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Want to know what the Bible says about Legalism? Here are 43 Bible verses about Legalism from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Galatians 5:16 NIV
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
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John 14:21 NIV
Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”
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Colossians 2:6 NIV
So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,
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2 Timothy 2:15 NIV
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
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1 John 5:3 NIV
In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome,
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Romans 12:2 NIV
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is —his good, pleasing and perfect will.
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Zechariah 4:6 NIV
So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.
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Matthew 16:6 NIV
“Be careful,” Jesus said to them. “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
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Romans 11:6 NIV
And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.
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Ecclesiastes 1:18 NIV
For with much wisdom comes much sorrow;
    the more knowledge, the more grief.
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