Romans 2:23

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Thou that makest thy boast of the law, thugh 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 pmises;
  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 2:17-22
    6 verses
    83%

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Rom 2:24-27
    4 verses
    81%

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

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

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

    27And 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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    1Therefore 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.

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

    3And 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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    7Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?

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

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

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

    11For 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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    7What 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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    13For 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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    8But 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.

    9Therefore 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
    71%

    21Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

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

  • Ezek 22:8
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    8Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.

  • Rom 2:12-14
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    70%

    12For 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.

    14For 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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    7For if the truth of God hath more abounded thugh my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

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

  • Rom 3:20
    69%

    20Therefore 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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    7For 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
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    69%

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

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

  • 1 Cor 1:31
    69%

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

  • Rom 3:27
    69%

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

  • Gal 3:12
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    12And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

  • 1 John 3:4
    68%

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

  • 1 Cor 3:17
    68%

    17If 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%

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

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

  • 1 Cor 5:2
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    2And 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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    15Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.

  • Gal 3:10
    68%

    10For 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
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    6And 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%

    21Is the law then ainst 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%

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

  • Gal 5:4
    68%

    4Christ 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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    29That no flesh should glory in his presence.

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