BIBLE
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(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
age: w15 12/1 4; w11 6/1 20-23; pc 13-14; g 11/07 4; ie 17-18; kl 19; sh 17; Lmn 5
attitude toward Bible: w10 3/1 3-4; w02 9/15 15; w99 11/15 3; w94 6/1 13-14; gm 5-6, 184-189; w86 4/1 3-4
1600’s and 1700’s: w97 10/15 8-9
1800’s: w97 10/15 10-11
appreciation: w20.05 25; w12 6/15 25-29; w07 2/1 22-23; yb07 4-5; wt 23-31; w94 5/15 3; si 349-352
Catholic Church: w12 3/1 4; g 12/11 7-8; w01 6/1 32; w98 10/15 5; yb97 128; g90 3/8 6; g90 6/22 8; tp 30; g86 6/8 3-9
clergy: w05 9/1 30-31; g96 8/8 29; w89 7/1 4; gm 32; tp 30
confidence: w15 9/15 16-17
effect of evolution theory: g93 8/8 5
esteem: w16.11 14-18
“faithful and discreet slave”: w89 3/15 14
identifying mark of true religion: w09 8/1 8-9; rq 26-27; pe 187-188
Islam: sh 285-286
Jehovah’s Witnesses: cf 102; ijwfq article 44; bt 105; lff lesson 19; g16.1 8; w15 9/1 5; w12 1/15 4-8; w12 3/1 4; g 8/10 8; w02 2/15 25-26; w94 5/15 5-6; jv 122-123, 603; w90 4/1 11; w89 3/1 4; w89 3/15 21-22; rs 199, 203-205; br78 3-4
moral values: w11 3/15 10-11; g03 6/8 6
Protestantism: g 12/11 9; gm 31-32; g89 10/22 19
Russell and associates: jv 53-54, 122, 133
Russian Orthodox Church: w97 10/15 10; w97 12/15 22-27
Welsh girl Mary Jones: w97 10/15 9; w94 5/15 3
when details not provided: cl 185-187; it-2 603-604
women’s liberation movement: g88 7/22 5
audiocassette recordings: g89 1/8 27
appreciation for: w90 2/15 32; w88 10/1 32; w86 1/15 32; w86 11/1 32
Author: w23.02 2-7; ijwbq article 181; lff lesson 5; it-1 309-310; bhs 20; fg 6; w11 1/1 17; ph 11-12; bm 3; g 11/07 10-11; wt 23; la 15-17; pr 14-15; si 8-10, 299, 305
basic facts: g21.1 15; g16.2 4
basic truths: lmd Appendix A; nwt 5
basis for beliefs: bt 105; lff lessons 14, 19; w11 10/1 9; w09 8/1 4; be 224-225, 255-256; g02 4/22 10-11; w98 10/15 4-7; jv 53-54, 120, 122-123, 133, 603; rs 199, 203-205; ti 5; w87 3/1 10-11
basis for education: w05 10/15 3-7; g00 12/22 3, 10-11
book about love: w07 3/1 5-6
book about people: cl 183-185
book for all mankind: lff lesson 5; pc 13-17; g 2/09 8-9; g 11/07 29; w98 4/1 10-20; ba 3-30; g93 8/8 10; g89 3/22 13; g88 11/8 18-19; w86 4/15 3-7; w86 8/15 30
book of true prophecy: w87 5/1 6
chapters and verses:
number: it-1 308; sg 15; w88 2/1 7
Psalms: ijwbv article 11; w03 4/1 31
when determined: it-1 308; w16.06 32; wp16.2 14-15; w95 4/15 14; kl 14; sg 15; si 318
charts:
age of principal religious writings: pc 14
Bible reading schedule: w09 8/1 15-18
books, writers, time covered, and time and place written: nwt 1662-1663; bi12 1548-1549; w91 6/15 28-29; si 298
books from period of Assyrian and Babylonian empires: gl 23
books from period of Medo-Persian Empire: gl 25
how we got the Bible: it-1 321
inspired penmen and writing (date order): si 12
Jewish canon of the Scriptures: si 301
key dates in transmission: w97 8/15 8-9; w97 9/15 26-27
leading papyrus manuscripts: si 313
leading translations in seven languages: si 322
leading vellum and leather manuscripts: si 314
places where written: gl 5
prophecies and fulfillment: si 343-346
quotations of Hebrew Scriptures by Greek Scripture writers: si 343, 346-349
reading God’s Word: goals and methods: w11 5/15 5
