Romans 7:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

Wherefore the Lawe is holy, and that commandement is holy, and iust, and good.

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  • 1 Tim 1:8 : 8 And we knowe, that the Law is good, if a man vse it lawfully,
  • Ps 119:137 : 137 Tsaddi. Righteous art thou, O Lorde, and iust are thy iudgements.
  • Ps 119:140 : 140 Thy word is prooued most pure, and thy seruant loueth it.
  • Ps 119:172 : 172 My tongue shall intreate of thy word: for all thy commaundements are righteous.
  • Rom 3:31 : 31 Doe we then make the Lawe of none effect through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the Lawe.
  • Rom 7:14 : 14 For we knowe that the Law is spirituall, but I am carnall, solde vnder sinne.
  • Rom 7:16 : 16 If I doe then that which I woulde not, I consent to the Lawe, that it is good.
  • Rom 12:2 : 2 And fashion not your selues like vnto this worlde, but bee yee changed by the renewing of your minde, that ye may prooue what that good, and acceptable and perfect will of God is.
  • Deut 4:8 : 8 And what nation is so great, that hath ordinances and lawes so righteous, as all this Lawe, which I set before you this day?
  • Deut 10:12 : 12 And nowe, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to feare the Lord thy God, to walke in all his wayes, & to loue him, and to serue the Lord thy God, with all thine heart, and with all thy soule?
  • Neh 9:13 : 13 Thou camest downe also vpon mount Sinai, and spakest vnto them from heauen, and gauest them right iudgements, and true lawes, ordinances and good commandements,
  • Ps 19:7-9 : 7 The Lawe of the Lord is perfite, conuerting the soule: the testimonie of the Lord is sure, and giueth wisedome vnto the simple. 8 The statutes of the Lorde are right and reioyce the heart: the commandement of the Lord is pure, and giueth light vnto the eyes. 9 The feare of the Lorde is cleane, and indureth for euer: the iudgements of the Lorde are trueth: they are righteous altogether, 10 And more to be desired then golde, yea, then much fine golde: sweeter also then honie and the honie combe. 11 Moreouer by them is thy seruant made circumspect, and in keeping of them there is great reward. 12 Who can vnderstand his faultes? clense me from secret fautes.
  • Ps 119:38 : 38 Stablish thy promesse to thy seruaunt, because he feareth thee.
  • Ps 119:86 : 86 All thy commaundements are true: they persecute me falsely: helpe me.
  • Ps 119:127 : 127 Therefore loue I thy commaundements aboue golde, yea, aboue most fine golde.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 7:13-25
    13 verses
    83%

    13Was that then which is good, made death vnto me? God forbid: but sinne, that it might appeare sinne, wrought death in me by that which is good, that sinne might be out of measure sinfull by the commandement.

    14For we knowe that the Law is spirituall, but I am carnall, solde vnder sinne.

    15For I alow not that which I do: for what I would, that do I not: but what I hate, that do I.

    16If I doe then that which I woulde not, I consent to the Lawe, that it is good.

    17Nowe then, it is no more I, that doe it, but sinne that dwelleth in me.

    18For I know, that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to wil is preset with me: but I find no meanes to perform that which is good.

    19For I doe not the good thing, which I would, but the euil, which I would not, that do I.

    20Nowe if I do that I would not, it is no more I that doe it, but the sinne that dwelleth in me.

    21I finde then that when I would doe good, I am thus yoked, that euill is present with me.

    22For I delite in the Law of God, concerning the inner man:

    23But I see another Law in my members, rebelling against the Lawe of my minde, and leading me captiue vnto the lawe of sinne, which is in my members.

    24O wretched man that I am, who shall deliuer me from the body of this death!

    25I thanke God through Iesus Christ our Lorde. Then I my selfe in my minde serue the Lawe of God, but in my flesh the lawe of sinne.

  • Rom 7:5-11
    7 verses
    78%

    5For when we were in ye flesh, the affections of sinnes, which were by the Law, had force in our members, to bring foorth fruit vnto death.

    6But now we are deliuered from the Lawe, he being dead in whom we were holden, that we should serue in newnesse of Spirite, and not in the oldnesse of the letter.

    7What shall we say then? Is the Lawe sinne? God forbid. Nay, I knewe not sinne, but by the Lawe: for I had not knowen lust, except the Lawe had sayd, Thou shalt not lust.

    8But sinne tooke an occasion by ye commandement, and wrought in me all maner of concupiscence: for without the Lawe sinne is dead.

