13 Bible Verses about Justified By Works

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

And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?

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

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds."

For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.

They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them

Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for "The righteous shall live by faith."

Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law.

yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.

You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.

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