13 Bible Verses about Justified By Works

Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?

In the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?

You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”

for it is not the hearers of the Law who are just before God, but the doers of the Law will be justified.

in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them,

Now that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident; for, “The righteous man shall live by faith.”

Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? May it never be! For if a law had been given which was able to impart life, then righteousness would indeed have been based on law.

nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified.

For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.

because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.

You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.