13 Bible Verses about Justified By Works

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

And similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed 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 drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."

For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous before God, but those who do the law will be declared righteous.

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,

Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith.

Is the law therefore opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.

yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.

For we consider that a person is declared righteous by faith apart from the works of the law.

For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

You who are trying to be declared righteous by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace!

For if Abraham was declared righteous by the works of the law, he has something to boast about -- but not before God.