Romans 2:23

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?

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  • Rom 2:17 : 17 ¶ Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
  • Rom 3:2 : 2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
  • Rom 9:4 : 4 Who are Israelites; to whom [pertaineth] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], and the promises;
  • John 5:45 : 45 ‹Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is› [one] ‹that accuseth you,› [even] ‹Moses, in whom ye trust.›
  • John 9:28-29 : 28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples. 29 We know that God spake unto Moses: [as for] this [fellow], we know not from whence he is.
  • Jas 1:22-27 : 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth [therein], he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. 26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion [is] vain. 27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world.
  • Jas 4:16-17 : 16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. 17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth [it] not, to him it is sin.
  • Jer 8:8-9 : 8 How do ye say, We [are] wise, and the law of the LORD [is] with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he [it]; the pen of the scribes [is] in vain. 9 The wise [men] are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom [is] in them?
  • Matt 19:17-20 : 17 And he said unto him, ‹Why callest thou me good?› [there is] ‹none good but one,› [that is], ‹God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.› 18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, ‹Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,› 19 ‹Honour thy father and› [thy] ‹mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.› 20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
  • Luke 10:26-29 : 26 He said unto him, ‹What is written in the law? how readest thou?› 27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. 28 And he said unto him, ‹Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.› 29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
  • Luke 18:11 : 11 ‹The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men› [are], ‹extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.›

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  • Rom 2:17-22
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    83%

    17 ¶ Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

    18 And knowest [his] will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;

    19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,

    20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.

    21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?

    22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?

  • Rom 2:24-27
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    81%

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

    25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.

    26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

    27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?

  • Rom 2:1-3
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    1 ¶ Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

    2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.

    3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

  • Jas 2:7-11
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    7 Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?

    8 ¶ If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

    9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.

    10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one [point], he is guilty of all.

    11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

  • Rom 7:7
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    7 ¶ What shall we say then? [Is] the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

  • Gal 6:13
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    13 For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.

  • Mal 2:8-9
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    8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.

    9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.

  • Gal 4:21
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    21 ¶ Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

  • Jas 4:16
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    16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

  • Ezek 22:8
    70%

    8 Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.

  • Rom 2:12-14
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    70%

    12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;

    13 (For not the hearers of the law [are] just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

    14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:

  • Rom 3:7
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    7 For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

  • 2 Cor 10:17
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    17 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

  • Rom 3:20
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    20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin.

  • 1 Cor 4:7
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    7 ¶ For who maketh thee to differ [from another]? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive [it], why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received [it]?

  • Gal 2:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17 But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, [is] therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.

    18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.

  • 1 Cor 1:31
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    31 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

  • Rom 3:27
    69%

    27 Where [is] boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

  • Gal 3:12
    69%

    12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

  • 1 John 3:4
    68%

    4 ¶ Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

  • 1 Cor 3:17
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    17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are.

  • Rom 6:15
    68%

    15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

  • 1 Cor 5:6
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    6 Your glorying [is] not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

  • 1 Cor 5:2
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    2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.

  • Rom 4:15
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    15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, [there is] no transgression.

  • Gal 3:10
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    10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

  • Matt 15:6
    68%

    6 ‹And honour not his father or his mother,› [he shall be free]. ‹Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.›

  • Gal 3:21
    68%

    21 [Is] the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

  • Rom 3:31
    68%

    31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

  • Gal 5:4
    68%

    4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

  • 1 Cor 1:29
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    29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.

  • Job 11:3
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    3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

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