time line of attacks on Bible: g 12/11 6-7
time line of Bible publishing: g 12/11 2-3
chronology: it-1 447-467
method of stating dates: it-1 448
citations: wp16.2 15; bhs 7; fg 2
climax in Revelation: re 6-14
comments by—
Adams, John Quincy: it-1 312
Barth, Karl: w88 2/1 3
Dickens, Charles: jd 5; km 1/97 1
Encyclopedia Americana: la 11
Gandhi, Mohandas K.: yb11 11-12; kl 16; Lmn 5-6
Goethe, Johann: w07 6/15 5; g03 9/22 31; w96 12/1 17
Heine, Heinrich: ba 3; gm 8; w88 2/1 4
Henry, Patrick: Lmn 5
historical figures: w92 5/15 3
Jefferson, Thomas: w90 11/1 7
Kant, Immanuel: la 11
Lincoln, Abraham: dg 10; w00 1/15 5; w92 5/15 3; gm 8
Newton, Sir Isaac: si 338; Lmn 5
Phelps, William Lyon: it-1 312; g00 12/22 3
Seward, William H.: g00 12/22 4; gm 8
university journal (China): la 11
Van Dyke, Henry: w92 7/15 3
World Book Encyclopedia: w15 12/1 5
completeness: w09 3/15 32; w89 5/1 26-27; w87 5/1 6
contents: ijwbq article 181; w18.11 3-4; it-1 310-311; w15 4/1 4; w13 10/1 4-7; nwt 39; w10 11/15 26; bm 3-31; g 11/07 19-21; w06 7/1 5-7; la 11-12; ct 103-104, 120-164; ba 13; kl 13-15; sg 17-18; w91 6/15 27-30; rs 58; je 4-5
how organized: ijwbq article 181; nwt 34-35; bm 3; w05 7/15 5
information that is not provided: cl 185-187; g89 12/22 17-18
message: nwt 12-13, 1766-1767
copyists: it-1 505-506; it-2 877; w90 7/15 29
descriptive terms: w96 1/1 29-31
“lamp”: it-2 195
Scripture: it-2 879-880; nwt 1710
“sword of the spirit” (Eph 6:17): w21.03 29; it-1 172; w07 3/15 30; w04 9/15 19-20; w92 5/15 22-23; w88 9/1 17-18
differs from other sacred books: w12 6/15 27; sh 16-17; op 24-25; gm 13-14
digital (electronic): wp17.1 5; g91 9/22 29
discussing:
why many refuse: w89 8/1 3-4
discussion: ijwbq article 181; cl 179, 181-188; lff lessons 1-3, 5; it-1 307-313; g16.2 3-7; bhs 19-28; bh 18-26; w13 10/1 3; fg 6-7; bm 3-31; w05 7/15 4-7; lr 16-20; la 11-14; w98 4/1 10-20; ba 3-30; rq 3; kl 12-22; sg 14-19; si 7-352; pe 47-50
for Buddhists: ph 5-30
for Muslims: rk 4-9; gu 4-31
distribution: lff lesson 5; g19.3 14; it-1 313; it-2 755, 1151; g16.2 3; w15 4/1 4; w15 12/1 5; w15 12/15 7; bhs 19; bh 19; w09 11/1 13; w07 1/15 21; w07 4/1 3; g 11/07 4; w05 7/15 4; la 11; w98 4/1 11; w97 10/15 12; ba 6; gm 7; pe 47-48, 50-52; g89 3/22 13; Lmn 5
1991: g92 7/22 28
1996: g98 2/8 30
1998: w00 1/15 32
Australia: g88 1/22 30
by Bible societies: si 321
by secular colporteurs: g01 12/8 25-27
by Watch Tower Society: g19.3 15; w17.07 9-10; kr 84, 86; w09 5/1 25; yb06 10; w94 5/15 3; jv 603-615; si 321, 323-327
early 20th century: w97 10/1 14-15
Korea: g89 7/22 28
Soviet Union: g90 3/22 28; g89 3/8 30; g89 4/8 29; g89 12/8 28
United States: g 7/10 22; g86 6/22 29
effect for good: ijwbv article 54; bhs 26; bh 25-26; nwt 39; w10 2/15 10-11; g01 7/22 11-12
changes in people: w23.02 3; w16.05 18-22; w09 2/1 26-29; w09 6/1 6; w09 7/1 23-27; w90 4/1 16-21; w89 8/1 6-7; gm 175-183; w86 4/1 6-7
closeness to Jehovah: w14 8/15 18-20
coping with mental health problems: wp23.1 8-13
inspires boldness: w10 2/15 7-8
literacy and libraries: g05 5/22 20
mirror effect: w22.01 12-13; w22.03 4; km 7/14 2; w11 8/1 21; w09 8/1 13; w08 6/15 25; w96 1/1 31; w95 7/15 32; g91 7/8 7-8; w88 8/15 15-16
professionals confirm: w04 2/1 6-7
