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What was "the pit of decay"? (Psalm 55:23)

Psalms 55:1 - 23

Ps 55:22 Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken. 23 But you, God, will bring down the wicked into the...

March 13 2023 1 Comment 1 Answer

Will good training guarantee that children will not rebel?

Proverbs 22:6

Proverbs 22:6 King James Version (KJV) 6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

April 27 2018 1 Answer

Can I love God and love the world? 1 John 2:15; Matthew 6:24; Romans 6:22

Romans 6:22

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.

September 22 2019 1 Answer

Why did it matter where Joseph’s bones were taken / buried since his soul had gone to be with the Lord?

Hebrews 11:22

Joseph instructed the Israelites to take away his bones from Egypt (Hebrews 11:22) Exodus 13:19

December 10 2017 1 Answer

What can we learn from Jael in the book of Judges 4:21-22?

Judges 4:21-22 tells us this: “ But Jael the wife of Heber took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand. Then she went softly to him and drove the peg into...

July 05 2019 2 Answers

Who or what does the "silent" guest represent in the parable of the party in Matthew 22:12?

Matthew 22:12

There is someone in the party that kept quiet though the host asked something. Why doesn't he/she said anything? What does that person signify?

February 14 2015 2 Answers

Is the church missing during the events from Rev 4 to Rev 20?

The church is not explicitly mentioned between Rev 3:22 and Rev 20:16. Does that mean the church is missing during these events, such as would happen if the...

2 Votes April 01 2018 3 Answers

Why does the writer of Proverbs pick on wives? (Proverbs 21:9)

Proverbs 21:9

9 Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife. 19 Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife....

1 Vote March 27 2019 4 Answers

Why, in Matthew 14:33, does it say that they said truly He is the Son of God and worshipped Him, but in Mark 6:52 it says they hardened their hearts?

Also in Matthew 14:22-33 it talks about Peter walking on the water also, but in Mark 6:45-52 it makes no mention of that instead speaks about how they did...

November 12 2014 1 Answer

What should a wife do when her husband is cruel?

1 Samuel 25:1 - 44

Although Biblical marriage calls couples to yield or submit to one another, most specifically wives to husbands (Ephesians 5:22), it’s a concept widely...

January 30 2021 2 Answers

In what sense do the meek "inherit" the earth (Matthew 5:5)?

Matthew 5:2 - 12

Matthew 5:5 says, "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.(D) D. Psalm 37:9, 11, 22, 29; Ro 4:13 (NIV) Experts say Jesus was basing his...

December 18 2020 3 Answers

What is "the fire" that Abraham took in his hand to Mount Moriah?

Genesis 22: 6-7 says, 6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and...

1 Vote October 17 2021 1 Answer

Why would obeying God in war disqualify David from building the temple? (1 Ch22:8)

1 Chronicles 22:2 - 5

1 Chronicles 22:8 says, "But this word of the Lord came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and have fought many wars. You are not to build a house for my Name,...

May 22 2022 2 Answers

Who is qualified to build on the foundation? Do the prophet and the apostles lay the foundation together?

Ephesians 2:20 - 22

"...built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole structure, being joined together,...

1 Vote July 22 2023 1 Answer

Why did Jesus call people fools and yet condemn others for doing the same thing?

Matthew 23:1 - 39

Jesus said, “Whoever says [to his brother], `You fool!’ shall be in danger of hell fire’” (Matt. 5:22). Yet He Himself said to the scribes and Pharisees, “...

December 03 2022 4 Answers

To be counted righteous, Christ's righteousness has to be imputed on us. If so, why then was Cornelius said to be righteous in Acts 10:22 yet he was yet to accept Jesus as Lord and Savior?

Could there be another way righteousness is worked? If so, how is it yet it is only through Christ that we are counted righteous? Could Cornelius have been a...

1 Vote November 10 2014 3 Answers

What does it mean to love my neighbor as Jesus taught in Matthew 22:37–40?

37 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and great...

June 09 2020 1 Answer

Can Satan injure God’s children or not? (1 John 5:18)

1 John 5:18

Indeed, even Jesus admitted to Peter, "Satan has requested you, that he may filter you as wheat" (Luke 22:31). Notwithstanding, John demands here that "he...

November 28 2020 3 Answers

What is the significance of the blind man seeing tree-like people walking in Mark 8:22-25?

Mark 8:22 - 25

This is so interesting to me. It doesn't seem likely that Jesus would have botched his first attempt to heal this man (I don't think we see this anywhere...

3 Votes February 25 2014 4 Answers

If the enemies of Jesus from Psalm 110:1 are now under his feet, as stated in Ephesians 1:22, then why does Paul imply that Jesus is waiting for His enemies be made a footstool for His feet?

Hebrews 10:12 - 13

From reading the Bible, I understand that even death was defeated for it could not hold him, so Jesus Christ has total victory. However the Hebrews passage...

3 Votes June 03 2014 3 Answers

What are these "things" or "life-styles" the Gentiles were asked to abstain from in Acts 15:29?

Acts 15:29

The abstaining from blood and things that are strangled are very hard to understand. Does it mean to abstain from meat that has not been slaughtered...

1 Vote December 23 2016 3 Answers

How should we react to corrupt government? (Psalm 94:20-23)

Psalms 94:22

20 Can a corrupt throne be allied with you— a throne that brings on misery by its decrees? 21 The wicked band together against the righteous and condemn the...

September 04 2020 2 Answers

When will Jeremiah 30:22-24 be fulfilled?

Jeremiah 30:22 - 24

“‘So you will be my people, and I will be your God.’” 23 See, the storm of the Lord will burst out in wrath, a driving wind swirling down on the heads of the...

1 Vote June 11 2023 2 Answers

Why was Jesus never called Emmanuel? (Matthew 1:23)

22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: 23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his...

December 22 2018 2 Answers

Is it right to lie for the sake of politeness? To keep a surprise party secret?

We know that lying is defined as "making an untrue statement with the intent to deceive." We know it is a sin (Leviticus 19:11; Proverbs 12:22). But is it...

6 Votes November 29 2013 4 Answers

Where did Jeremiah find hope in such bleak times? (Lamentations 3:21–24)

Lamentations 3:21 - 24

21 Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: 22 Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. 23 They are...

1 Vote July 22 2019 2 Answers

How did God create the heavens and the earth?

Isaiah 44:24

Isaiah 44:24 ESV -Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens,...

August 25 2020 2 Answers

What is the best way for Christians to deal with the question of homosexuality if Jesus states that we are to love our neighbors as we love ourself?

Mark 12:31

I understand the concept of "love the sinner, hate the sin", but trying to explain that to a non-Christian that consistently throws up Leviticus 18:22 and...

4 Votes September 26 2013 8 Answers

Why did Jesus call people fools and yet condemn others for doing the same thing?

Jesus said, “whoever says [to his brother], `You fool!’ shall be in danger of hell fire” (Matt. 5:22). Yet He Himself said to the scribes and Pharisees, “...

April 25 2023 2 Answers

Is not the phrase "Heaven and Earth' one of the very first metaphorical references to the Star of David?

Genesis 1:1

************* In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth. - Genesis 1:1 THE HEAVENS- Upward Triangle AND THE EARTH- Downward Triangle GOD...

1 Vote September 15 2013 3 Answers

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