 24 For he looks at himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres—not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—this person will be blessed in what he does. 26 If anyone thinks he is religious but does not bridle his tongue, and deceives his heart, his religion is worthless. 27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
  • Jas 4:16-17 : 16 But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. 17 So, if anyone knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.
  • Jer 8:8-9 : 8 How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us,’ when the false pen of the scribes has produced lies? 9 The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?
  • Matt 19:17-20 : 17 Jesus replied, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only One who is good. If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments." 18 The man asked, "Which ones?" Jesus answered, "Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, 19 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" 20 The young man said to him, "I have kept all these. What do I still lack?"
  • Luke 10:26-29 : 26 He asked him, 'What is written in the Law? How do you read it?' 27 The man answered, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and love your neighbor as yourself.' 28 Jesus said to him, 'You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.' 29 But wishing to justify himself, he asked Jesus, 'And who is my neighbor?'
  • Luke 18:11 : 11 'The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 2:17-22
    6 verses
    83%

    17Now you, if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law and boast in God,

    18and know His will and approve things that are excellent, being instructed from the law,

    19and are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness,

    20an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the form of knowledge and truth—

    21You then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

    22You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

  • Rom 2:24-27
    4 verses
    81%

    24For as it is written, 'The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.'

    25Circumcision indeed has value if you obey the law, but if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

    26So, if those who are uncircumcised keep the righteous requirements of the law, will their uncircumcision not be regarded as circumcision?

    27The one who is not physically circumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.

  • Rom 2:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1Therefore, you have no excuse, O person, whoever you are who judges. For when you judge someone else, you condemn yourself, because you practice the same things you judge others for.

    2We know that God's judgment is based on truth against those who practice such things.

    3Do you think this, O person who judges those who practice such things, yet does the same yourself, that you will escape God’s judgment?

  • Jas 2:7-11
    5 verses
    74%

    7Are they not the ones who blaspheme the noble name that was invoked over you?

    8If you truly fulfill the royal law according to Scripture, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself,' you are doing well.

    9But if you show favoritism, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

    10For whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking it all.

    11For He who said, 'You shall not commit adultery,' also said, 'You shall not murder.' Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

  • Rom 7:7
    71%

    7What shall we say then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, 'You shall not covet.'

  • Gal 6:13
    71%

    13For even those who are circumcised do not keep the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so they can boast about your flesh.

  • Mal 2:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8But you have turned aside from the way, and by your teaching have caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant with Levi, says the Lord of Hosts.

    9So I have also made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways but have shown partiality in matters of the law.

  • Gal 4:21
    71%

    21Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law?

  • Jas 4:16
    70%

    16But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.

  • Ezek 22:8
    70%

    8You have despised my holy things and profaned my Sabbaths.

  • Rom 2:12-14
    3 verses
    70%

    12For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

    13For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be justified.

    14For when the Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things required by the law, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

  • Rom 3:7
    69%

    7If the truth of God has increased His glory through my falsehood, why am I still judged as a sinner?

  • 2 Cor 10:17
    69%

    17But, 'Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.'

  • Rom 3:20
    69%

    20Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

  • 1 Cor 4:7
    69%

    7For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

  • Gal 2:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!

    18For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.

  • 1 Cor 1:31
    69%

    31Therefore, as it is written: "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."

  • Rom 3:27
    69%

    27Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. By what law? By the law of works? No, but by the law of faith.

  • Gal 3:12
    69%

    12The law is not based on faith; instead, it says, 'The person who does these things will live by them.'

  • 1 John 3:4
    68%

    4Everyone who commits sin also practices lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.

  • 1 Cor 3:17
    68%

    17If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

  • Rom 6:15
    68%

    15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? Certainly not!

  • 1 Cor 5:6
    68%

    6Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough?

  • 1 Cor 5:2
    68%

    2And you are proud! Shouldn't you rather have mourned so that the one who has done this would be removed from among you?

  • Rom 4:15
    68%

    15For the law brings wrath, and where there is no law, there is no transgression.

  • Gal 3:10
    68%

    10For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.'

  • Matt 15:6
    68%

    6they are not to honor their father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

  • Gal 3:21
    68%

    21Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.

  • Rom 3:31
    68%

    31Do we then nullify the law by this faith? Absolutely not! Instead, we uphold the law.

  • Gal 5:4
    68%

    4You who are justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

  • 1 Cor 1:29
    68%

    29So that no one may boast before him.

  • Job 11:3
    67%

    3Will your empty talk silence others? Will you mock without anyone to rebuke you?