Bible Verses About The Law
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for the law, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 482 votes, led by Galatians 3:24. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about The Law
Galatians 3:2438 votes
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Romans 10:426 votes
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
James 2:1026 votes
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
Romans 7:725 votes
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
1 John 3:425 votes
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Matthew 5:17-1924 votes
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Romans 7:1220 votes
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Romans 3:2019 votes
Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Galatians 2:1619 votes
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Romans 6:1416 votes
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
Romans 3:3115 votes
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
Matthew 5:17-1814 votes
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Matthew 5:1713 votes
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Acts 5:2913 votes
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Romans 13:8-1013 votes
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Genesis 9:612 votes
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Leviticus 19:1812 votes
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.
Matthew 5:21-2212 votes
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
John 1:1712 votes
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Romans 3:2812 votes
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Romans 4:1512 votes
Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
Romans 8:712 votes
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Romans 13:112 votes
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Romans 13:1-712 votes
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Galatians 3:1012 votes
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
What does the Bible say about the law?
Readers most often cite Galatians 3:24 on the subject of the law. Across 482 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 10:4, James 2:10, Romans 7:7. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.