Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

Bible References

Until

Genesis 4:7
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And to thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
Genesis 6:5
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Genesis 8:21
And the LORD smelled a sweet savor; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth: neither will I again smite any more every living animal as I have done.
Genesis 13:13
But the men of Sodom were wicked, and sinners before the LORD, exceedingly.
Genesis 18:20
And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
Genesis 19:4
But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
Genesis 38:7
And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.

But sin

Romans 4:15
Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
1 Corinthians 15:56
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
1 John 3:4
Whoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law; for sin is the transgression of the law.