Thematic Bible: The law of God
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Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.
Your unchanging word is my delight, and the guide of my footsteps.
Make me go in the way of your teachings; for they are my delight.
The law of God » Blessedness of keeping
And he gives us all our requests, because we keep his laws and do the things which are pleasing in his eyes.
He who keeps his laws is in God and God is in him. And the Spirit which he gave us is our witness that he is in us.
Happy are they who are without sin in their ways, walking in the law of the Lord.
Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven.
The law of God » Requires perfect obedience
For all who are of the works of the law are under a curse: because it is said in the Writings, A curse is on everyone who does not keep on doing all the things which are ordered in the book of the law.
For anyone who keeps all the law, but makes a slip in one point, is judged to have gone against it all.
Cursed is he who does not take this law to heart to do it. And let all the people say, So be it.
The law of God » Man cannot render perfect obedience to
If they do wrong against you, (for no man is without sin,) and you are angry with them and give them up into the power of those who are fighting against them, so that they take them away as prisoners into a strange land, far off or near;
There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.
As it is said in the holy Writings, There is not one who does righteousness;
The law of God » Requires obedience of the heart
But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.
And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.
Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.
The law of God » Given » Through the ministration of angels
You, to whom the law was given as it was ordered by angels, and who have not kept it.
What then is the law? It was an addition made because of sin, till the coming of the seed to whom the undertaking had been given; and it was ordered through angels by the hand of a go-between.
Because if the word which came through the angels was fixed, and in the past every evil act against God's orders was given its full punishment;
The law of God » Is the rule of life to saints
To those without the law I was as one without the law, not as being without law to God, but as under law to Christ, so that I might give the good news to those without the law.
Because you, brothers, were marked out to be free; only do not make use of your free condition to give the flesh its chance, but through love be servants one to another. For all the law is made complete in one word, even in this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.
The law of God » Man cannot be justified by
And through him everyone who has faith is made free from all those things, from which the law of Moses was not able to make you free.
For this reason, then, a man may get righteousness by faith without the works of the law.
Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
The law of God » Saints » Freed from the bondage of
In the same way, my brothers, you were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, even to him who came again from the dead, so that we might give fruit to God.
But now we are free from the law, having been made dead to that which had power over us; so that we are servants in the new way of the spirit, not in the old way of the letter.
For sin may not have rule over you: because you are not under law, but under grace.
The law of God » The wicked » Forsake
Now when Rehoboam's position as king had been made certain, and he was strong, he gave up the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.
And the Lord said, Because they have given up my law which I put before them, giving no attention to my voice and not being guided by it;
The law of God » Christ » Explained
All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.
And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest rule. And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. read more.
On these two rules all the law and the prophets are based.
On these two rules all the law and the prophets are based.
The law of God » Saints » Have, written on their hearts
For this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days: I will put my laws into their minds, writing them in their hearts: and I will be their God, and they will be my people:
But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
The law of God » Saints » Love
O what love I have for your law! I give thought to it all the day.
I am a hater of men of doubting mind; but I am a lover of your law.
The law of God » The wicked » Refuse to hear
Give ear, O earth: see, I will make evil come on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not given attention to my words, and they would have nothing to do with my law.
For they are an uncontrolled people, false-hearted, who will not give ear to the teaching of the Lord:
The law of God » Given » To the israelites
He put up a witness in Jacob, and made a law in Israel; which he gave to our fathers so that they might give knowledge of them to their children;
I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house. You are to have no other gods but me. You are not to make an image or picture of anything in heaven or on the earth or in the waters under the earth: read more.
You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters; And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws. You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord Keep in memory the Sabbath and let it be a holy day. On six days do all your work: But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day you are to do no work, you or your son or your daughter, your man-servant or your woman-servant, your cattle or the man from a strange country who is living among you: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and everything in them, and he took his rest on the seventh day: for this reason the Lord has given his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy. Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you. Do not put anyone to death without cause. Do not be false to the married relation. Do not take the property of another. Do not give false witness against your neighbour. Let not your desire be turned to your neighbour's house, or his wife or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is his.
You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters; And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws. You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord Keep in memory the Sabbath and let it be a holy day. On six days do all your work: But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day you are to do no work, you or your son or your daughter, your man-servant or your woman-servant, your cattle or the man from a strange country who is living among you: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and everything in them, and he took his rest on the seventh day: for this reason the Lord has given his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy. Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you. Do not put anyone to death without cause. Do not be false to the married relation. Do not take the property of another. Do not give false witness against your neighbour. Let not your desire be turned to your neighbour's house, or his wife or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is his.
The law of God » Saints » Delight in
In my heart I take pleasure in the law of God,
Let your gentle mercies come to me, so that I may have life; for your law is my delight.
The law of God » Love is the fulfilling of
Be in debt for nothing, but to have love for one another: for he who has love for his neighbour has kept all the law.
Love does no wrong to his neighbour, so love makes the law complete.
The law of God » Described as » Perfect
The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish.
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And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.
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The law of God » Given » Through moses
And when his talk with Moses on Mount Sinai was ended, he gave him the two stones of the law, two stones on which was the writing made by the finger of God.
Did not Moses give you the law? Even so, not one of you keeps the law. Why have you a desire to put me to death?
The law of God » Gives the knowledge of sin
Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
What then is to be said? is the law sin? in no way. But I would not have had knowledge of sin but for the law: for I would not have been conscious of desire if the law had not said, You may not have a desire for what is another's.
