13 Bible Verses about Justified By Works

Was not our forefather Abraham made upright for his good deeds, for offering his son Isaac on the altar?

Was not even Rahab the prostitute made upright for her good deeds, in entertaining the scouts and sending them off by a different road?

You see a man is made upright by his good deeds and not simply by having faith.

Now that the Son of Man has come, he does eat and drink, and people say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drinker, the companion of tax-collectors and irreligious people!' And yet Wisdom is vindicated by her actions!"

For merely hearing the Law read does not make a man upright in the sight of God; men must obey the Law to be made upright.

for they show that what the Law demands is written on their hearts, and their consciences will testify for them, and with their thoughts they will either accuse or perhaps defend themselves,

That no one is accepted as upright by God for obeying the Law is evident because the upright will have life because of his faith,

Is the Law then contrary to God's promises? By no means. For if a law had been given that could have brought life, uprightness would really have come through law.

but who know that a man is not made upright by doing what the Law commands, but by faith in Christ Jesus??ven we believed in Christ Jesus, so as to be made upright by faith in Christ and not by doing what the Law commands??or by doing what the Law commands no one can be made upright.

For we hold that a man is made upright by faith; the observance of the Law has nothing to do with it.

For no human being can be made upright in the sight of God by observing the Law. All that the Law can do is to make man conscious of sin.

You people who propose to be made upright by law have finished with Christ; you have lost your hold upon God's favor.

For if he was made upright by what he did, it is something to be proud of. But not to be proud of before God,