Romans 7:12
However, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, right, and good.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
In Context
11because sin found a way through the commandment to deceive me, and used the commandment to kill me!
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:8What nation is as great as us, having such good rules and regulations like all these laws that I'm placing before you today?
Nehemiah 9:13You descended on Mount Sinai. You spoke to them from heaven. You gave them right ways to live, true laws, and good regulations and commandments.
Psalms 119:38Please keep your promise to me, your servant, that you made to those who worship you.
Psalms 119:127This is why I love your commandments more than gold, more than the finest gold.
Psalms 119:140Your promises have been proved true, and that's why I, your servant, love them.
Romans 3:31Does that mean that by trusting in God we do away with the law? Of course not! In fact we affirm the importance of the law.
Matthew Henry on Romans 7:8-25
Excellency of the Law; Usefulness of the Law. ( a. d. 58.) 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. 9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto… Read the whole commentary →