Thematic Bible: The law of God
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Delighting in God » Saints' experience, in » The law of God
How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of scoffers!
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Yes, I find delight in your rules; they give me guidance.
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Guide me in the path of your commands, for I delight to walk in it.
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The law of God » Blessedness of keeping
and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing to him.
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And the person who keeps his commandments resides in God, and God in him. Now by this we know that God resides in us: by the Spirit he has given us.
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(Alef) How blessed are those whose actions are blameless, who obey the law of the Lord.
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So anyone who breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever obeys them and teaches others to do so will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
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The law of God » Requires perfect obedience
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."
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For the one who obeys the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.
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Cursed is the one who refuses to keep the words of this law.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'
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The law of God » Man cannot render perfect obedience to
"The time will come when your people will sin against you (for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry with them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their own land, whether far away or close by.
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For there is not one truly righteous person on the earth who continually does good and never sins.
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just as it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one,
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The law of God » Requires obedience of the heart
But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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Jesus said to him, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
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Look, you desire integrity in the inner man; you want me to possess wisdom.
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The law of God » Given » Through the ministration of angels
You received the law by decrees given by angels, but you did not obey it."
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Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the descendant to whom the promise had been made. It was administered through angels by an intermediary.
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For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty,
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The law of God » Is the rule of life to saints
To those free from the law I became like one free from the law (though I am not free from God's law but under the law of Christ) to gain those free from the law.
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For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely, "You must love your neighbor as yourself."
The law of God » Man cannot be justified by
and by this one everyone who believes is justified from everything from which the law of Moses could not justify you.
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For we consider that a person is declared righteous by faith apart from the works of the law.
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For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
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The law of God » Saints » Freed from the bondage of
So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you could be joined to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, to bear fruit to God.
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But now we have been released from the law, because we have died to what controlled us, so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit and not under the old written code.
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For sin will have no mastery over you, because you are not under law but under grace.
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The law of God » The wicked » Forsake
After Rehoboam's rule was established and solidified, he and all Israel rejected the law of the Lord.
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The Lord answered, "This has happened because these people have rejected my laws which I gave them. They have not obeyed me or followed those laws.
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The law of God » Christ » Explained
In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets.
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Jesus said to him, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. The second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' read more.
All the law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."
All the law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."
The law of God » Saints » Have, written on their hearts
"For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and I will inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people.
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"But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel after I plant them back in the land," says the Lord. "I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people.
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The law of God » Saints » Love
(Mem) O how I love your law! All day long I meditate on it.
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(Samek) I hate people with divided loyalties, but I love your law.
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The law of God » The wicked » Refuse to hear
Hear this, you peoples of the earth: 'Take note! I am about to bring disaster on these people. It will come as punishment for their scheming. For they have paid no attention to what I have said, and they have rejected my law.
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For these are rebellious people -- they are lying children, children unwilling to obey the Lord's law.
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The law of God » Given » To the israelites
He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants,
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"I, the Lord, am your God, who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery. "You shall have no other gods before me. "You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below. read more.
You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me, and showing covenant faithfulness to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments. "You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold guiltless anyone who takes his name in vain. "Remember the Sabbath day to set it apart as holy. For six days you may labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant, or your cattle, or the resident foreigner who is in your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, and he rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy. "Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving to you. "You shall not murder. "You shall not commit adultery. "You shall not steal. "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. "You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that belongs to your neighbor."
You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me, and showing covenant faithfulness to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments. "You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold guiltless anyone who takes his name in vain. "Remember the Sabbath day to set it apart as holy. For six days you may labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant, or your cattle, or the resident foreigner who is in your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, and he rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy. "Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving to you. "You shall not murder. "You shall not commit adultery. "You shall not steal. "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. "You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that belongs to your neighbor."
The law of God » Saints » Delight in
For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.
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May I experience your compassion, so I might live! For I find delight in your law.
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The law of God » Love is the fulfilling of
Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
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Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
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The law of God » Described as » Perfect
The law of the Lord is perfect and preserves one's life. The rules set down by the Lord are reliable and impart wisdom to the inexperienced.
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Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God -- what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.
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The law of God » Given » Through moses
He gave Moses two tablets of testimony when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, tablets of stone written by the finger of God.
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Hasn't Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law! Why do you want to kill me?"
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The law of God » Gives the knowledge of sin
For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
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What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! Certainly, I would not have known sin except through the law. For indeed I would not have known what it means to desire something belonging to someone else if the law had not said, "Do not covet."
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The law of God » All men have transgressed
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
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What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,
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The law of God » Man, by nature, not in subjection to
because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.
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For when we were in the flesh, the sinful desires, aroused by the law, were active in the members of our body to bear fruit for death.