    9For I once was aliue, wtout the Law: but when the commandement came, sinne reuiued,

    10But I died: and the same commandement which was ordeined vnto life, was found to be vnto me vnto death.

    11For sinne tooke occasion by the commandement, and deceiued me, and thereby slewe me.

  • 1 Tim 1:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8And we knowe, that the Law is good, if a man vse it lawfully,

    9Knowing this, that the Lawe is not giuen vnto a righteous man, but vnto the lawles and disobedient, to the vngodly, and to sinners, to the vnholy, and to the prophane, to murtherers of fathers and mothers, to manslayers,

  • Rom 3:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    20Therefore by the woorkes of the Lawe shall no flesh be iustified in his sight: for by the Lawe commeth the knowledge of sinne.

    21But nowe is the righteousnesse, of God made manifest without the Lawe, hauing witnes of the Lawe and of the Prophets,

  • Rom 8:2-4
    3 verses
    71%

    2For the Lawe of the Spirite of life, which is in Christ Iesus, hath freed mee from the lawe of sinne and of death.

    3For (that that was impossible to ye Lawe, in as much as it was weake, because of ye flesh) God sending his owne Sonne, in ye similitude of sinful flesh, & for sinne, condened sinne in the flesh,

    4That that righteousnes of the Law might be fulfilled in vs, which walke not after ye flesh, but after the Spirit.

  • Ps 19:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7The Lawe of the Lord is perfite, conuerting the soule: the testimonie of the Lord is sure, and giueth wisedome vnto the simple.

    8The statutes of the Lorde are right and reioyce the heart: the commandement of the Lord is pure, and giueth light vnto the eyes.

  • Rom 2:12-14
    3 verses
    69%

    12For as many as haue sinned without the Lawe, shall perish also without the Lawe: and as many as haue sinned in the Lawe, shall be iudged by the Lawe,

    13(For the hearers of the Lawe are not righteous before God: but the doers of the Lawe shalbe iustified.

    14For when the Gentiles which haue not the Lawe, doe by nature, the things conteined in the Lawe, they hauing not the Lawe, are a Lawe vnto themselues,

  • Gal 3:21
    69%

    21Is the Lawe then against the promises of God? God forbid: For if there had bene a Lawe giuen which coulde haue giuen life, surely righteousnes should haue bene by the Lawe.

  • 1 Pet 1:16
    68%

    16Because it is written, Be yee holie, for I am holie.

  • Ps 119:142
    68%

    142Thy righteousnesse is an euerlasting righteousnes, and thy Lawe is trueth.

  • 1 John 3:4
    68%

    4Whosoeuer committeth sinne, transgresseth also the Law: for sinne is the transgression of the Lawe.

  • Heb 7:18
    68%

    18For the commaundement that went afore, is disanulled, because of the weakenes thereof, and vnprofitablenes.

  • Rom 13:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9For this, Thou shalt not commit adulterie, Thou shalt not kil, Thou shalt not steale, Thou shalt not beare false witnes, Thou shalt not couet: and if there be any other commaundement, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, euen in this, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe.

    10Loue doeth not euill to his neighbour: therefore is loue the fulfilling of the Lawe.

  • Rom 4:15
    67%

    15For the Lawe causeth wrath: for where no Lawe is, there is no transgression.

  • Ps 111:7
    67%

    7The workes of his handes are trueth and iudgement: all his statutes are true.

  • Gal 3:11-12
    2 verses
    67%

    11And that no man is iustified by the Law in the sight of God, it is euident: for the iust shall liue by faith.

    12And the Lawe is not of faith: but the man that shall doe those things, shall liue in them.

  • Matt 19:17
    67%

    17And he said vnto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, eue God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keepe ye commandemets.

  • Jas 2:10-11
    2 verses
    67%

    10For whosoeuer shall keepe the whole Lawe, and yet faileth in one poynt, hee is guiltie of all.

    11For he that saide, Thou shalt not commit adulterie, saide also, Thou shalt not kill. Nowe though thou doest none adulterie, yet if thou killest, thou art a transgressour of the Lawe.

  • Rom 10:5
    67%

    5For Moses thus describeth the righteousnes which is of the Lawe, That the man which doeth these things, shall liue thereby.

  • Rom 2:2
    66%

    2But we know that the iudgement of God is according to trueth, against them which comit such things.

  • Deut 6:25
    66%

    25Moreouer, this shall be our righteousnes before the Lorde our God, if we take heede to keepe all these commandements, as he hath commanded vs.

  • Ps 145:17
    66%

    17The Lord is righteous in all his wayes, and holy in all his workes.