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Romans 7:7-9

7 Struggling With Sin
What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed I would not have known what sin was except through the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”

8 But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from law, sin is dead.

9 Once I was alive apart from law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

Cross References for Romans 7:7-9

1 Corinthians 15:56 - The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 15:56 Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 15:56

Genesis 3:6 - When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and al... Click to read the verse Genesis 3:6 Click to read the verse Genesis 3:6

2 Samuel 11:2 - One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roo... Click to read the verse 2 Samuel 11:2 Click to read the verse 2 Samuel 11:2

Joshua 7:21 - When I saw in the plunder a beautiful robe from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver and a ... Click to read the verse Joshua 7:21 Click to read the verse Joshua 7:21

Matthew 5:28 - But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with h... Click to read the verse Matthew 5:28 Click to read the verse Matthew 5:28

Romans 3:20 - Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through ... Click to read the verse Romans 3:20 Click to read the verse Romans 3:20

1 John 2:15-16 - Do Not Love the World Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world... Click to read the verse 1 John 2:15-16 Click to read the verse 1 John 2:15-16

Romans 3:8 - Why not say—as we are being slanderously reported as saying and as some claim that we say—“Let ... Click to read the verse Romans 3:8 Click to read the verse Romans 3:8

Colossians 3:5 - Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, ... Click to read the verse Colossians 3:5 Click to read the verse Colossians 3:5

Ephesians 5:3 - But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, o... Click to read the verse Ephesians 5:3 Click to read the verse Ephesians 5:3

Romans 7:8 - But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of cove... Click to read the verse Romans 7:8 Click to read the verse Romans 7:8

Romans 13:9 - The commandments, “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” an... Click to read the verse Romans 13:9 Click to read the verse Romans 13:9

Deuteronomy 5:21 - “You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbor’s hou... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 5:21 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 5:21

Luke 12:15 - Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life doe... Click to read the verse Luke 12:15 Click to read the verse Luke 12:15

Acts 20:33 - I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing. Click to read the verse Acts 20:33 Click to read the verse Acts 20:33

Romans 4:15 - because law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression. Click to read the verse Romans 4:15 Click to read the verse Romans 4:15

James 4:11 - Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speak... Click to read the verse James 4:11 Click to read the verse James 4:11

Exodus 20:17 - “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his ma... Click to read the verse Exodus 20:17 Click to read the verse Exodus 20:17

Micah 2:2 - They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them. They defraud a man of his home, a ... Click to read the verse Micah 2:2 Click to read the verse Micah 2:2

Leviticus 13:3 - The priest is to examine the sore on his skin, and if the hair in the sore has turned white and... Click to read the verse Leviticus 13:3 Click to read the verse Leviticus 13:3

Romans 3:4 - Not at all! Let God be true, and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that you may be proved... Click to read the verse Romans 3:4 Click to read the verse Romans 3:4

1 Corinthians 6:15 - Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members o... Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 6:15 Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 6:15

Psalms 19:8 - The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radia... Click to read the verse Psalms 19:8 Click to read the verse Psalms 19:8

1 Kings 21:3 - But Naboth replied, “The Lord forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.” Click to read the verse 1 Kings 21:3 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 21:3

Psalms 119:96 - To all perfection I see a limit; but your commands are boundless. Click to read the verse Psalms 119:96 Click to read the verse Psalms 119:96

1 Kings 21:1-4 - Naboth’s Vineyard Some time later there was an incident involving a vineyard belonging to Nabot... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 21:1-4 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 21:1-4

Romans 3:5 - But if our unrighteousness brings out God’s righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? That... Click to read the verse Romans 3:5 Click to read the verse Romans 3:5

Hebrews 11:32 - And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, Da... Click to read the verse Hebrews 11:32 Click to read the verse Hebrews 11:32

Romans 7:13 - Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! But in order that sin might be r... Click to read the verse Romans 7:13 Click to read the verse Romans 7:13

Romans 6:15 - Slaves to Righteousness What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? B... Click to read the verse Romans 6:15 Click to read the verse Romans 6:15

1 Thessalonians 4:5 - not in passionate lust like the heathen, who do not know God; Click to read the verse 1 Thessalonians 4:5 Click to read the verse 1 Thessalonians 4:5

Jeremiah 42:6 - Whether it is favorable or unfavorable, we will obey the Lord our God, to whom we are sending y... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 42:6 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 42:6

Romans 4:1 - Abraham Justified by Faith What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, discovered in t... Click to read the verse Romans 4:1 Click to read the verse Romans 4:1

Romans 7:5 - For when we were controlled by the sinful nature, the sinful passions aroused by the law were a... Click to read the verse Romans 7:5 Click to read the verse Romans 7:5

Psalms 19:7-12 - The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, ma... Click to read the verse Psalms 19:7-12 Click to read the verse Psalms 19:7-12

Romans 7:11 - For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the comm... Click to read the verse Romans 7:11 Click to read the verse Romans 7:11