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The law of God » Obedience to » Of prime importance
Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Instead, keeping God's commandments is what counts.
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The law of God » It is man's duty to keep
Having heard everything, I have reached this conclusion: Fear God and keep his commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
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The law of God » Obedience to » A characteristic of saints
So the dragon became enraged at the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her children, those who keep God's commandments and hold to the testimony about Jesus. And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore.
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The law of God » Punishment for disobeying
"Nonetheless they grew disobedient and rebelled against you; they disregarded your law. They killed your prophets who had solemnly admonished them in order to cause them to return to you. They committed atrocious blasphemies. Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who oppressed them. But in the time of their distress they called to you, and you heard from heaven. In your abundant compassion you provided them with deliverers to rescue them from their adversaries.
The law of God » Given » To adam
Then the Lord God commanded the man, "You may freely eat fruit from every tree of the orchard, but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will surely die."
The law of God » Saints » Pledge themselves to walk in
hereby participate with their colleagues the town leaders and enter into a curse and an oath to adhere to the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey carefully all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, along with his ordinances and his statutes.
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The law of God » Saints » Freed from the curse of
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us (because it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree")
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The law of God » Designed to lead to Christ
Thus the law had become our guardian until Christ, so that we could be declared righteous by faith.
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The law of God » Described as » Truth
Your justice endures, and your law is reliable.
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The law of God » Saints » Lament over the violation of by others
Tears stream down from my eyes, because people do not keep your law.
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The law of God » The love of, produces peace
Those who love your law are completely secure; nothing causes them to stumble.
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The law of God » To be used lawfully
But we know that the law is good if someone uses it legitimately,
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The law of God » Described as » Exceeding broad
I realize that everything has its limits, but your commands are beyond full comprehension.
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The law of God » Saints » Pray for power to keep
Give me understanding so that I might observe your law, and keep it with all my heart.
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The law of God » Saints » Pray to understand
Open my eyes so I can truly see the marvelous things in your law!
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The law of God » Christ » Came to fulfil
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have not come to abolish these things but to fulfill them.
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The law of God » Saints » Keep
I remember your name during the night, O Lord, and I will keep your law.
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The law of God » Christ » Magnified
The Lord wanted to exhibit his justice by magnifying his law and displaying it.
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The law of God » Is absolute and perpetual
I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter will pass from the law until everything takes place.
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The law of God » Described as » Holy, just, and good
So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
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The law of God » Described as » Spiritual
For we know that the law is spiritual -- but I am unspiritual, sold into slavery to sin.
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The law of God » The wicked » Refuse to walk in
They did not keep their covenant with God, and they refused to obey his law.
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The law of God » The wicked » Cast away
Therefore, as flaming fire devours straw, and dry grass disintegrates in the flames, so their root will rot, and their flower will blow away like dust. For they have rejected the law of the Lord who commands armies, they have spurned the commands of the Holy One of Israel.
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The law of God » Saints » Should make the subject of their conversation
It will be a sign for you on your hand and a memorial on your forehead, so that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth, for with a mighty hand the Lord brought you out of Egypt.
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The law of God » Saints » Should remember
"Remember the law of my servant Moses, to whom at Horeb I gave rules and regulations for all Israel to obey.
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The law of God » Given » To noah
"Whoever sheds human blood, by other humans must his blood be shed; for in God's image God has made humankind."
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The law of God » Is the rule of the judgment
For all who have sinned apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.
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The law of God » Conscience testifies to
They show that the work of the law is written in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend them,
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The law of God » Established by faith
Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not! Instead we uphold the law.
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The law of God » Works wrath
For the law brings wrath, because where there is no law there is no transgression either.
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The law of God » Obedience to » A test of love
For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments do not weigh us down,
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The law of God » Described as » Not grievous
For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments do not weigh us down,
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The law of God » Described as » Pure
The Lord's precepts are fair and make one joyful. The Lord's commands are pure and give insight for life.
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The law of God » Sin is a transgression of
Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; indeed, sin is lawlessness.
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The law of God » The wicked » Forget
You have destroyed my people by failing to acknowledge me! Because you refuse to acknowledge me, I will reject you as my priests. Because you reject the law of your God, I will reject your descendants.
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The law of God » Saints » Prepare their hearts to seek
Now Ezra had dedicated himself to the study of the law of the Lord, to its observance, and to teaching its statutes and judgments in Israel.
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The law of God » The wicked » Despise
This is what the Lord says: "Because Judah has committed three covenant transgressions -- make that four! -- I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They rejected the Lord's law; they did not obey his commands. Their false gods, to which their fathers were loyal, led them astray.
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