Matthew 19:17

New International Version

“Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”

Cross References

Leviticus 18:5

Keep my decrees and laws, for the person who obeys them will live by them. I am the Lord.

Romans 10:5

Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”

1 Samuel 2:2

“There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.

1 John 4:16

And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.

Ezekiel 20:21

“ ‘But the children rebelled against me: They did not follow my decrees, they were not careful to keep my laws, of which I said, “The person who obeys them will live by them,” and they desecrated my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and spend my anger against them in the wilderness.

Nehemiah 9:29

“You warned them in order to turn them back to your law, but they became arrogant and disobeyed your commands. They sinned against your ordinances, of which you said, ‘The person who obeys them will live by them.’ Stubbornly they turned their backs on you, became stiff-necked and refused to listen.

James 1:17

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

Psalm 52:1

Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero? Why do you boast all day long, you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?

Psalm 119:68

You are good, and what you do is good; teach me your decrees.