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Bible Study — Scripture, Term, Dialog, Prayer, Question Guides

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Ask anything outright — or, if you're not sure what to ask yet, start from a passage, a term, or one of the other doors below.

The Bible

Start with the Bible itself

Read all 66 books chapter by chapter, and ask questions right where the text is.

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Start from a passage

The passages the tradition keeps coming back to

Revelation 21:5

And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith, Write: for these words are faithful and true.

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Romans 1:11

For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

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Matthew 7:19

Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

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Genesis 2:8

And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

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Revelation 21:11

having the glory of God: her light was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal:

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Philippians 2:2

make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

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Romans 7:15

For that which I do I know not: for not what I would, that do I practise; but what I hate, that I do.

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Matthew 7:22

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works?

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John 15:18

If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you.

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Exodus 20:13

Thou shalt not kill.

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Start from a term

Take one recurring word and get to the bottom of it

Time of Jacob's Trouble

A unique eschatological period of unparalleled distress for God's people, from which Jacob will be delivered. A key prophetic motif of salvation through suffering.

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Election

God's choice of Israel as a treasured possession, revealing his sovereignty and grace; in Psalms, it emphasizes God's unique love for his people.

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Strange God / Foreign God

Prohibition against worshiping foreign gods; in Psalm 81, it reiterates the first commandment, demanding exclusive loyalty to Yahweh.

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Lampstand

The golden lampstand in the Holy Place, kept burning continually, symbolizing God's presence and the light of truth.

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Fierce Anger of YHWH

The burning wrath of YHWH against evil deeds, likened to an unquenchable fire—a manifestation of divine righteous judgment.

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Healing

God's physical and spiritual restoration of Jerusalem and its people, bringing health and cure.

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Blood

Blood as the seat of life; prohibition against eating blood and the lex talionis establish the inviolable sanctity of life before God.

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Throne

God's eternal throne, symbolizing His kingship and righteousness, prefiguring the Messiah's kingdom.

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Warfare

A metaphor for the hardships of human life, likened to a soldier's service or warfare, reflecting Job's sense of suffering.

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Tithe

The tenth Abraham gave to Melchizedek, demonstrating Melchizedek's superiority over the Levitical priesthood.

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Or come at it another way

There's more than one way into the text

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Read a book

Go book by book, chapter by chapter — ask anywhere along the way

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Reflections

Long-form themed reflections weaving scripture, context and application

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Characters

Patriarchs, prophets, kings and apostles — enter the story through its people

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Questions

The questions others have asked are often the ones you're carrying too

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