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.
Romans 7:11
The command gave sin an opening and sin deceived me and killed me with it.
Romans 4:15
For the Law only brings down God's wrath; where there is no law, there is no violation of it.
John 15:22
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but as it is, they have no excuse for their sin.
John 15:24
If I had not done things before them that no one else ever did they would not be guilty of sin. But as it is, they have seen both me and my Father, and they have hated us both.
Romans 5:20
Then law slipped in, and multiplied the offense. But greatly as sin multiplied, God's mercy has far surpassed it,
Romans 7:13
Did what was good, then, prove the death of me? Certainly not! It was sin that did so, so that it might be recognized as sin, because even through something that was good it effected my death, so that through the command it might appear how immeasurably sinful sin was.
Romans 7:17
In reality, it is not I that do these things; it is sin, which has possession of me.
James 1:14-15
When anyone is tempted, it is by his own desire that he is enticed and allured.