Romans 10:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.””
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“For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For Moses writeth that the man that doeth the righteousness which is of the law shall live thereby.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for Moses doth describe the righteousness that <FI>is<Fi> of the law, that, `The man who did them shall live in them,'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Romans 10:5 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 18:5Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
- Nehemiah 9:29You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly shrugged their shoulders; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.
- Ezekiel 20:11And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.
- Ezekiel 20:13Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.
- Ezekiel 20:21But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness.
- Luke 10:27He 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.’”
- Romans 7:10So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.
- Galatians 3:12The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”
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