Matthew 19:17

The English Standar Version

And he said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments."

Cross References

Leviticus 18:5

You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the LORD.

Romans 10:5

For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them.

1 Samuel 2:2

"There is none holy like the LORD; there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God.

1 John 4:16

So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

Ezekiel 20:21

But the children rebelled against me. They did not walk in my statutes and were not careful to obey my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live; they profaned my Sabbaths."Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them and spend my anger against them in the wilderness.

Nehemiah 9:29

And you warned them in order to turn them back to your law. Yet they acted presumptuously and did not obey your commandments, but sinned against your rules, which if a person does them, he shall live by them, and turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck and would not obey.

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.[4]

Psalm 52:1

Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day.

Psalm 119:68

You are good and do good; teach me your statutes.