Romans 7:15

Easy To Read Version

I don’t understand the things I do. I don’t do the \{good\} things I want to do. And I do the \{bad\} things I hate to do.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:46

“Your people will sin against you. I know this because every person sins. And you will be angry with your people. You will let their enemies defeat them. Their enemies will make them prisoners and carry them to some faraway land.

Psalm 1:6

Why? Because the Lord\par protects good people,\par but destroys bad people.\par

Psalm 101:3

I will not have any idols {\cf2\super [536]} in front of me.\par I hate people turning against you like that.\par I will not do that!\par

Psalm 119:104

Your teachings make me wise,\par so I hate false teachings.\par

Psalm 119:113

Lord, I hate people who are not\par completely loyal to you.\par But I love your teachings.\par

Psalm 119:128

I carefully obey all of your commands. {\cf2\super [601]} \par I hate false teachings.\par

Psalm 119:163

I hate lies! I despise them!\par But I love your teachings, Lord.\par

Psalm 119:32

I will gladly obey your commands.\par Lord, your commands make me happy.\par

Psalm 119:40

Look, I love your commands.\par Be good to me and let me live.\par

Psalm 19:12

\{Lord,\} no person can see all of his own mistakes.\par So don’t let me do secret sins.\par

Psalm 36:4

At night, he plans worthless things.\par He gets up and does nothing good.\par But he doesn‘t refuse to do evil.\par

Psalm 65:3

When our sins become too heavy for us,\par you take away those sins.\par

Psalm 97:10

People who love the Lord hate evil.\par So God saves his followers.\par God saves his followers from evil people.\par

Proverbs 13:5

Good people hate lies. Evil people will be made ashamed.

Proverbs 8:13

If a person respects the Lord,\par then that person will hate evil.\par I (Wisdom) hate pride\par and people who think they are better\par than other people.\par I hate evil ways, and a lying mouth.\par

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love goodness.\par Bring fairness back into the courts.\par Maybe then the Lord God All-Powerful\par will be kind to the survivors {\cf2\super [70]} \par from Joseph’s family.\par

Nahum 1:7

The Lord is good.\par He is a safe place to go to\par in times of trouble.\par He takes care of the people who\par trust him.\par

Luke 11:48

And now you show all people that you agree with what your fathers did. They killed the prophets, and you build tombs for the prophets!

John 15:15

I don’t call you servants now. A servant does not know what his master is doing. But now I call you friends because I have told you everything I heard from my Father.

Romans 12:9

Your love must be real. Hate the things that are evil. Do only the things that are good.

Romans 7:16

And if I don’t want to do the \{bad\} things I do, then that means that I agree that the law is good.

Galatians 5:17

Our sinful selves want things that are against the Spirit. The Spirit wants things that are against our sinful selves. These two different things are against each other. So you don’t do the things you really want to do.

2 Timothy 2:19

But God’s strong foundation {\cf2\super [14]} continues to be the same. These words are written on that foundation: “The Lord knows those people who belong to him.” {\cf2\super [15]} Also, these words are written on that foundation: “Every person who says that he believes in the Lord must stop doing wrong.”

Hebrews 1:9

You love the right,\par and you hate the wrong.\par So God, your God, has given you\par a greater joy than he gave the people with you.”\par \i (Psalm 45:6-7)\i0 \par

James 3:2

We all make many mistakes. If there were a person who never said anything wrong, then that person would be perfect. A person like that would be able to control their whole body, too.