Romans 3:20

Therefore no flesh will be justified in his sight by works of the law, for through the law comes knowledge of sin.

Romans 7:9

I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

2 Corinthians 7:9-11

now I rejoice, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance; for you became sorrowful as God intended, so that you suffered no loss through us.

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Summary

And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

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All the people

Romans 3:20
Therefore no flesh will be justified in his sight by works of the law, for through the law comes knowledge of sin.
Romans 7:9
I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
2 Corinthians 7:9
now I rejoice, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance; for you became sorrowful as God intended, so that you suffered no loss through us.