Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
If thou doest well
Be accepted
Sin
Bible References
If thou doest well
Acts 10:35
but welcomes the man of any nation who reveres him and does what is right.
Romans 2:7
Those who by persistently doing right strive for glory, honor, and immortality will have eternal life,
Romans 12:1
I appeal to you, therefore, brothers, by this mercy of God, to offer your bodies in a living sacrifice that will be holy and acceptable to God; that is your rational worship.
Romans 14:18
Whoever serves Christ in that way pleases God and gains the approval of men.
Romans 15:16
in making me a minister of Christ Jesus among the heathen, to act as a priest of God's good news, to see that the heathen are an acceptable sacrifice, consecrated by the holy Spirit.
Ephesians 1:6
so that we might praise the splendid blessing which he has given us through his beloved Son.
1 Timothy 5:4
If a widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety in the treatment of their own families, and to return the care of those who brought them up, for that is what God approves.
1 Peter 2:5
and build yourselves up as living stones into a spiritual house for a consecrated priesthood, so as to offer spiritual sacrifices that through Jesus Christ will be acceptable to God.
Be accepted
Hebrews 11:4
Faith made Abel's sacrifice greater in the sight of God than Cain's; through faith he gained God's approval as an upright man, for God himself approved his offering, and through faith even when he was dead he still spoke.
Sin
Romans 7:8
That command gave sin an opening, and it led me to all sorts of covetous ways, for sin is lifeless without law.
James 1:15
Then desire conceives and gives birth to sin, and when sin is mature, it brings forth death.