Romans 2:23
You who take pride in the law, are you doing wrong to the honour of God by behaviour which is against the law?
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Romans 2:23
You who take pride in the law, are you doing wrong to the honour of God by behaviour which is against the law?
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Romans 2:17
But as for you who have the name of Jew, and are resting on the law, and take pride in God,
Romans 2:18
And have knowledge of his desires, and are a judge of the things which are different, having the learning of the law,
Romans 2:19
In the belief that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those in the dark,
Romans 2:20
A teacher of the foolish, having in the law the form of knowledge and of what is true;
Romans 2:21
You who give teaching to others, do you give it to yourself? you who say that a man may not take what is not his, do you take what is not yours?
Romans 2:22
You who say that a man may not be untrue to his wife, are you true to yours? you who are a hater of images, do you do wrong to the house of God?
Romans 2:23
You who take pride in the law, are you doing wrong to the honour of God by behaviour which is against the law?
Romans 2:24
For the name of God is shamed among the Gentiles because of you, as it is said in the holy Writings.
Matthew 23:3
All things, then, which they give you orders to do, these do and keep: but do not take their works as your example, for they say and do not.
Isaiah 48:1
Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of the body of Judah; who take oaths by the name of the Lord, and make use of the name of the God of Israel, but not truly and not in good faith.
Ezra 9:1
Now after these things were done, the captains came to me and said, The people of Israel and the priests and Levites have not kept themselves separate from the people of the lands, but have taken part in the disgusting ways of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
Matthew 15:3
And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you?
Matthew 21:30
And he came to the second and said the same. And he made answer and said, I go, sir: and went not.
Matthew 23:27
A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you are like the resting-places of the dead, which are made white, and seem beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and of all unclean things.
Matthew 23:28
Even so you seem to men to be full of righteousness, but inside you are all false and full of wrongdoing.
Romans 3:19
Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God:
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Romans 2:25
It is true that circumcision is of use if you keep the law, but if you go against the law it is as if you had it not.
Romans 2:26
If those who have not circumcision keep the rules of the law, will it not be credited to them as circumcision?
Romans 2:27
And they, by their keeping of the law without circumcision, will be judges of you, by whom the law is broken though you have the letter of the law and circumcision.
Romans 2:28
The true Jew is not one who is only so publicly, and circumcision is not that which may be seen in the flesh:
Romans 2:29
But he is a Jew who is a secret one, whose circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
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2 Samuel 12:14
But still, because you have had no respect for the Lord, death will certainly overtake the child who has newly come to birth.
2 Peter 2:2
And a great number will go with them in their evil ways, through whom the true way will have a bad name.
Nehemiah 5:9
And I said, What you are doing is not good: is it not the more necessary for you to go in the fear of our God, because of the shame which the nations may put on us?
Ezekiel 36:20
And when they came among the nations, wherever they went, they made my holy name unclean, when it was said of them, These are the people of the Lord who have gone out from his land.
1 Timothy 6:1
Let all who are servants under the yoke give all honour to their masters, so that no evil may be said against the name of God and his teaching.
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Titus 1:16
They say that they have knowledge of God, while by their acts they are turning their backs on him; they are hated by all, hard-hearted, and judged to be without value for any good work.
Galatians 6:13
Because even those who undergo circumcision do not themselves keep the law; but they would have you undergo circumcision, so that they may have glory in your flesh.
2 Timothy 3:5
Having a form of religion, but turning their backs on the power of it: go not with these.
Isaiah 48:2
For they say that they are of the holy town, and put their faith in the God of Israel: the Lord of armies is his name.
Jeremiah 8:8
How is it that you say, We are wise and the law of the Lord is with us? But see, the false pen of the scribes has made it false.
Jeremiah 8:9
The wise men are shamed, they are overcome with fear and taken: see, they have given up the word of the Lord; and what use is their wisdom to them?
Ezekiel 33:31
And they come to you as my people come, and are seated before you as my people, hearing your words but doing them not: for deceit is in their mouth and their heart goes after profit for themselves.
Romans 2:13
For it is not the hearers of the law who will be judged as having righteousness before God, but only the doers:
Romans 3:27
What reason, then, is there for pride? It is shut out. By what sort of law? of works? No, but by a law of faith.
Romans 3:31
Do we, then, through faith make the law of no effect? in no way: but we make it clear that the law is important.
Isaiah 29:13
And the Lord said, because this people come near to me with their mouths, and give honour to me with their lips, but their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is false, a rule given them by the teaching of men;
Isaiah 58:2
Though they make prayer to me every day, and take pleasure in the knowledge of my ways: like a nation which has done righteousness, and has not given up the rules of their God, they make requests to me for the right orders, it is their delight to come near to God.
