Romans 10:5

New International Version

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

Cross References

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.

Isaiah 55:3

Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.

Ezekiel 20:11

I gave them my decrees and made known to them my laws, by which the person who obeys them will live.

Ezekiel 20:13

“ ‘Yet the people of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my decrees but rejected my laws—by which the person who obeys them will live—and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and destroy them in the wilderness.

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.

Leviticus 18:5

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

Romans 7:10

I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death.

Galatians 3:12

The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, “The person who does these things will live by them.”

Deuteronomy 4:1

Now, Israel, hear the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.

Philippians 3:9

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.