25 Bible Verses about Works Of The Law

You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the LORD.

And you warned them in order to turn them back to your law. Yet they acted presumptuously and did not obey your commandments, but sinned against your rules, which if a person does them, he shall live by them, and they turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck and would not obey.

I gave them my statutes and made known to them my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live.

But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not walk in my statutes but rejected my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live; and my Sabbaths they greatly profaned. "Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to make a full end of them.

But the children rebelled against me. They did not walk in my statutes and were not careful to obey my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live; they profaned my Sabbaths. "Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them and spend my anger against them in the wilderness.

For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them.

But the law is not of faith, rather "The one who does them shall live by them."

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

Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,

And he said to him, "You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live."

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

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,

who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,

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

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.

And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,

just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:

For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them."

for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his.

Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,

though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad--in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls-- she was told, "The older will serve the younger."

Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?

But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.