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Romans 7:16–22

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If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
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From verse 16

  1. Romans 7:12Rank 1 from verse 16
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    12Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

  2. 1 Timothy 1:8Rank 2 from verse 16
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    8But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;

  3. Romans 7:14Rank 3 from verse 16
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    14For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

  4. Psalms 119:127–128Rank 4 from verse 16
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    127Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.

    128Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.

  5. Romans 7:22Rank 5 from verse 16
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    22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

From verse 17

  1. Romans 7:20Rank 1 from verse 17
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    20Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

  2. Philippians 3:8–9Rank 2 from verse 17
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    8Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

    9And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

  3. Romans 7:18Rank 3 from verse 17
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    18For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

  4. James 4:5–6Rank 4 from verse 17
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    5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

    6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

  5. 2 Corinthians 8:12Rank 5 from verse 17
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    12For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

  6. Romans 4:7–8Rank 6 from verse 17
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    7Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.

    8Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.

  7. Romans 7:23Rank 7 from verse 17
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    23But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

From verse 18

  1. John 3:6Rank 1 from verse 18
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    6That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

  2. Psalms 51:5Rank 2 from verse 18
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    5Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

  3. Galatians 5:17Rank 3 from verse 18
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    17For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

  4. Psalms 119:115–117Rank 4 from verse 18
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    115Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.

    116Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

    117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.

  5. Romans 7:25Rank 5 from verse 18
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    25I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

  6. Job 14:4Rank 6 from verse 18
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    4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

  7. Galatians 5:24Rank 7 from verse 18
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    24And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

  8. Job 15:14–16Rank 8 from verse 18
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    14What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

    15Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

    16How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

  9. Genesis 6:5Rank 9 from verse 18
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    5¶ And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

  10. Philippians 2:13Rank 10 from verse 18
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    13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

  11. Mark 7:21–23Rank 11 from verse 18
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    21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

    22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

    23All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

  12. Romans 8:3–13Rank 12 from verse 18
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    3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

    4That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

    5For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

    6For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

    7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

    8So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

    9But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

    10And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

    11But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

    12Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

    13For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

  13. Titus 3:3Rank 13 from verse 18
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    3For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

  14. Ephesians 2:1–5Rank 14 from verse 18
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    1AND you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

    2Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

    3Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

    4But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

    5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

  15. Romans 7:15Rank 15 from verse 18
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    15For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

  16. Romans 7:19Rank 16 from verse 18
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    19For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

  17. Genesis 8:21Rank 17 from verse 18
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    21And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

  18. Matthew 15:19Rank 18 from verse 18
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    19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

  19. Philippians 3:12Rank 19 from verse 18
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    12Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

  20. 1 Peter 4:2Rank 20 from verse 18
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    2That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

  21. Job 25:4Rank 21 from verse 18
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    4How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

  22. Luke 11:13Rank 22 from verse 18
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    13If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

  23. Psalms 119:176Rank 23 from verse 18
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    176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

  24. Psalms 119:40Rank 24 from verse 18
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    40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.

  25. Romans 13:14Rank 25 from verse 18
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    14But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

  26. Galatians 5:19–21Rank 26 from verse 18
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    19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

    20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

    21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

  27. Psalms 119:173Rank 27 from verse 18
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    173Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.

  28. Romans 7:5Rank 28 from verse 18
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    5For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

  29. Isaiah 64:6Rank 29 from verse 18
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    6But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

  30. Psalms 119:32Rank 30 from verse 18
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    32I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

  31. Psalms 119:5Rank 31 from verse 18
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    5O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

From verse 19

  1. Romans 7:15Rank 1 from verse 19
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    15For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

From verse 20

  1. Romans 7:17Rank 1 from verse 20
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    17Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

From verse 21

  1. Ephesians 6:11–13Rank 1 from verse 21
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    11Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

    12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

    13Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

  2. Romans 6:14Rank 2 from verse 21
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    14For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

  3. Romans 7:23Rank 3 from verse 21
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    23But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

  4. Romans 8:2Rank 4 from verse 21
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    2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

  5. Hebrews 2:17Rank 5 from verse 21
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    17Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

  6. Psalms 119:133Rank 6 from verse 21
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    133Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

  7. Romans 6:12Rank 7 from verse 21
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    12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

  8. 2 Peter 2:19Rank 8 from verse 21
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    19While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

  9. Hebrews 4:15Rank 9 from verse 21
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    15For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

  10. John 8:34Rank 10 from verse 21
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    34Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

  11. Psalms 119:37Rank 11 from verse 21
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    37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

  12. Zechariah 3:1–4Rank 12 from verse 21
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    1AND he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.

