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Bible Memory collection
Most wrong thinking about our lives begins with wrong thinking about God. These passages let God describe himself in his own words. Exodus 34:6-7 God passes before Moses and names himself compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, forgiving yet not leaving guilt…
Chapter study
Read Genesis 4:1-16 slowly before reading anything below. The chapter is short, and most of what this study points out is visible in the text itself. Hold three things apart as you read: what Scripture states, what it…
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Genesis 4:9 Yahweh said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?” The question is asked by a man who has just killed the brother in question. 1 John 3:16-18 By this we…
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Genesis 4:10 Yahweh said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries to me from the ground. The blood is given a voice, and it cries to God rather than to Cain. Hebrews 12:24 to Jesus, the mediator of…
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Genesis 4:13-15 Cain said to Yahweh, “My punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold, you have driven me out today from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a…
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Genesis 4:3-5 As time passed, Cain brought an offering to Yahweh from the fruit of the ground. Abel also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and of its fat. Yahweh respected Abel and his offering, but he didn’t…
Verse study
הֲשֹׁמֵר אָחִי אָנֹכִי hashomer achi anochi Hebrew The word for keeper is used of guarding and watching over, including the garden in Genesis 2:15. How Cain uses it The question comes attached to a lie. Cain says he…
Verse study
חַטָּאת רֹבֵץ chattat robets Hebrew A participle of lying down or lying in wait, joined to the ordinary word for sin. The picture A door is a boundary. Something at a door is outside it and close to it. The image says…
Verse study
אוֹת oth Hebrew A sign or token, used of the rainbow, the sabbath and the signs given to Moses. Purpose given, description withheld The verse says the sign was so that anyone finding him would not strike him. That is…
Devotional
Matthew 5:17 "Don't think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn't come to destroy, but to fulfill." WEB Jesus opens the Sermon on the Mount by ruling out a misunderstanding before it can take hold. He…
Devotional
Jonah 4:2 He prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Please, Yahweh, wasn’t this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow…
Devotional
Numbers 14:18 ‘Yahweh is slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, forgiving iniquity and disobedience; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the…
Devotional
Proverbs 15:1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. WEB This proverb describes cause and effect in a conflict: the same anger that could escalate can also be turned away, and the deciding…
Reading plan day
A soft answer turns away wrath, the chapter says, while a harsh word stirs up anger, showing how much weight a single response carries in a conversation that could otherwise escalate. Gentleness here is a strategy of…
Reading plan day
Good sense makes a person slow to anger, the chapter says, and it is his glory to overlook an offense. Patience here is not passivity, it is treated as a mark of genuine wisdom and strength. Proverbs 19:11 Overlook one…
Christian Living
James 1:19-20 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God. WEB james 1 James does not say never be…
Bible question
Exodus 34:6 Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth, WEB Scripture does not begin with a definition of God…
Bible question
Isaiah 53:5 But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed. WEB God explained the cross before it…
The Sunday Study
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