Romans 6:21

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“What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.”

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BSBPD

“What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“What fruit then had ye at that time in the things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“what fruit, therefore, were ye having then, in the things of which ye are now ashamed? for the end of those <FI>is<Fi> death.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Romans 6:21 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 17:6On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness.
  2. Deuteronomy 21:22If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,
  3. 2 Samuel 12:5David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!
  4. 1 Kings 2:26Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”
  5. Ezra 9:6and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
  6. Job 40:4“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
  7. Job 42:6Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
  8. Psalms 73:17until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.
  9. Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
  10. Proverbs 5:10lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
  11. Proverbs 9:17“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
  12. Proverbs 14:12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
  13. Proverbs 16:25There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
  14. Isaiah 3:10Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
  15. Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.
  16. Jeremiah 8:12Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.
  17. Jeremiah 12:13They have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”
  18. Jeremiah 17:10I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
  19. Jeremiah 31:19After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
  20. Jeremiah 44:20Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him,
  21. Ezekiel 16:61Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of My covenant with you.
  22. Ezekiel 36:31Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.
  23. Ezekiel 43:11and if they are ashamed of all they have done, then make known to them the design of the temple—its arrangement and its exits and entrances—its whole design along with all its statutes, forms, and laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its complete design and all its statutes and may carry them out.
  24. Daniel 9:7To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.

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