strengthens: w95 12/1 17-18
unity: w23.02 3-5
youths: w90 8/1 11
effect on languages: g16.2 3
encouragement to apply: w12 1/15 15; w95 5/1 11-12, 19; gm 184-189
encouragement to examine: w15 2/1 7-9; lf 30-31; rs 58-60
encouragement to study: w23.10 18-23; scl 110-112; w15 4/1 3
experiences:
alcohol and drug abuser: rk 7-8
anger controlled: g 2/15 5; rk 7
believes Bible not inspired: km 12/13 4-5
Bible reader preaches and teaches: yb15 90-91, 94
cassettes help seaman accept truth: g89 1/8 27
elderly lady follows missionaries till exhausted to obtain Bible: w88 10/1 24-25
elderly lady who read Bible when young: yb96 214-215; jv 465-466
elderly man who took magazines for years: w17.09 26
householders appreciate use: w10 1/15 13
inspector calls it a dictionary: yb07 197-198
kept hidden in prison: g00 2/22 22
learns truth using Bible from bishop: yb96 217-218
life improved: g 2/15 6-7
marriage saved: lff lesson 49; g 2/15 6; yb12 77-78; rk 6
pastor impressed by Witness use: w03 11/15 11-12
perfect scripture used by chance: yb07 55-56
placing Bibles where work is restricted: yb87 60-61
racially prejudiced criminal: rk 8
seeks Bible having God’s name: yb05 60
sign on Watchtower factory: w00 3/15 32
smuggled into prison: w97 8/1 24-25
termed anti-Soviet (Soviet Union): yb08 120-121, 123
views Bible as book for Westerners: km 12/13 5
violence abandoned: g 2/15 3; rk 8-9
visitor to Bible display at Bethel in New York: yb17 17-18
wants answers from Bible only: yb96 58-59
Witness student’s essay “My Favorite Book”: yb07 44-45
faith in: mwb23.01 5; w16.09 25-27
favorite scriptures: w04 5/1 32
field ministry:
Bible compared to Moses’ rod: w14 8/15 12
defending the Bible: cf 102-105
encouraging reading of Bible: km 11/88 1, 4
helping to appreciate the Bible: wt 24-25
introducing scriptures: be 147-149
keeping one’s Bible neat and clean: w88 6/15 12
objections regarding: rs 64-68
people not accepting the Bible: km 12/13 4-6; be 68-69, 144, 198-199, 252; wt 24-25
presenting the Bible: km 12/98 8; km 12/96 8; km 11/94 1, 4; km 11/92 1; km 11/91 1; km 11/90 1, 8; km 11/89 2
reading scriptures: be 150-152
teaching Bible students how to use: km 5/88 7
use of Bible: bt 134-135; mwb21.03 13; w17.09 25-26; km 4/15 7; w14 5/15 7-9; w14 8/15 11-15; w10 1/15 13-14; w10 2/15 10-14; w09 1/15 6; km 9/09 2; km 4/08 3; km 5/07 1; km 9/04 4; w03 11/15 8-12, 14-17; km 5/03 8; be 145-146; km 5/01 1; km 9/01 1; km 12/01 1; w98 2/15 24; km 11/96 1; km 11/93 1; sg 97, 122-129; w91 1/15 17-18; km 5/91 1, 8; km 11/91 1; km 2/88 8; w86 3/1 26-30
use of related scriptures: w02 4/1 8
finding scriptures: sg 97
fondness for: w00 10/1 14-15
gift from God: lff lesson 5; w20.05 24-25
God revealed by: w23.02 2-7; cl 18-20, 184-186; wp19.1 11; w12 6/15 27-28; w99 6/15 21-24; ct 103-119; w88 3/1 5-6; w87 4/1 4-7; Lmn 8-14
Greek word: ijwbq article 181; it-1 308; si 299; pe 49
Gutenberg Bible: it-1 313; g 11/07 4; g98 11/8 17-19; g89 9/8 23-24
originals and replicas: g86 4/8 29
originals extant: g98 1/22 29; g98 11/8 19
paper: g86 2/22 28
photo of page: g89 9/8 23
‘handling aright’ (2Ti 2:15): w10 2/15 11-12; w03 1/1 27-28; w03 11/15 8-12; w02 12/1 16; be 153-154; w96 1/1 29-31
“Holy Bible”: ijwbq article 137
ignorance: g01 11/22 29; w91 1/15 7
