Romans 7:22
In my heart I take pleasure in the law of God,
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Romans 7:18
For I am conscious that in me, that is, in my flesh, there is nothing good: I have the mind but not the power to do what is right.
Romans 7:19
For the good which I have a mind to do, I do not: but the evil which I have no mind to do, that I do.
Romans 7:20
But if I do what I have no mind to do, it is no longer I who do it, but the sin living in me.
Romans 7:21
So I see a law that, though I have a mind to do good, evil is present in me.
Romans 7:22
In my heart I take pleasure in the law of God,
Romans 7:23
But I see another law in my body, working against the law of my mind, and making me the servant of the law of sin which is in my flesh.
Romans 7:24
How unhappy am I! who will make me free from the body of this death?
Romans 7:25
I give praise to God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So with my mind I am a servant to the law of God, but with my flesh to the law of sin.
Romans 7:15
And I have no clear knowledge of what I am doing, for that which I have a mind to do, I do not, but what I have hate for, that I do.
Romans 7:16
But, if I do that which I have no mind to do, I am in agreement with the law that the law is good.
James 3:2
For we all go wrong in a number of things. If a man never makes a slip in his talk, then he is a complete man and able to keep all his body in control.
Ecclesiastes 7:20
There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.
Matthew 26:41
Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test: the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.
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2 Corinthians 4:16
For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.
Ephesians 3:16
That in the wealth of his glory he would make you strong with power through his Spirit in your hearts;
1 Peter 3:4
But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God.
Psalms 51:6
Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.
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.
Ephesians 4:22
That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by love of deceit;
Ephesians 4:23
And be made new in the spirit of your mind,
Ephesians 4:24
And put on the new man, to which God has given life, in righteousness and a true and holy way of living.
Colossians 3:9
Do not make false statements to one another; because you have put away the old man with all his doings,
Colossians 3:10
And have put on the new man, which has become new in knowledge after the image of his maker;
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Psalms 40:8
My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.
Psalms 1:2
But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.
Psalms 119:16
I will have delight in your rules; I will not let your word go out of my mind.
Psalms 119:35
Make me go in the way of your teachings; for they are my delight.
Job 23:12
I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.
Psalms 112:1
Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives honour to the Lord, and has great delight in his laws.
Psalms 119:47
And so that I may take delight in your teachings, to which I have given my love.
Psalms 119:174
All my desire has been for your salvation, O Lord; and your law is my delight.
Psalms 119:24
Your unchanging word is my delight, and the guide of my footsteps.
Psalms 119:5
If only my ways were ordered so that I might keep your rules!
Proverbs 30:5
Every word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him.
Psalms 119:14
I have taken as much delight in the way of your unchanging word, as in all wealth.
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Romans 7:7
What then is to be said? is the law sin? in no way. But I would not have had knowledge of sin but for the law: for I would not have been conscious of desire if the law had not said, You may not have a desire for what is another's.
Romans 7:8
But sin, taking its chance through that which was ordered by the law, was working in me every form of desire: because without the law sin is dead.
Romans 7:9
And there was a time when I was living without the law: but when the law gave its orders, sin came to life and put me to death;
Romans 7:10
And I made the discovery that the law whose purpose was to give life had become a cause of death:
Romans 7:11
For I was tricked and put to death by sin, which took its chance through the law.
Romans 7:12
But the law is holy, and its orders are holy, upright, and good.
Romans 7:13
Was then that which is good, death to me? In no way. But the purpose was that sin might be seen to be sin by working death to me through that which is good; so that through the orders of the law sin might seem much more evil.
Romans 7:14
For we are conscious that the law is of the spirit; but I am of the flesh, given into the power of sin.
Matthew 5:17
Let there be no thought that I have come to put an end to the law or the prophets. I have not come for destruction, but to make complete.
Matthew 5:19
Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven.
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.
1 Corinthians 9:21
To those without the law I was as one without the law, not as being without law to God, but as under law to Christ, so that I might give the good news to those without the law.
2 Corinthians 3:7
For if the operation of the law, giving death, recorded in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the eyes of the children of Israel had to be turned away from the face of Moses because of its glory, a glory which was only for a time:
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Psalms 19:7
The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish.
Psalms 19:8
The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.
Psalms 19:9
The fear of the Lord is clean, and has no end; the decisions of the Lord are true and full of righteousness.
Psalms 19:10
More to be desired are they than gold, even than much shining gold; sweeter than the dropping honey.
Psalms 19:11
By them is your servant made conscious of danger, and in keeping them there is great reward.
Psalms 119:127
For this reason I have greater love far your teachings than for gold, even for shining gold.
Psalms 119:128
Because of it I keep straight in all things by your orders; and I am a hater of every false way.
