Romans 9:31
But Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, did not attain to the law.
Romans 11:7
What then? What Israel was searching for, this it did not obtain. But the elect obtained [it], and the rest were hardened,
Isaiah 51:1
"Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, who seek Yahweh. Look to [the] rock [from which] you were hewn, and to [the] excavation of [the] pit [from which] you were quarried.
Romans 3:20
For by the works of the law {no person will be declared righteous} before him, for through the law [comes] knowledge of sin.
Romans 4:14-15
For if those of the law [are] heirs, faith is rendered void and the promise is nullified.
Romans 9:30-32
What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness--even the righteousness [that is] by faith.
Romans 10:2-4
For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
Galatians 3:10-11
For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse, for it is written, "Cursed [is] everyone who does not abide by all [the things] that are written in the book of the law to do them."
Galatians 3:21
Therefore [is] the law opposed to the promises of God? May it never be! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, certainly righteousness would have been from the law.
Galatians 5:3-4
And again I testify to every man who becomes circumcised, that he is under obligation to keep the whole law.
Philippians 3:6
according to zeal persecuting the church, according to the righteousness in the law being blameless.
James 2:10-11
For whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles in one [point only] has become guilty of all [of it].