Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, {there is} no transgression.

The sting of death {is} sin; and the strength of sin {is} the law.

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee {shall be} his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. {be accepted: or, have the excellency} {unto...: or, subject unto thee}

And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also. {displeased...: Heb. was evil in the eyes of the Lord}

And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.

But the men of Sodom {were} wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

And GOD saw that the wickedness of man {was} great in the earth, and {that} every imagination of the thoughts of his heart {was} only evil continually. {every...: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires} {continually: Heb. every day}

And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart {is} evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. {a sweet...: Heb. a savour of rest or, satisfaction} {for the imagination: or, through the imagination}

But before they lay down, the men of the city, {even} the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not {his} brother abideth in death.

Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have {it} more abundantly.

Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, {there is} no transgression.

Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law {is} the knowledge of sin.

And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:

Blessed {is} the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit {there is} no guile.