clergy: g93 2/8 29; w87 7/15 21
Italy: g92 5/8 28; g91 7/22 29
survey: g90 9/22 21; w89 11/15 7
Western society: g94 12/22 29
inerrancy: it-1 1204-1206
influence on mankind: g92 3/8 28; gm 8-10
inspiration: ijwbq articles 1, 108; cl 182; lff lesson 5; g21.1 15; it-1 1081, 1202-1206; g17.3 3-7; w15 6/1 2; bhs 20, 207; w14 2/1 16; w12 6/15 25-28; w10 3/1 3-5; g 11/07 10-11; w03 7/1 14; lr 16; w97 6/15 3-8; pr 14-15; sg 15-17; wi 3-7; si 299-300, 304-305; pe 48-49; w86 4/1 3-7
individuality of expression: cl 182; it-1 1204; w12 6/15 26-27; w97 6/15 5-6
manner: it-1 1203-1204; it-2 696; w12 6/15 25-27; gu 16; w97 6/15 4-6; sg 15
role of angels: it-1 1203
role of holy spirit: ijwbq article 108; w19.11 9-10; it-1 309-310, 1203; it-2 1021; g17.3 3; w12 6/15 26; w92 2/1 10; si 9-10; w88 2/1 3-4
“sacred pronouncements”: it-2 836
selection and recording of existing material: it-1 1204; w97 6/15 6
testimony of writers: it-1 1203, 1205-1206; w14 5/1 2; nwt 10; si 299, 337-338; gm 10; g88 12/22 19; Lmn 6-7
uninspired writings differ: it-1 1205; w12 6/15 27
interpretation: re 9; w99 8/1 10; rs 65-66, 205; w88 12/15 3-5
use of related scriptures: w06 8/15 12-15; w88 12/15 3-5
whether literal or symbolic: br78 4
Jehovah’s justice reflected in: w23.02 5-6
Jehovah’s love reflected in: w23.02 6-7; w17.09 22; w15 8/15 10-12; w09 12/1 5; g 11/07 29
Jehovah’s name magnified by: it-1 311
Jesus’ use of: w23.02 8; cf 98, 100-107; it-1 1205; w09 1/15 6; w02 6/15 13; w99 11/1 12-13
reasoning on: w86 3/1 27-29
reliance on: it-2 879-880; w87 3/1 10-11
use of related scriptures: w02 4/1 8
languages in which published: lff lesson 5; w20.05 25; it-1 1213; it-2 204, 755; w17.09 19; w15 4/1 4; w15 10/15 23; w15 12/1 5; w15 12/15 7; w13 10/1 3; nwt 39; w12 6/15 27-28; w07 8/15 21; g 11/07 4, 30; g 3/06 29; g04 12/8 29; lr 19; g03 1/8 29; g02 2/22 28; g00 8/8 28; w99 10/15 31; g98 9/8 29; w97 10/1 16; ba 12; g96 11/8 28; g93 10/22 28; g92 6/8 28; g91 6/8 28; si 307, 320-321; g90 7/8 28; gm 7; pe 51; g89 3/22 13; g89 7/22 28; g87 1/22 30; tp 7; Lmn 5
1800: ba 11
1914: w97 10/1 15-16
African languages: w20.05 24
at least one book: g92 7/22 28
before invention of movable type: wp16.4 5
chart “Growth in Bible Translation”: w97 10/15 12
Christian Scriptures: g96 11/8 28
complete Bible: g00 8/8 28; g98 9/8 29; g96 11/8 28; g93 10/22 28; g92 6/8 28; g91 6/8 28; g89 7/22 28; g87 1/22 30
early 20th century: w97 10/1 14-15
languages in which written: it-2 204; w15 12/15 5-6; w13 10/1 3; si 8; gm 22-23; pe 50
Aramaic: ijwbq article 181; it-1 144-146, 578-579, 799, 1081; w15 12/15 5; w09 11/1 20; w06 1/15 18; si 8, 85, 140
Greek: it-1 442, 1006-1010; w15 12/15 5-6; w09 4/1 13; si 8, 316
Hebrew: it-1 1068-1077; w15 12/15 5; si 8, 176
learning scriptures: km 9/09 2; km 5/07 1
literary beauty: it-1 181
“lost books”: ijwbq article 181
love for: w17.05 19-21; w09 6/1 8-11; w99 11/1 9-19; gm 9-10
loyalty to: w97 10/1 15-20
master texts in original languages: it-1 321; nwt 1727; ba 9
Greek: it-2 313-314; nwt 1729; w95 4/15 11; si 317-319
Hebrew: it-2 313; nwt 1729; w11 12/1 18, 21; si 312
meaning of term: ijwbq article 181; it-1 308; it-2 574; ba 13; si 299; pe 49; rs 58
memorizing:
Jesuit applicant: w94 2/1 9-10
