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Want to know what the Bible says about Law? Here are 195 Bible verses about Law from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Romans 7:12 NIV
So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good.
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Romans 7:7 NIV
What shall we say, then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”
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1 John 3:4 NIV
Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.
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Acts 5:29 NIV
Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings!
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Luke 16:17 NIV
It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
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1 Timothy 1:8-10 NIV
8 We know that the law is good if one uses it properly. 9 We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, 10 for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine
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Romans 13:1 NIV
Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.
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John 1:17 NIV
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
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James 2:10 NIV
For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
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Romans 3:20 NIV
Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.
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Galatians 2:16 NIV
know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
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Romans 10:4 NIV
Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
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Psalm 19:7-9 NIV
7 The law of the Lord is perfect,
    refreshing the soul.
The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy,
    making wise the simple.
8 The precepts of the Lord are right,
    giving joy to the heart.
The commands of the Lord are radiant,
    giving light to the eyes.
9 The fear of the Lord is pure,
    enduring forever.
The decrees of the Lord are firm,
    and all of them are righteous.
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Romans 13:10 NIV
Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
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1 John 5:3 NIV
In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome,
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Romans 3:31 NIV
Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.
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Matthew 5:17 NIV
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
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Isaiah 33:22 NIV
For the Lord is our judge,
    the Lord is our lawgiver,
the Lord is our king;
    it is he who will save us.
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Matthew 7:12 NIV
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
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Romans 6:14 NIV
For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.
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