TopicGovernment & SocietyBoth Testaments

law

Scripture addresses law within God's sovereign ordering of nations and human authority.

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Overview

Explore what the Bible says about law. This collection of 8 key Scripture passages reveals God's wisdom and guidance on this important theme.

Topical Index

27 sub-topics from Nave's Topical Bible

General scriptures concerning

Psalms 19:7-9Psalms 119:1-8Proverbs 28:4,5Matthew 22:21Luke 16:17Luke 20:22-25+7 more

OF MOSES

Given at Sinai

Exodus 19Deuteronomy 1:1Deuteronomy 4:10-13Deuteronomy 33:2Habakkuk 3:3

Received by the disposition of angels

Deuteronomy 33:2Psalms 68:17Acts 7:53Galatians 3:19Hebrews 2:2

Was given because of transgressions until the Messiah arrived

Galatians 3:19

Engraved on stone

Exodus 20:3-17Exodus 31:18Exodus 32:16Exodus 34:29Exodus 40:20Deuteronomy 4:13+2 more

Preserved in the ark of the covenant

Exodus 25:16Deuteronomy 31:9,26

Found by Hilkiah in the house of the Lord

2 Kings 22:8

Engraved upon monuments

Deuteronomy 27:2-8Joshua 8:30-35

To be written

On door posts

Deuteronomy 6:9Deuteronomy 11:20

On frontlets for the forehead, and parchment for the hand

Exodus 13:9,16Deuteronomy 6:4-9Deuteronomy 11:18-21

Children instructed in

Expounded by

The priests and Levites

Leviticus 10:11Deuteronomy 33:102 Chronicles 35:3

Princes, priests, and Levites publicly taught

Ezra 7:10Nehemiah 8:1-18

From city to city

2 Chronicles 17:7-10

In synagogues

Luke 4:16,32Acts 13:14-52Acts 15:21Acts 14:1Acts 17:1-3Acts 18:4,26

Expounded to the assembled nation at the Feast of Tabernacles in the sabbatic year

Deuteronomy 31:10-13

Renewed by Moses

Deuteronomy 4:44-46

Curses of, responsively read by Levites and people at Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim

Deuteronomy 27:12-26Joshua 8:33-35

Formed a constitution on which the civil government of the Israelites was founded, and according to which rulers were required to rule

Deuteronomy 17:18-202 Kings 11:122 Chronicles 23:11

Divine authority for

Exodus 19:16-24Exodus 20:1-17Exodus 24:12-18Exodus 31:18Exodus 32:15,16Exodus 34:1-4,27,28+18 more

Prophecies in, of the Messiah

Luke 24:44John 1:45John 5:46John 12:34Acts 26:22,23Acts 28:23+1 more

Epitomized by Jesus

Matthew 22:40Mark 12:29-33Luke 10:27

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Key Verses

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Psalms 19:7-9

General scriptures concerning

2

Exodus 19

Given at Sinai

3

Deuteronomy 33:2

Received by the disposition of angels

4

Galatians 3:19

Was given because of transgressions until the Messiah arrived

5

Exodus 20:3-17

Engraved on stone

6

Exodus 25:16

Preserved in the ark of the covenant

7

2 Kings 22:8

Found by Hilkiah in the house of the Lord

8

Deuteronomy 27:2-8

Engraved upon monuments

9

Deuteronomy 6:9

On door posts

10

Exodus 13:9,16

On frontlets for the forehead, and parchment for the hand

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