Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
The strength
Bible References
Sting
Genesis 3:17
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Psalm 90:3
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
Proverbs 14:32
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
John 8:21
Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
Romans 5:15
But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Hebrews 9:27
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
The strength
Romans 3:19
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Romans 4:15
Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
Romans 5:13
(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Romans 7:5
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.
Galatians 3:10
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.