Psalms 119:97
MEM O what love I have for your law! I give thought to it all the day.
Psalms 119:104
Through your orders I get wisdom; for this reason I am a hater of every false way.
Psalms 119:140
Your word is of tested value; and it is dear to your servant.
Deuteronomy 4:8
And what great nation has laws and decisions so right as all this law which I put before you today?
Job 33:27
He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin.
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Jeremiah 31:33
But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Hebrews 8:10
For this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days: I will put my laws into their minds, writing them in their hearts: and I will be their God, and they will be my people:
Psalms 37:31
The law of his God is in his heart; he will never make a false step.
Hebrews 10:16
This is the agreement which I will make with them after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws in their hearts, writing them in their minds; he said,
2 Corinthians 3:3
For you are clearly a letter of Christ, the fruit of our work, recorded not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in stone, but in hearts of flesh.
Jeremiah 32:40
And I will make an eternal agreement with them, that I will never give them up, but ever do them good; and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, so that they will not go away from me.
Romans 2:15
Because the work of the law is seen in their hearts, their sense of right and wrong giving witness to it, while their minds are at one time judging them and at another giving them approval;
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Psalms 119:70
Their hearts are shut up with fat; but my delight is in your law.
Psalms 119:45
So that my way may be in a wide place: because my search has been for your orders.
Psalms 119:25
DALETH My soul is joined to the dust: O give me life, in keeping with your word.
Psalms 119:32
I will go quickly in the way of your teaching, because you have given me a free heart.
Psalms 119:54
Your rules have been melodies to me, while I have been living in strange lands.
Psalms 119:159
See how great is my love for your orders: give me life, O Lord, in keeping with your mercy.
Psalms 119:173
Let your hand be near for my help; for I have given my heart to your orders.
Proverbs 21:15
It is a joy to the good man to do right, but it is destruction to the workers of evil.
Isaiah 58:14
Then the Lord will be your delight; and I will put you on the high places of the earth; and I will give you the heritage of Jacob your father: for the mouth of the Lord has said it.
James 2:12
Let your words and your acts be those of men who are to be judged by the law which makes free.
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Psalms 119:92
If your law had not been my delight, my troubles would have put an end to me.
Psalms 119:48
And so that my hands may be stretched out to you; and I will give thought to your rules.
Psalms 119:77
Let your gentle mercies come to me, so that I may have life; for your law is my delight.
Jeremiah 15:16
But to me your word is a joy, making my heart glad; for I am named by your name, O Lord God of armies.
Psalms 119:167
My soul has kept your unchanging word; great is my love for it.
Isaiah 64:5
Will you not have mercy on him who takes pleasure in doing righteousness, even on those who keep in mind your ways? Truly you were angry, and we went on doing evil, and sinning against you in the past.
John 4:34
Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.
James 1:25
But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.
1 John 5:3
For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.
Psalms 119:72
The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.
Psalms 119:103
How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth!
Psalms 119:143
Pain and trouble have overcome me: but your teachings are my delight.
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Romans 7:17
So it is no longer I who do it, but the sin living in me.
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Romans 8:6
For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:
Romans 8:7
Because the mind of the flesh is opposite to God; it is not under the law of God, and is not able to be:
Romans 8:2
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
Galatians 5:16
But I say, Go on in the Spirit, and you will not come under the rule of the evil desires of the flesh.
Galatians 5:17
For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; because these are opposite the one to the other; so that you may not do the things which you have a mind to do.
Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,
Galatians 5:23
Gentle behaviour, control over desires: against such there is no law.
Galatians 5:24
And those who are Christ's have put to death on the cross the flesh with its passions and its evil desires.
Romans 8:4
So that what was ordered by the law might be done in us, who are living, not in the way of the flesh, but in the way of the Spirit.
Romans 8:9
You are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God is in you. But if any man has not the Spirit of Christ he is not one of his.
Romans 8:12
So then, my brothers, we are in debt, not to the flesh to be living in the way of the flesh:
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Luke 11:39
And the Lord said to him, You Pharisees make the outside of the cup and the plate clean; but inside you are thieves and full of evil.
Psalms 5:9
For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part is nothing but evil; their throat is like an open place for the dead; smooth are the words of their tongues.
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Psalms 36:4
He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.
Psalms 97:10
You who are lovers of the Lord, be haters of evil; he keeps the souls of his saints; he takes them out of the hand of sinners.
Amos 5:15
Be haters of evil and lovers of good, and let right be done in the public place: it may be that the Lord, the God of armies, will have mercy on the rest of Joseph.
Romans 12:9
Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.
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Matthew 11:28
Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;
Matthew 11:30
For my yoke is good, and the weight I take up is not hard.
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