2Ki 22:11, 19, 2Ch 34:19, 21, Rom 3:20, 7:9, 2Cor 7:9-11 | ESV | STEP | When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law , he tore his clothes .

2 Kings 22:11

11 When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, ^ahe tore his clothes.

2 Kings 22:19

19 ^bbecause your heart was penitent, and you ^chumbled yourself before the Lord, when you heard how I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become ^da desolation and ^ea curse, and you ^fhave torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the Lord.

2 Chronicles 34:19

19 And when the king heard the words of the Law, ^ghe tore his clothes.

2 Chronicles 34:21

21 “Go, inquire of the Lord for me and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that has been found. For great is ^hthe wrath of the Lord that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to do according to all that is written in this book.”

Romans 3:20

20 For ⁱby works of the law no human being ^{▼▼Greek flesh} will be justified in his sight, since ^kthrough the law comes knowledge of sin.

Romans 7:9

9 I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died.

2 Corinthians 7:9-11

9 As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but ^lbecause you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us.

10 For ^mgodly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas ⁿworldly grief produces death. 11 For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, ^owhat zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter.