18 Bible Verses about Works Of The Law

For Moses describes the righteousness of the law, that the man that does these things shall live by them.

but the law is not of faith, but he that does these things shall live by them.

For what reason? Because they are not of faith, but as it were of works of the law; for they stumbled at the stone of stumbling,

And he said to him, You have answered well; do this, and you shall live.

For if Abraham was justified by works he has [occasion for] boasting, but not before God.

For by grace are you saved through the faith; and that not of you; [it is] the gift of God; not of works, that no one may boast;

not by works of righteousness which we did but according to his mercy he saved us through the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,

who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his purpose and grace given us in Christ Jesus from eternity,

Wherefore by the works of the law there shall no flesh be justified is his sight, for by the law there is an acknowledgment of sin.

knowing that a man is not justified by works of the law but by the faith of Jesus Christ, we also have believed in Jesus Christ, that we may be justified by faith and not by works of the law, because by works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

We conclude then that a man is justified by faith without the works of the law.

But to one that works not, but believes on him that justifies the wicked, his faith is [accounted] for righteousness.

As David describes the blessedness of the man to whom the Lord accounts righteousness without works,

For as many as are of works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, Cursed is every one that continues not in all things written in the book of the law to do them.

For he [Christ] who entered into his rest, also himself rested from his works, as God from his.

Wherefore leaving the account of the beginning of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of a change of mind from dead works, and of faith in God,

This only would I learn of you. Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by a hearing of faith?

but if by grace, no longer by works; for otherwise grace is no longer grace; but if by works, it is no longer grace; for otherwise a work is no longer a work.