Romans 7:12
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
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- 1 Tim 1:8 : 8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
- Ps 119:137 : 137 TZADDI. Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
- Ps 119:140 : 140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
- Ps 119:172 : 172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
- Rom 3:31 : 31 Do we then make void the law thugh faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
- Rom 7:14 : 14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
- Rom 7:16 : 16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
- Rom 12:2 : 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may pve what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
- Deut 4:8 : 8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
- Deut 10:12 : 12 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
- Neh 9:13 : 13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
- Ps 19:7-9 : 7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. 8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. 9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. 11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. 12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
- Ps 119:38 : 38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
- Ps 119:86 : 86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
- Ps 119:127 : 127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
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- Rom 7:13-2513 verses83%
13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me fm the body of this death?
25 I thank God thugh Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
- Rom 7:5-117 verses78%
5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
6 But now we are delivered fm the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
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.
8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wught in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
- 1 Tim 1:8-92 verses75%
8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
- Rom 3:20-212 verses71%
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.
21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the pphets;
- Rom 8:2-43 verses71%
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free fm the law of sin and death.
3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak thugh the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
- Ps 19:7-82 verses70%
7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
- Rom 2:12-143 verses69%
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:
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21 Is 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.
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16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
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142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
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4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
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18 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
- Rom 13:9-102 verses68%
9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
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15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
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7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.
- Gal 3:11-122 verses67%
11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
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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.
- Jas 2:10-112 verses67%
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.
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5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
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2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.
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25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath command us.
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17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.