Romans 7:8
Sin took advantage of this, and by means of the Commandment stirred up within me every kind of coveting; for apart from Law sin would be dead.
Romans 7:11
For sin seized the advantage, and by means of the Commandment it completely deceived me, and also put me to death.
Romans 4:15
For the Law inflicts punishment; but where no Law exists, there can be no violation of Law.
1 Corinthians 15:56
Now sin is the sting of death, and sin derives its power from the Law;
John 15:22
"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have had no sin; but as the case stands they are without excuse for their sin.
John 15:24
If I had not done among them, as I have, such miracles as no one else ever did, they would have had no sin; but they have in fact seen and also hated both me and my Father.
Romans 5:20
Now Law was brought in later on, so that transgression might increase. But where sin increased, grace has overflowed;
Romans 7:13
Did then a thing which is good become death to me? No, indeed, but sin did; so that through its bringing about death by means of what was good, it might be seen in its true light as sin, in order that by means of the Commandment the unspeakable sinfulness of sin might be plainly shown.
Romans 7:17
and now it is no longer I that do these things, but the sin which has its home within me does them.
James 1:14-15
But when a man is tempted, it is his own passions that carry him away and serve as a bait.