Old Testament Citations in Romans

And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.

John 14.29

The divine integration of Genesis, Isaiah, and Romans - the books that constitute Spoke 1 of the Wheel - can be seen in the distribution of Old Testament citations found in the Book of Romans. The absolute maximum is found in Isaiah, from which Romans quotes 18 times. The distribution breaks down as follows:

	Genesis	Isaiah	Others
Totals	8	18	31

This means that 26/57 or 45% of all citations in Romans come from either Genesis or Isaiah. This graph shows how these results relate to the Wheel:

The table below lists all the direct citations found in Romans. Of course, the counting will vary slightly depending on various choices, such as how to count partial citations, repeated citations and so forth. A good online resource that lists all the Old Testament citations in all the books of the New Testament may be found at R. Grant Jones This link takes you off the Bible Wheel site and opens a new window website. The table below, which I put together myself before finding similiar results online, is in substantial agreement with Jones' results.

Romans	Quote	Genesis	Isaiah	Other
Rom 1:17	as it is written, The just shall live by faith.			Hab 2:4
Rom 2:24	For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.		Isa 52:5
Rom 3:4	as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.			Ps 51:4
Rom 3:10-12	As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.			Ps 14:2-3
Rom 3:13a	Their throat is an open sepulchre;			Ps 5:9
Rom 3:13b	with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:			Ps 140:3
Rom 3:14	Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:			Ps 10:7
Rom 3:15-17	Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways:And the way of peace have they not known:		Isa 59:7-8
Rom 3:18	There is no fear of God before their eyes.			Ps 36:1
Rom 4:3	For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.	Gen 15:6
Rom 4:7-8	Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.			Ps 32:1-2
Rom 4.9	his faith was reckoned for righteousness	Gen 15.6
Rom 4:17	(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,)	Gen 17:4
Rom 4:18	according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.	Gen 15:5
Rom 4.22	Wherefore also it was reckoned unto him for righteousness	Gen 15.6
Rom 7.7	Thou shalt not covet			Exo 20.17
Rom 8:36	As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.			Ps 44:22
Rom 9:7	In Isaac shall thy seed be called.	Gen 21:12
Rom 9:9	At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.	Gen 18:10
Rom 9:12	It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.	Gen 25:23
Rom 9:13	As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.			Mal 1:3
Rom 9:15	For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.			Exo 33:19
Rom 9:17	For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.			Exo 9:16
Rom 9:20	Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?		Isa 45:9
Rom 9:25	As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.			Hos 2:23
Rom 9.26	And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.			Hos 1:9-10
Rom 9:27-28	Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:		Isa 10:22-23
Rom 9:29	And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.		Isa 1:9
Rom 9:33	As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.		Isa 8.14 Isa 28:16
Rom 10:5	For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.			Lev 18:5
Rom 10:6-8	Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart:			Deu 30:11-14
Rom 10:11	For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.		Isa 28:16
Rom 10:13	For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.			Joel 2:32
Rom 10:15	as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!		Isa 52:7
Rom 10:16	For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?		Isa 53:1
Rom 10:18	their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.			Ps 19:4
Rom 10:19	Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.			Deu 32:21
Rom 10:20-21	But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.		Isa 65:1-2
Rom 11:3	Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. .			1 Ki 18:4
Rom 11:4	But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.			1 Ki 19:18
Rom 11:8	(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;)		Isa 29:10
Rom 11:9-10	And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.			Ps 69:22-23
Rom 11:26-27	as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.		Isa 59:20-21
Rom 11:27b	when I shall take away their sins.		Isa 27.9
Rom 11:34	For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?		Isa 40:13
Rom 12:19	for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.			Deut 32.35
Rom 12:20	Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.			Pro 25:21
Rom 13:9a	Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet;			Exo 20
Rom 13:9b	Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.			Lev 19:18
Rom 14:11	For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.		Isa 45:23
Rom 15.3	as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.			Ps 69.9
Rom 15:9	as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.			Ps 18:49
Rom 15:10	And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.			Deut 32.43
Rom 15:11	And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.			Ps 117.1
Rom 15:12	And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.		Isa 11:10
Rom 15:21	But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.		Isa 52:15

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