miniature Bibles: g98 4/22 14-15
misconceptions about: w12 12/15 3; g 11/07 22
misrepresentation: ba 4-5
misunderstandings about: wp17.1 14-15
name Bible: w15 4/1 4; w08 11/1 27
need for: w17.09 18; g00 1/22 10-11; w93 5/1 3-4
no hidden codes: g02 9/8 5; w00 4/1 29-31
not “white man’s book”: ijwbq article 3; rs 67
number of books: sg 14
“Old Testament,” “New Testament”: ijwbq article 181; it-1 308-309; w09 4/1 21; w07 9/1 6; w95 3/1 19; si 11
on computers:
electronic chips: g 10/08 30; g88 4/22 30
opening at random for guidance (bibliomancy): w13 6/15 32; w12 12/15 3
opposition: wp16.4 5; g16.2 3; g 12/11 4-9; w00 12/1 3; w97 10/1 11-13; gm 8-9, 25-32
1800’s: w97 10/15 10-11
Antiochus IV (c. 167 B.C.E.): wp16.4 5; g 12/11 5; g 11/07 12; w97 10/1 11
burning Bibles in Tyndale’s day: w87 7/15 21
Emperor Diocletian (Rome, 303 C.E.): w15 12/15 6; g 12/11 5; g 11/07 12-13; w90 5/1 14
Inquisition: w94 5/15 6-7; w92 6/15 8-11
persecution of Bible distributors (colporteurs): g01 12/8 25-27
persecution of Bible possessors: wp16.4 5; gm 30-31; w86 5/15 17
Spanish Inquisition: g87 10/8 25-26
organizational aspect: it-1 310; w16.11 10
Oriental book: Lmn 6
perfection: it-2 603-604
powerful: w17.09 23-27; w86 4/1 6-7
practicality: cl 187-188; lff lesson 1; wp20.1 6; g19.3 3-13; it-1 311; bhs 22-23; bh 21-23; w12 6/1 8; ph 5-6; w09 5/1 5; w09 6/1 4-7; pc 16; w07 4/1 3-7; g 11/07 20, 23-25; g 1/06 18-19; w05 7/15 5; jt 22-24; kl 15-16; si 340; op 21-26; rs 66
child rearing: w88 5/1 4-6
comfort and encouragement: ijwbq article 189; w96 1/15 21-22
counsel on attempted rape: g86 5/22 22-24
help with problems: w21.03 14-19; wp18.1 8-13
hope for future: ijwbq article 180; g22.1 15; wp21.3 12-14; lff lesson 2; g21.1 12-13; wp18.1 14-15; g18.1 15
lives transformed: w23.02 3; w16.05 22; w09 2/1 26-29; w09 6/1 6; w09 7/1 23-27; w91 2/1 6; w89 8/1 6-7; gm 176-180; w86 4/1 6-7
managing stress: g 5/14 5-7
mental health: g16.2 6; ba 25-26
modern man: w99 4/1 3-7; w98 4/1 17-19; ba 22-26; w93 5/1 4-7; w86 5/1 3-7
moral values: g16.2 4-5; w00 11/1 4-7; g93 8/8 8-10; g90 6/8 8-9
results among Witnesses: w94 4/15 12, 14-17
youths: yp2 282-286, 288; g96 2/8 10; g86 5/22 12-14
preservation: w23.02 2-3; lff lesson(s) 5; it-1 313; w15 12/15 6-7; w13 2/15 5; rk 4; w09 11/1 13-14; g 11/07 12-13; w97 10/1 10-15
printing: w16.11 24
Antwerp (Belgium): g02 9/8 19-22
printers’ errors: g99 2/22 28
prophecy: w23.01 4-5; w23.08 8-13; ijwbq article 108; wp18.2 6-7; it-1 311; bhs 23-26; w14 2/1 16; w14 5/1 4-7; bh 23-25; nwt 16-17; w12 1/1 16-17; g 5/12 15-18; g 6/12 12-14; g 7/12 22-24; g 8/12 18-20; g 10/12 26-28; g 11/12 12-15; g 12/12 22-25; w08 1/1 22-24; w08 10/1 3-4; w00 4/1 12-17; ba 27-29; rs 140-141, 295-298; g88 8/8 26-27; w87 5/1 4-7
punctuation: sg 14-15
questions about Bible: g 1/14 6; w11 10/15 32
questions in Bible: w10 4/15 13-15
quoting the Bible:
from here and there: w02 4/1 8; w96 5/15 19-20
reading the Bible: w23.02 8-13; w22.10 7-8; lff lesson 11; it-2 755; wp17.1 3; be 9-12; wt 26-31; w00 5/1 14-15; w00 10/1 8-12; w96 5/15 10-20; w95 5/1 8-21; w94 5/15 4-6; sg 21
84-year-old learns to read: g04 9/22 28-29
aloud: w10 7/1 21; be 104, 150-152; w96 5/15 18-19
