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Bible verses by topic / Law

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?

Book: Old Testament / Deuteronomy
Topics: law, awe, blessing, serving
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So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

Book: New Testament / Matthew
Topics: law, neighbor, prophecy, relationships
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The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.

Book: New Testament / 1 John
Topics: law, God, Spirit
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For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

Book: New Testament / 1 John
Topics: law, love, neighbor
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A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

Book: New Testament / John
Topics: law, love, neighbor
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You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember all the commands of the Lord, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by chasing after the lusts of your own hearts and eyes.

Book: Old Testament / Numbers
Topics: law, desires, obedience, sexuality
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We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.

Book: New Testament / Galatians
Topics: law, faith, righteousness
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I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws.

Topics: law, faith, truth
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Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?

Book: New Testament / 2 Corinthians
Topics: law, Light, relationships, righteousness
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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.”

Book: Old Testament / Exodus
Topics: law, obedience, receiving
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Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Book: New Testament / Romans
Topics: law, love, neighbor
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You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.

Book: Old Testament / Deuteronomy
Topics: law, punishment
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If anyone sins and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, even though they do not know it, they are guilty and will be held responsible.

Book: Old Testament / Leviticus
Topics: law, punishment, sin
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I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.

Book: Old Testament / Job
Topics: law, obedience, speaking, Word of God
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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.

Book: Old Testament / Deuteronomy
Topics: law, blessing, life
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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.

Book: Old Testament / Deuteronomy
Topics: law, following, obedience
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Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses.

Book: New Testament / Acts
Topics: law, Forgiveness, freedom, Jesus
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Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.

Topics: law, heart, joy
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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.

Book: New Testament / John
Topics: law, Jesus, love
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I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.

Topics: law, joy, money
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My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity.

Book: Old Testament / Proverbs
Topics: law, heart, life, peace
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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.

Book: New Testament / James
Topics: law, blessing, freedom, listening, obedience
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If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth.

Book: Old Testament / Deuteronomy
Topics: law, blessing, obedience
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But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children— with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts.

Topics: law, covenant, faithfulness, family, reliability
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All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal.

Topics: law, reliability, Word of God
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For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.

Book: New Testament / Matthew
Topics: law, heaven, reliability, Word of God, world
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I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.

Topics: law, freedom, seeking
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In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

Book: New Testament / Hebrews
Topics: law, blood, Forgiveness, sin
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Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.

Book: New Testament / Romans
Topics: law, debt, love
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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.

Book: Old Testament / Ecclesiastes
Topics: law, awe, life
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Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.

Book: New Testament / 1 John
Topics: law, righteousness, sin
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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.’

Book: New Testament / Luke
Topics: law, love, obedience
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Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.

Book: New Testament / Romans
Topics: law, faith, righteousness
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I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.

Topics: law, heart, righteousness
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Keep my commands and follow them. I am the Lord.

Book: Old Testament / Leviticus
Topics: law, God, obedience
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So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?

Book: New Testament / Galatians
Topics: law, listening, Spirit
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The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.

Book: New Testament / Mark
Topics: law, love, neighbor, selfishness
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But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you: to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to keep his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Book: Old Testament / Joshua
Topics: law, heart, serving, soul
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These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Book: Old Testament / Deuteronomy
Topics: law, children, family
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Do not make any gods to be alongside me; do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gods of gold.

Book: Old Testament / Exodus
Topics: law, idols, money
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The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.

Topics: law, heart, joy, Light
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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.

Book: New Testament / 1 John
Topics: law, obedience, trust
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If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction, even their prayers are detestable.

Book: Old Testament / Proverbs
Topics: law, listening, obedience, Prayer
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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.

Book: New Testament / Hebrews
Topics: law, blessing, covenant, following, peace, Resurrection
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I am the Lord your God; follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. Keep my Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.

Book: Old Testament / Ezekiel
Topics: law, obedience, sabbath
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If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit.

Book: Old Testament / Leviticus
Topics: law, blessing, Fruitfulness, harvest, obedience
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I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart.

Topics: law, heart, obedience
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What shall we say, then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”

Book: New Testament / Romans
Topics: law, desires, sin
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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.

Book: New Testament / Romans
Topics: law, freedom, hell, judgment, punishment, Redeemer
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But if a wicked person turns away from all the sins they have committed and keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, that person will surely live; they will not die.

Book: Old Testament / Ezekiel
Topics: law, conversion, obedience, sin
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