Romans 7:7 Cross References

Romans 7:7

7: Well then, am I suggesting that the law of God is evil? Of course not! The law is not sinful, but it was the law that showed me my sin. I would never have known that coveting is wrong if the law had not said, "Do not covet."

Romans 3:20

  1. For no one can ever be made right in God's sight by doing what his law commands. For the more we know God's law, the clearer it becomes that we aren't obeying it.

Exodus 20:17

  1. "Do not covet your neighbor's house. Do not covet your neighbor's wife, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else your neighbor owns."

Deuteronomy 5:21

  1. " `Do not covet your neighbor's wife. Do not covet your neighbor's house or land, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else your neighbor owns.'

Romans 7:8

  1. But sin took advantage of this law and aroused all kinds of forbidden desires within me! If there were no law, sin would not have that power.

Romans 4:15

  1. But the law brings punishment on those who try to obey it. (The only way to avoid breaking the law is to have no law to break!)

Romans 3:5

  1. "But," some say, "our sins serve a good purpose, for people will see God's goodness when he declares us sinners to be innocent. Isn't it unfair, then, for God to punish us?" (That is actually the way some people talk.)

Psalms 19:7

  1. The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul. The decrees of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple.
  2. The commandments of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are clear, giving insight to life.
  3. Reverence for the LORD is pure, lasting forever. The laws of the LORD are true; each one is fair.
  4. They are more desirable than gold, even the finest gold. They are sweeter than honey, even honey dripping from the comb.
  5. They are a warning to those who hear them; there is great reward for those who obey them.

1 Corinthians 15:56

  1. For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power.

Romans 13:9

  1. For the commandments against adultery and murder and stealing and coveting--and any other commandment--are all summed up in this one commandment: "Love your neighbor as yourself."

Colossians 3:5

  1. So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual sin, impurity, lust, and shameful desires. Don't be greedy for the good things of this life, for that is idolatry.

Genesis 3:6

  1. The woman was convinced. The fruit looked so fresh and delicious, and it would make her so wise! So she ate some of the fruit. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her. Then he ate it, too.

Matthew 5:28

  1. But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust in his eye has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Ephesians 5:3

  1. Let there be no sexual immorality, impurity, or greed among you. Such sins have no place among God's people.

Acts 20:33

  1. "I have never coveted anyone's money or fine clothing.

Romans 7:13

  1. But how can that be? Did the law, which is good, cause my doom? Of course not! Sin used what was good to bring about my condemnation. So we can see how terrible sin really is. It uses God's good commandment for its own evil purposes.

Psalms 119:96

  1. Even perfection has its limits, but your commands have no limit.

Romans 7:11

  1. Sin took advantage of the law and fooled me; it took the good law and used it to make me guilty of death.

Romans 6:15

  1. So since God's grace has set us free from the law, does this mean we can go on sinning? Of course not!

1 Thessalonians 4:5

  1. not in lustful passion as the pagans do, in their ignorance of God and his ways.

Micah 2:2

  1. When you want a certain piece of land, you find a way to seize it. When you want someone's house, you take it by fraud and violence. No one's family or inheritance is safe with you around!

Luke 12:15

  1. Then he said, "Beware! Don't be greedy for what you don't have. Real life is not measured by how much we own."

1 John 2:15

  1. Stop loving this evil world and all that it offers you, for when you love the world, you show that you do not have the love of the Father in you.
  2. For the world offers only the lust for physical pleasure, the lust for everything we see, and pride in our possessions. These are not from the Father. They are from this evil world.

Joshua 7:21

  1. For I saw a beautiful robe imported from Babylon, two hundred silver coins, and a bar of gold weighing more than a pound. I wanted them so much that I took them. They are hidden in the ground beneath my tent, with the silver buried deeper than the rest."

Romans 7:5

  1. When we were controlled by our old nature, sinful desires were at work within us, and the law aroused these evil desires that produced sinful deeds, resulting in death.

Romans 4:1

  1. Abraham was, humanly speaking, the founder of our Jewish nation. What were his experiences concerning this question of being saved by faith?

2 Samuel 11:2

  1. Late one afternoon David got out of bed after taking a nap and went for a stroll on the roof of the palace. As he looked out over the city, he noticed a woman of unusual beauty taking a bath.

1 Kings 21:1

  1. King Ahab had a palace in Jezreel, and near the palace was a vineyard owned by a man named Naboth.
  2. One day Ahab said to Naboth, "Since your vineyard is so convenient to the palace, I would like to buy it to use as a vegetable garden. I will give you a better vineyard in exchange, or if you prefer, I will pay you for it."
  3. But Naboth replied, "The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance that was passed down by my ancestors."
  4. So Ahab went home angry and sullen because of Naboth's answer. The king went to bed with his face to the wall and refused to eat!
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