Matthew 19:17
And He said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one [is] good except one—God; but if you will to enter into life, keep the commands.”
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1 Samuel 2:2There is none holy like YHWH, || For there is none except You, || And there is no rock like our God.
Psalms 52:1TO THE OVERSEER. AN INSTRUCTION OF DAVID, IN THE COMING IN OF DOEG THE EDOMITE, AND HE DECLARES TO SAUL AND SAYS TO HIM, “DAVID CAME TO THE HOUSE OF AHIMELECH.” Why do you boast in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God [is] all the day.
Ezekiel 20:11And I give My statutes to them, || And I caused them to know My judgments, || Which the man who does—lives by them.
Luke 10:26And He said to him, “In the Law what has been written? How do you read [it]?”
Galatians 3:11and [it] is evident that in law no one is declared righteous with God, because “The righteous will live by faith”;
1 John 4:8he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 19:17-23
The Rich Ruler's Enquiry; The Rich Ruler's Disappointment. 16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? 17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. 18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, 19 Honour thy father and thy mother:… Read the whole commentary →