as a family: w14 3/15 18; be 11, 60, 248-249; km 11/02 5; w99 7/1 11-12; km 2/99 4; w96 5/15 13-16
aspects to consider: w23.02 11-12; lff lesson 11; w19.01 19; nwt 36; w06 11/15 5; w03 12/1 11; wt 28-31
benefits: w19.07 3; w19.11 11; it-2 755; wp17.1 6-7; w11 5/15 5; g98 3/8 28; g97 2/22 11-12; w96 5/15 10-11, 16-17; g96 1/22 23
Bible examples: it-2 755; w95 5/1 9-13; w94 5/15 4-5
considered essential: w86 4/15 3-4
daily: mwb23.03 11; mwb19.10 7; w10 7/1 20-21; w09 8/1 13-18; w07 1/1 5-6; w04 7/15 12; yb04 4-5; w02 4/1 18-19; be 10-11; km 1/00 3; w95 5/1 13-21
decline in Sweden: g87 5/8 29
depression from paralysis overcome: w95 11/1 23
during vacation: w00 8/15 32
elders: w00 10/1 8-9; w95 5/1 12-13
encouragement to read: w23.09 12; cl 312; lff lesson 1; w17.09 24; wp17.1 3; w14 12/1 5; w09 5/15 10; g 4/09 23; wt 26-27; ip-1 310; w99 11/1 9, 11-14; ba 3, 30; km 11/94 1; w90 2/1 7; gm 5-11
encouraging offspring to read: w10 1/15 18
encouraging others to read: km 11/88 1, 4
entire Bible: w23.05 26, 30; yp2 291; w02 11/15 23; w96 5/15 18; w95 5/1 18
examples: wp17.1 3; w09 5/15 10; w00 3/15 32; w95 5/1 20-21
finding spiritual gems: w24.02 32
how to make more beneficial: lff lesson 11; w19.01 18; wp17.1 4; w16.05 24-26; w16.12 18; km 10/15 3; w13 4/15 7-11; ia 207; w11 5/15 3-5; g 4/09 23-26; w00 10/1 12; yp 312-313; km 12/88 7
how to make more interesting: mwb18.03 8; wp17.1 5-6
how to read: scl 111; w22.10 8; mwb20.05 7; it-2 755; w10 7/1 19-21; g 4/09 23-26; yp2 292; g 11/07 21; be 9, 12; w00 10/1 11-12; w96 5/15 11-12; w95 5/1 16-19
importance of regularity: lff lesson 11; g00 10/8 23-24; w95 5/1 9-10, 12-18
‘in an undertone’: w13 4/15 7-8; w08 8/15 24; be 24-25; w96 5/15 11
Israel (ancient): w00 10/1 9; w95 5/1 9-12
Jesus’ example: w02 6/15 13
King Henry VIII promotes (16th century): w12 6/1 10-11; w02 1/1 32
lack in U.S.: g01 11/22 29; w00 1/15 32; w91 1/15 7
lack in world: g00 5/8 29
life story “Bible Reading—My Lifelong Source of Strength”: w11 9/15 3-6
meditating: w21.04 24; w19.05 27; w17.09 24-25; w15 10/15 26
Memorial time: mwb24.03 6-7; mwb23.03 8-9; mwb22.03 10-11; mwb21.03 5; mwb19.04 4-5
objective: w10 7/1 19-20; wt 28-31
opposition to: g 12/11 6-9; gm 8-9; w86 5/15 17
Pope John Paul II urges: g98 10/8 17
prayer before: wp17.1 4; w10 7/1 20; g01 8/22 24; w00 10/1 11-12
repeatedly: w95 5/1 14-16
use of imagination: w16.04 12
use of maps: w04 10/15 13-19; be 12, 248-249
video Youths Learning to Love God’s Word: mwb23.03 11
when: w95 5/1 16-18, 20-21
when accounts seem hard to accept: w22.02 2-4
whether alone suffices: rs 328, 332-333
youths: ijwyp articles 77-78, 116; w18.05 31; w16.09 27; w13 4/15 11; w10 4/15 4-5; g 3/10 30; g 4/09 23-26; km 4/04 1; w02 3/15 9; g02 4/8 30; w01 8/15 3, 6-7; g01 8/22 23-25; w99 9/1 23-24; g90 9/22 23; yp 288, 312-313; g86 1/8 28; g86 2/8 16
youths (For Young People series): w13 1/1 2; w12 1/1 30-31; w12 4/1 30-31; w12 7/1 30-31; w12 10/1 30-31; w11 1/1 30-31; w11 3/1 30-31; w11 5/1 22-23; w11 7/1 30-31; w11 9/1 30-31; w11 11/1 30-31; w10 1/1 30-31; w10 3/1 24-25; w10 5/1 14-15; w10 7/1 30-31; w10 9/1 30-31; w10 11/1 22-23; w09 1/1 31; w09 3/1 24; w09 5/1 26; w09 7/1 31; w09 9/1 24; w09 11/1 18; w08 1/1 26; w08 3/1 17; w08 5/1 23; w08 7/1 31; w08 9/1 24; w08 11/1 23
sacred: w88 6/15 12