Romans 3:13
Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips:
1 Corinthians 4:7
For who made you better than your brother? or what have you that has not been given to you? but if it has been given to you, what cause have you for pride, as if it had not been given to you?
James 3:14
But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.
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Romans 2:1
So you have no reason, whoever you are, for judging: for in judging another you are judging yourself, for you do the same things.
Romans 2:2
And we are conscious that God is a true judge against those who do such things.
Romans 2:3
But you who are judging another for doing what you do yourself, are you hoping that God's decision will not take effect against you?
Romans 1:32
Who, though they have knowledge of the law of God, that the fate of those who do these things is death, not only go on doing these things themselves, but give approval to those who do them.
John 3:19
And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.
John 3:20
The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.
Romans 1:18
For there is a revelation of the wrath of God from heaven against all the wrongdoing and evil thoughts of men who keep down what is true by wrongdoing;
Romans 1:21
Because, having the knowledge of God, they did not give glory to God as God, and did not give praise, but their minds were full of foolish things, and their hearts, being without sense, were made dark.
Romans 1:24
For this reason God gave them up to the evil desires of their hearts, working shame in their bodies with one another:
Romans 1:28
And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;
Romans 2:5
But by your hard and unchanged heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of the revelation of God's judging in righteousness;
2 Thessalonians 2:10
And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation.
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Psalms 50:16
But to the sinner, God says, What are you doing, talking of my laws, or taking the words of my agreement in your mouth?
Psalms 50:17
Seeing that you have no desire for my teaching, turning your back on my words.
Psalms 50:18
When you saw a thief, you were in agreement with him, and you were joined with those who took other men's wives.
Psalms 50:19
You have given your mouth to evil, your tongue to words of deceit.
Psalms 50:20
You say evil of your brother; you make false statements against your mother's son.
Matthew 7:3
And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?
Matthew 7:4
Or how will you say to your brother, Let me take out the grain of dust from your eye, when you yourself have a bit of wood in your eye?
Matthew 7:5
You false one, first take out the bit of wood from your eye, then will you see clearly to take out the grain of dust from your brother's eye.
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Zephaniah 3:11
In that day you will have no shame on account of all the things in which you did evil against me: for then I will take away from among you those who were lifted up in pride, and you will no longer be lifted up with pride in my holy mountain.
Jeremiah 7:4
Put no faith in false words, saying, The Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, are these.
Jeremiah 7:8
See, you put your faith in false words which are of no profit.
Jeremiah 7:9
Will you take the goods of others, put men to death, and be untrue to your wives, and take false oaths, and have perfumes burned to the Baal, and go after other gods which are strange to you;
Jeremiah 7:10
And come and take your place before me in this house, which is named by my name, and say, We have been made safe; so that you may do all these disgusting things?
Luke 10:28
And he said, You have given the right answer: do this and you will have life.
John 5:45
Put out of your minds the thought that I will say things against you to the Father: the one who says things against you is Moses, on whom you put your hopes.
John 7:19
Did not Moses give you the law? Even so, not one of you keeps the law. Why have you a desire to put me to death?
John 9:28
And they were angry with him and said, You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
John 9:29
We are certain that God gave his word to Moses: but as for this man, we have no knowledge where he comes from.
Romans 9:4
Who are Israelites: who have the place of sons, and the glory, and the agreements with God, and the giving of the law, and the worship, and the hope offered by God:
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Luke 12:47
And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;
Luke 12:48
But he who, without knowledge, did things for which punishment is given, will get only a small number of blows. The man to whom much is given, will have to give much; if much is given into his care, of him more will be requested.
John 9:41
Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would have no sin: but now that you say, We see; your sin is there still.
James 4:16
But now you go on glorying in your pride: and all such glorying is evil.
James 4:17
The man who has knowledge of how to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
John 15:22
If I had not come and been their teacher they would have had no sin: but now they have no reason to give for their sin.
Romans 5:14
But still death had power from Adam till Moses, even over those who had not done wrong like Adam, who is a picture of him who was to come.
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Luke 18:9
And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:
Luke 18:10
Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer.
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.
Luke 18:12
Twice in the week I go without food; I give a tenth of all I have.
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1 Samuel 2:17
And the sin of these young men was very great before the Lord; for they gave no honour to the Lord's offerings.
1 Samuel 2:24
No, my sons, the account which is given me, which the Lord's people are sending about, is not good.
Malachi 2:8
But you are turned out of the way; you have made the law hard for numbers of people; you have made the agreement of Levi of no value, says the Lord of armies.
Malachi 2:9
And so I have taken away your honour and made you low before all the people, even as you have not kept my ways, and have given no thought to me in using the law.
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