Law (3/5)

Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or… Matthew 5:17

Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
Matthew 5:17 Jesus prophecy
I will never forget your precepts,
for by them you have given me life.
Psalm 119:93 life

But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.
James 1:25 blessing listening obedience
There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
James 4:12 judgment salvation neighbor
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
Psalm 19:8 joy heart light
I am the Lord your God; walk in my statutes, and be careful to obey my rules, and keep my Sabbaths holy that they may be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God.
Ezekiel 20:19-20 obedience sabbath
We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; 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.
Galatians 2:15-16 faith righteousness
In the way of your testimonies I delight
as much as in all riches.
Psalm 119:14 money joy
Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:19 kingdom heaven obedience
Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?
Galatians 3:5 Spirit listening
Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.
1 John 3:4 sin righteousness
You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Matthew 19:18b-19 love family reliability
If anyone sins, doing any of the things that by the Lord's commandments ought not to be done, though he did not know it, then realizes his guilt, he shall bear his iniquity.
Leviticus 5:17 sin punishment
The way of the Lord is a stronghold to the blameless,
but destruction to evildoers.
Proverbs 10:29 sin reliability
And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Matthew 22:39 neighbor love
I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.
Galatians 2:21 grace righteousness Jesus
Incline my heart to your testimonies,
and not to selfish gain!
Psalm 119:36 greed heart selfishness
You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you.
Deuteronomy 4:2 obedience following
But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction.
Romans 3:21-22 faith righteousness prophecy
But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is just and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
Ezekiel 18:21 conversion sin obedience
Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.
John 14:21 love Father
And I shall walk in a wide place,
for I have sought your precepts.
Psalm 119:45 freedom seeking
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
Deuteronomy 5:11 punishment
Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for all time.
Deuteronomy 4:40 obedience blessing life
The sum of your word is truth,
and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.
Psalm 119:160 reliability Word of God

The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.”

Bible verse of the day

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:1-2 creation Spirit heaven