standard for judging religion: sh 16-18
superior to other ancient writings: it-2 1213
superior to other sacred writings: w12 6/15 27; sh 16-17; op 24-25; gm 13-14
superior way of life over other ancient cultures:
family life: g97 8/8 10
superstitious use: w12 12/15 3
survey on belief in (U.S.): g17.3 3; g 11/07 30
survival: lff lesson(s) 5; it-1 313; it-2 1213; w17.09 18-22; w16.12 18; wp16.4 3-8; g16.2 3; w12 6/15 28; g 12/11 2-5; w09 11/1 13-14; g 11/07 12-13; w98 4/1 11-12; ba 7-9; g97 12/8 16-18; w92 6/15 8-11; gm 12-36
despite changes in languages: w17.09 19-20
theme: w23.10 20; it-1 310-311, 923; w13 10/1 3; w12 9/1 21; g 2/12 13; bm 3; w07 9/1 7; re 9-14; be 211; w00 10/15 10; ct 121-122; kl 14; w94 2/1 11; jv 283; si 17, 263, 349-350; gm 149-161
chart of scriptures: si 342
subsidiary theme of fall of Babylon: ip-1 215
time covered: si 11
timeless wisdom: wp18.1 3-7
time used in writing: it-1 310, 1081; w15 4/1 4; w13 10/1 3; bm 3; sg 14; sh 241; si 10; pe 49; Lmn 6
translation relatively easy: si 9
transmission: w23.01 3-4; w23.02 2-3; ijwbq articles 129, 181; it-1 321, 1081; wp17.6 14; w15 12/15 6-7; nwt 1726-1730; w09 11/1 13-14; g 11/07 12-13; w97 8/15 8-11; w97 9/15 25-29; w97 10/15 8-12
efforts to corrupt: w97 10/1 13-14
printing in Antwerp (Belgium): g02 9/8 19-22
single-volume Bibles: w01 5/1 29-30
Slavonic Bible: w01 3/1 28-31
trust in: w23.01 2-7; w22.02 2-4; lff lesson 3; wp20.1 6-8; wp17.4 7; w09 5/1 4-5; yp2 282-286, 288; g 11/07 3-13, 15-21, 23-29; w06 10/1 32; w05 7/15 5-6; w96 2/1 21-26; g96 2/8 8-10
understandable: w15 12/1 4-5; w13 4/1 16; hl section 7; w09 7/1 3; w95 5/1 9-10; w94 10/1 4-8; op 24
understanding the Bible: w23.02 9-11; ijwbq article 40; wp17.1 14-15; w15 12/1 3-7; w13 4/15 8-10; hl section 7; g 11/12 28; w09 7/1 4-8; w06 4/1 3-7; w94 10/1 4-8; rs 204-205
available to all: wi 8-9
basis in Eden: w11 1/1 9, 11
context considered: w16.05 26; w10 2/15 11-12; w06 8/15 14; w03 1/1 27-28
desire needed: w94 10/1 5-6
difficult texts: w22.02 2-4; w11 5/15 4; w10 10/15 7; w87 4/1 6
explanations that seem hard to accept: w11 9/15 14; w08 11/15 14; w07 4/15 28; w06 7/15 22; w00 1/1 10; w00 9/1 9-10; w99 10/1 5; w96 7/15 16-17; w92 11/15 20; w88 1/15 22
faith essential: it-2 603-604
help from website jw.org: g 1/14 6
helping new ones: w10 6/15 11
help needed: w10 7/1 21; w02 12/1 17; wt 26-27; w94 10/1 5-7; gm 185; w88 8/15 14
humility essential: w23.02 5; wp17.1 14-15
improving: w10 7/15 23-24
individual texts: be 34-35
progressive: bt 71; w21.08 8-9; kr 32-33, 35-38; w10 4/15 10; w10 7/15 21-23; w06 2/15 26-30; w00 1/1 9-10; w00 3/15 10-15; w95 5/15 10-26; jv 121-122, 132-133, 146-148, 708-709; w87 5/15 28; w87 6/15 19-20; w86 5/15 11-15
remnant: w88 10/15 19
role of holy spirit: wp17.1 15
timing: wp17.1 15
use of related scriptures: w06 8/15 12-15
when clarification seems overdue: w00 9/1 12-13
whether to learn Hebrew and Greek: w09 11/1 20-23; w09 12/15 3
word pictures: w09 5/1 13-15
unique: w23.02 3; it-1 307-308; g16.2 3; w12 6/1 3-9; g 11/07 4; kl 19; w91 2/1 5; gm 7-11; pe 47-48; w86 4/15 3-4; Lmn 4-6
condemns magic: it-2 294
table of nations (Ge 10): it-1 329, 907; it-2 472-473
use in teaching: w22.01 11; w17.09 25-27; w13 4/15 12-13; w07 1/15 21-25; w96 1/1 29-31
