Bible verses by topic / Law
You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
Keep his decrees and commands, which I am giving you today, so that it may go well with you and your children after you and that you may live long in the land the Lord your God gives you for all time.
Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him.
The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
Observe the commands of the Lord your God, walking in obedience to him and revering him.
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.
Do not make any gods to be alongside me; do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gods of gold.
The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to observe the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?
For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
The Lord commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the Lord our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today.
If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction, even their prayers are detestable.
Be sure to keep the commands of the Lord your God and the stipulations and decrees he has given you.
Praise the Lord. Blessed are those who fear the Lord, who find great delight in his commands.
Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.
My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the Lord your God that I give you.
I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws.
Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile.
He answered, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
The way of the Lord is a refuge for the blameless, but it is the ruin of those who do evil.
I will praise you with an upright heart as I learn your righteous laws.
There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?
And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.
The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and stay here, and I will give you the tablets of stone with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”
Do not judge, or you too will be judged.
Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.
I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because Abraham obeyed me and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees and my instructions.
Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.
I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart.
The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.
If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.
I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life.
I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.
But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.
Observe what the Lord your God requires: Walk in obedience to him, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and regulations, as written in the Law of Moses. Do this so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you go.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise.
The wise in heart accept commands, but a chattering fool comes to ruin.
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
He declared to you his covenant, the Ten Commandments, which he commanded you to follow and then wrote them on two stone tablets.