Bible Verses About Law

The law of Jehovah is perfect, refreshing the soul, The testimonies of Jehovah are stedfast, Making wise the simple,

The precepts of Jehovah are upright, Rejoicing the heart, The command of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes,

The fear of Jehovah is clean, standing to the age, The judgments of Jehovah are true, They have been righteous--together.

Aleph. O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah,

O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him.

Yea, they have not done iniquity, In His ways they have walked.

Thou hast commanded us Thy precepts to keep diligently,

O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes,

Then I am not ashamed In my looking unto all Thy commands.

I confess Thee with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Thy righteousness.

Thy statutes I keep, leave me not utterly!

Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them.

Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all.

`Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets--I did not come to throw down, but to fulfil;

for, verily I say to you, till that the heaven and the earth may pass away, one iota or one tittle may not pass away from the law, till that all may come to pass.

`Whoever therefore may loose one of these commands--the least--and may teach men so, least he shall be called in the reign of the heavens, but whoever may do and may teach them , he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens.

`For I say to you, that if your righteousness may not abound above that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye may not enter to the reign of the heavens.

`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment;

but I--I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

`If, therefore, thou mayest bring thy gift to the altar, and there mayest remember that thy brother hath anything against thee,

leave there thy gift before the altar, and go--first be reconciled to thy brother, and then having come bring thy gift.

`Be agreeing with thy opponent quickly, while thou art in the way with him, that the opponent may not deliver thee to the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and to prison thou mayest be cast,

verily I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till that thou mayest pay the last farthing.

`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery;

but I--I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.