    2And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?

    3Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.

    4And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.

  13. Luke 4:1Rank 13 from verse 21
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    1AND Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

  14. Psalms 19:12–13Rank 14 from verse 21
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    12Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.

    13Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

  15. Psalms 40:12Rank 15 from verse 21
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    12For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

  16. Psalms 65:3Rank 16 from verse 21
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    3Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.

  17. 2 Chronicles 30:18–19Rank 17 from verse 21
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    18For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good Lord pardon every one

    19That prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.

  18. Isaiah 6:5–7Rank 18 from verse 21
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    5¶ Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.

    6Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:

    7And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

  19. Romans 7:25Rank 19 from verse 21
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    25I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

From verse 22

  1. Psalms 1:2Rank 1 from verse 22
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    2But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

  2. Psalms 40:8Rank 2 from verse 22
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    8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

  3. Psalms 119:35Rank 3 from verse 22
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    35Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.

  4. Psalms 119:47–48Rank 4 from verse 22
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    47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

    48My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

  5. Hebrews 8:10Rank 5 from verse 22
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    10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

  6. Job 23:12Rank 6 from verse 22
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    12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

  7. Psalms 119:97–104Rank 7 from verse 22
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    97O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

    98Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.

    99I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

    100I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

    101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

    102I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.

    103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

    104Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

  8. 2 Corinthians 4:16Rank 8 from verse 22
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    16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

  9. Psalms 119:92Rank 9 from verse 22
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    92Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

  10. Psalms 119:16Rank 10 from verse 22
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    16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

  11. Psalms 19:8–10Rank 11 from verse 22
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    8The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

    9The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

    10More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

  12. Psalms 119:167Rank 12 from verse 22
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    167My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.

  13. Psalms 119:174Rank 13 from verse 22
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    174I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delight.

  14. 1 Peter 3:4Rank 14 from verse 22
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    4But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

  15. Ephesians 3:16Rank 15 from verse 22
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    16That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

  16. Romans 8:7Rank 16 from verse 22
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    7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

  17. Psalms 119:111Rank 17 from verse 22
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    111Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

  18. Psalms 119:24Rank 18 from verse 22
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    24Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellers.

  19. Psalms 119:72Rank 19 from verse 22
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    72The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.

  20. Isaiah 51:7Rank 20 from verse 22
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    7¶ Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

  21. Psalms 119:113Rank 21 from verse 22
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    113I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.

  22. Psalms 119:127Rank 22 from verse 22
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    127Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.

  23. Colossians 3:9Rank 23 from verse 22
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    9Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

  24. John 4:34Rank 24 from verse 22
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    34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

  25. Romans 2:29Rank 25 from verse 22
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    29But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

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Romans 7:16

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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consent

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1. To agree, assent, or give permission. 2. Agreement or assent; in ‘with one consent,’ common agreement.

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law

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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

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Romans 7:17

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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sin

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1. Wrongdoing against God and his law; transgression or unrighteousness. 2. The guilt or burden of such wrongdoing, or the inward principle so named. 3. As a verb, to commit such wrongdoing.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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Romans 7:18

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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flesh

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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.

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good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

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present

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Sense 1: Being in a place, at hand, or before another; now existing or current. Sense 2: A gift or offering brought or given to another. Sense 3: To bring, set, offer, or exhibit before another; to cause to appear or stand before; to lay before or make known.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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find

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To discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience.

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Romans 7:19

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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Romans 7:20

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

sin

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1. Wrongdoing against God and his law; transgression or unrighteousness. 2. The guilt or burden of such wrongdoing, or the inward principle so named. 3. As a verb, to commit such wrongdoing.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Romans 7:21

COMBINED MEANING

find

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To discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

law

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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

present

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Sense 1: Being in a place, at hand, or before another; now existing or current. Sense 2: A gift or offering brought or given to another. Sense 3: To bring, set, offer, or exhibit before another; to cause to appear or stand before; to lay before or make known.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Romans 7:22

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

delight

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Sense 1: To take or give great pleasure or satisfaction. Sense 2: A high degree of pleasure or satisfaction of mind; joy.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

law

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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

inward

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1. Within or toward the inside. 2. Belonging to the inner person. 3. Intimate or close.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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7:14For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

7:15For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

7:16If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.

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7:17Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

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7:18For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

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7:19For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

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7:20Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

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7:21I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

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7:22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

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7:23But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

7:24O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

7:25I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

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