The law of God » All men have transgressed
Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God:
What then? are we worse off than they? In no way: because we have before made it clear that Jews as well as Greeks are all under the power of sin;
The law of God » Man, by nature, not in subjection to
Because the mind of the flesh is opposite to God; it is not under the law of God, and is not able to be:
For when we were in the flesh, the evil passions which came into being through the law were working in our bodies to give the fruit of death.
The law of God » Obedience to » Of prime importance
Circumcision is nothing, and its opposite is nothing, but only doing the orders of God is of value.
The law of God » It is man's duty to keep
This is the last word. All has been said. Have fear of God and keep his laws; because this is right for every man.
The law of God » Obedience to » A characteristic of saints
And the dragon was angry with the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her seed, who keep the orders of God, and the witness of Jesus:
The law of God » Punishment for disobeying
But they were hard-hearted, and went against your authority, turning their backs on your law, and putting to death your prophets, who gave witness against them with the purpose of turning them back again to you, and they did much to make you angry. And so you gave them up into the hands of their haters who were cruel to them: and in the time of their trouble, when they made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; and in your great mercy gave them saviours, who made them free from the hands of their haters.
The law of God » Given » To adam
And the Lord God gave the man orders, saying, You may freely take of the fruit of every tree of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not take; for on the day when you take of it, death will certainly come to you.
The law of God » Saints » Pledge themselves to walk in
They were united with their brothers, their rulers, and put themselves under a curse and an oath, to keep their steps in the way of God's law, which was given by Moses, the servant of God, and to keep and do all the orders of the Lord, our Lord, and his decisions and his rules;
The law of God » Saints » Freed from the curse of
Christ has made us free from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: because it is said in the Writings, A curse on everyone who is put to death by hanging on a tree:
The law of God » Designed to lead to Christ
So the law has been a servant to take us to Christ, so that we might have righteousness by faith.
The law of God » Described as » Truth
Your righteousness is an unchanging righteousness, and your law is certain.
The law of God » Saints » Lament over the violation of by others
The law of God » The love of, produces peace
Great peace have lovers of your law; they have no cause for falling.
The law of God » To be used lawfully
We are conscious that the law is good, if a man makes a right use of it,
The law of God » Described as » Exceeding broad
I have seen that nothing on earth is complete; but your teaching is very wide.
The law of God » Saints » Pray for power to keep
Give me wisdom, so that I may keep your law; going after it with all my heart.
The law of God » Saints » Pray to understand
Let my eyes be open to see the wonders of your law.
The law of God » Christ » Came to fulfil
Let there be no thought that I have come to put an end to the law or the prophets. I have not come for destruction, but to make complete.
The law of God » Saints » Keep
I have given thought to your name in the night, O Lord, and have kept your law.
The law of God » Christ » Magnified
It was the Lord's pleasure, because of his righteousness, to make the teaching great and give it honour.
The law of God » Is absolute and perpetual
Truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth come to an end, not the smallest letter or part of a letter will in any way be taken from the law, till all things are done.
The law of God » Described as » Holy, just, and good
But the law is holy, and its orders are holy, upright, and good.
The law of God » Described as » Spiritual
For we are conscious that the law is of the spirit; but I am of the flesh, given into the power of sin.
The law of God » The wicked » Refuse to walk in
They were not ruled by God's word, and they would not go in the way of his law;
The law of God » The wicked » Cast away
For this cause, as the waste of the grain is burned up by tongues of fire, and as the dry grass goes down before the flame, so their root will be like the dry stems of grain, and their flower will go up in dust: because they have gone against the law of the Lord of armies, and have given no honour to the word of the Holy One of Israel.
The law of God » Saints » Should make the subject of their conversation
And this will be for a sign to you on your hand and for a mark on your brow, so that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand the Lord took you out of Egypt.
The law of God » Saints » Should remember
Keep in mind the law of Moses, my servant, which I gave him in Horeb for all Israel, even the rules and the decisions.
The law of God » Given » To noah
Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image.
The law of God » Is the rule of the judgment
All those who have done wrong without the law will get destruction without the law: and those who have done wrong under the law will have their punishment by the law;
The law of God » Conscience testifies to
Because the work of the law is seen in their hearts, their sense of right and wrong giving witness to it, while their minds are at one time judging them and at another giving them approval;
The law of God » Established by faith
Do we, then, through faith make the law of no effect? in no way: but we make it clear that the law is important.
The law of God » Works wrath
For the outcome of the law is wrath; but where there is no law it will not be broken.
The law of God » Obedience to » A test of love
For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.
The law of God » Described as » Not grievous
For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.
The law of God » Described as » Pure
The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.
The law of God » Sin is a transgression of
Everyone who is a sinner goes against the law, for sin is going against the law.
The law of God » The wicked » Forget
Destruction has overtaken my people because they have no knowledge; because you have given up knowledge, I will give you up, so that you will be no priest to me, because you have not kept in mind the law of your God, I will not keep your children in my memory.
The law of God » Saints » Prepare their hearts to seek
For Ezra had given his mind to learning the law of the Lord and doing it, and to teaching his rules and decisions in Israel.
The law of God » The wicked » Despise
These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Judah, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they have given up the law of the Lord, and have not kept his rules; and their false ways, in which their fathers went, have made them go out of the right way.
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