Bible Word Studies - Love Bible Study

Bible studies for those behind bars to use as self-study, with a pen pal, or in a small group.

These are single sheet word studies suitable for self-study or a small group. Each one of them is independent of the others. They appear here in alphabetical order. We hope you find them useful in your Bible study and hope they will bless you.

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Blood (Leviticus 17:11)

Book of Life (Psalm 69)

Breath of God (2 Thessalonians 2:8)

Broken (Isaiah 53:5)

Bronze Serpent (Num 21 & John 3)

Cornerstone (Psalm 118)

Counsel (Proverbs 13:10)

Crowns (Matthew 7:29)

Divorce (Ezra 9-10)

Faithfulness (James 5:13-18)

Fear of the Lord (Proverbs 9:10)

Fire (Luke 3:16-17)

Firstborn (Luke 2:22-24)

Gentleness (Galatians 6:1)

Goodness (1 Timothy 6:12-19)

Holiness (Leviticus 10:3)

Humble (Philippians 2:8)

Joy (Philippians 2:1-18)

King of Glory (Psalm 24)

Kinsman Redeemer (Ruth)

Knowledge (Proverbs 9:10)

Law & Covenant (Deuteronomy 4:1-14)

Love (1 Corinthians 13:1-13)

Mouth or Tongue (James 3 & Psalm 34)

Olive Tree (Romans 11)

Patience (James 5:7-11)

Paul (Acts 9)

Peace (Ephesians 2:1-22)

Providence (Exodus 16)

Repentance (Psalm 51)

Sanctification (1 Peter 1:2)

Shepherd (Psalm 23 & John 10)

Strength (Philippians 4:13)

Suffering (Job 42 & 1 Tim 1:12-17)

Throne of David (1 Chronicles 17)

Time (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8)

Trust (Psalm 95)

Understanding (Proverbs 9:10)

Wisdom (Proverbs 9:10)

SUGGESTED METHODOLOGY

If you are using these with a small group this is the suggested methodology for each word study:

1. Fellowship (Save most of this for the end of class.)
2. Take prayer requests (Try to keep it from becoming a competition to see who has the most or the worst.)
3. Pray (The idea here is to leave our troubles with God so we can give His word our attention with a clear mind.)
4. Read the lesson's scriptures aloud from the Bible and the associated philosophical discussion.
5. Answer and briefly discuss the "fill in the blank" questions. Let those who prefer to listen, listen. My answers on the next page are just one opinion; you may have a better answer.
6. On the "Think & Pray" questions everyone should take a few minutes to pray over it and jot down their own thoughts before the discussion. This will give the Holy Spirit a time to speak.
7. Discuss your Think & Pray answers. Never force anyone to share theirs. As with the other questions, my answer is just one more opinion; you may have a better answer.
8. Study as much of the "for further thought" material as time allows
9. Close in prayer (It is best to call on others to pray, but try to get their permission ahead of time.)
10. Fellowship (Leave this as open ended as possible for the time and place you meet.)

Depending on the number of people, each word study is expected to take about an hour. Steps 4 thru 8 are about half of that. If it looks like you are going to take longer, you might want to stop discussion on the "fill in the blank" questions, and let the Bible speak for itself. Save the discussion for the "Think & Pray" questions so the Holy Spirit, the real Teacher, gets the most chance to speak. If you take less time, extra questions are provided for discussion called "For Further Thought"

Copyright Information

ILLUSTRATIONS

Illustrations by Bible Cards are in the Public Domain

Illustrations by Gustave Dore are in the public domain.

Illustrations by Jack Hamm were placed in the public domain by the artist as long as they are used to further the gospel. http://www.gbfc-tx.org/Pages/Jack%20Hamm.html

Illustrations by Lillie A Faris from Standard Bible Story Readers (1926-1929) Public Domain

Illustrations by NASA are in the Public Domain

Illustrations from 1899 Life of Jesus for Young Disciples in the Public Domain

Illustrations from The Bible in Pictures The New Bible Symbols by M. Bihn & J. Bealings Š1922, The John A. Hertel Company Now in the Public Domain

Illustrations were placed in the public domain by Coloured Picture Bible for Children Published about 1884-1900 by the Society for Promoting Christianity.

Standard Bible Story Readers Book Four by Lillie A. Faris illustrated by O. A. Stemler and Bess Bruce Cleaveland published by The Standard Publishing Company, 1927 Public Domain (i.e. Free to Copy)

The Bible in Pictures The New Bible Symbols by M. Bihn & J. Bealings Š1922, The John A. Hertel Company Now in the Public Domain (i.e. Free to Copy)

COMMENTARY

Quotes from Matthew Henry's commentaries are in the public domain.

BIBLE QUOTES

HCSBŽ (Holman Christian Standard BibleŽ ) Some scripture may come from Holman Christian Standard Bible, Copyright Š 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Holman Christian Standard Bible, Holman CSBŽ, and HCSB are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers.

KJV (King James Version) Public domain

NASB or NASV (New American Standard Bible) Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLEŽ, Copyright Š 1960,1962,1963,1968,1971,1972,1973,1975,1977,1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. Unless otherwise noted, with an acronyms below, all Scripture quotations

NIV (New International Version) Scripture taken from THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSIONŽ, NIVŽ Copyright Š 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.Ž Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

YLT (Young's Literal Translation) Public Domain

We have the intention to add many other word studies, but nothing specific is currently planned. If you have any suggestions for other Bible words or terms you would like to have training material for, please let us know, and we will consider developing it. So far, we have been adding one about every two months.

We add new courses as often as we can. Which ones we work on next will depend on which ones you want.
Let us know what you are using and how you are using it.
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