Romans 9:31
but Israel even though pursuing a law of righteousness did not attain it.
Romans 11:7
What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The rest were hardened,
Isaiah 51:1
"Listen to me, you who pursue godliness, who seek the Lord! Look at the rock from which you were chiseled, at the quarry from which you were dug!
Romans 3:20
For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
Romans 4:14-15
For if they become heirs by the law, faith is empty and the promise is nullified.
Romans 9:30-32
What shall we say then? -- that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith,
Romans 10:2-4
For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth.
Galatians 3:10-11
For all who rely on doing the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not keep on doing everything written in the book of the law."
Galatians 3:21
Is the law therefore opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.
Galatians 5:3-4
And I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
Philippians 3:6
In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless.
James 2:10-11
For the one who obeys the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.