The word in Scripture

Law in the Bible

The word law appears 523 times in the King James Version of the Bible. The law is God's revealed will and command, holy and good. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What law means in the Bible

The law is God's revealed will and command, holy and good.

Where the word law appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word law appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.”Psalms 1:2

“The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.”Psalms 19:7

“Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?”John 7:19

“The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.”John 19:7

“For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.”Romans 2:25

“For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.”Romans 10:4

“For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.”Galatians 2:19

“Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?”Galatians 4:21