answering questions: yb17 136-137; km 9/09 1; be 68-69, 143-144
applying scriptures: th 9; be 53-54, 153-156, 204, 233, 254, 256; sg 128-129
basis for teaching: w08 1/15 9-10; be 224-225, 255-256, 267; w98 2/15 25-26; w89 5/1 26-27; w86 3/1 26-27
Bible studies: w20.10 15-16; w13 4/15 13; km 11/04 4
bringing scriptures to life: w91 9/15 30
context considered: w10 2/15 11-12; w03 1/1 27-28; be 148-149, 232, 256
encouraging hearers to read scriptures: be 145-146
explaining scriptures: cf 105-107; be 231-233, 254
introducing scriptures: th 7; be 144, 147-149; sg 122-126
public discourses: w17.09 26-27; be 52-54; km 9/00 3
reading from Bible: be 150-152; sg 32-33, 126-128, 146
reasoning from the Scriptures: bt 134-135; w14 5/15 7-9; w04 3/15 18-19; be 155-156, 232, 254; km 11/93 1; w86 3/1 26-30
use of related scriptures: w02 4/1 8; w96 5/15 19-20
use in translation of other works: w05 4/15 21-22
value: ijwbq article 42; lff lessons 1, 5, 12; it-1 311; g16.2 3-7; w15 4/1 3; w13 4/15 12-16; ph 5-6, 8-10; w06 10/1 9-10; jd 5-6; w04 8/15 4-7; w04 12/15 15; w01 7/1 9-11; w01 9/15 16-17; g01 3/8 8-11; w00 12/1 5-7; gf 6; w99 11/15 4-7; w97 9/1 32; w95 5/1 8-16; w94 10/1 3-4, 7-8; sg 17-19; si 7
benefiting from: mwb19.10 7; w04 12/15 20-21
coping with anxieties: wp18.1 8; w16.12 20-21
coping with loneliness: wp18.1 11; g04 6/8 11
facing difficulties: jd 92
for youths: ijwyp articles 77-78, 116; w21.12 23-25; ypq 30-31; w10 11/15 3-7; yp2 282-286, 288; w07 5/1 26-27; g 11/07 26-28; w01 8/15 4-7; w00 3/15 19-20; g96 2/8 10; w90 8/1 11; g90 9/8 8-9
people real, not fictional: mwb23.01 4
self-examination: w20.11 18, 20-21
strength from: w24.04 15; w21.05 22, 24
when written: ijwbq article 181
whether God’s thoughts: ijwbq article 2
whether human wisdom: ijwbq article 1
whether irrelevant: g94 5/22 21
whether just a good book: g16.2 3-7
whether still relevant: wp18.1 3-15; g 2/15 3-7; g 3/10 28-29
whether too restrictive: w06 10/1 8-10
why some individuals left unnamed: w13 8/1 10; w13 12/15 16
why the Bible repeats itself: w24.02 31
wisdom evident in: w23.02 3-5; scl 111; cl 179, 181-188; bhs 22-23; bh 21-23; w12 6/15 28; w03 7/1 13-14; la 5-10; g96 2/8 10; w90 4/1 11-15; gm 162-174
word pictures: mwb21.07 15; w09 5/1 13-15
writers: ijwbq articles 5, 181; it-1 309-310, 1081; w15 4/1 4; w13 10/1 3; nwt 10; fg 6; lr 17-18; sh 241; si 10, 12; w88 2/1 3-4
honesty: ijwbq article 129; wp20.1 6; w16.09 26; g16.2 6
individuality of expression: cl 182; it-1 1204; w12 6/15 26-27; w97 6/15 5-6; sg 15; w91 6/1 3
Jews: it-2 836
list by occupation: w91 3/15 29
men who wrote about Jesus: yc 24-25; w10 6/1 24-25
purpose in writing: w88 2/1 7
whether Moses wrote the Bible: ijwbq article 4
wisdom of using humans: cl 182-183; w14 8/15 19-20; w03 7/1 13-14; w97 6/15 8; w97 8/15 31
writing of: w14 2/1 16; si 10; pe 48-49
original documents (autographs): ijwbq article 181
source documents: it-1 355; si 10
sources not indicated by “this is the history”: it-2 1212
written record superior to word of mouth: cl 179, 181-182; pr 15
“Year of the Bible” (2003): g03 9/22 31
Quotations
best book that ever was or will be in the world: jd 5; km 1/97 1; g95 1/22 6
best gift God has ever given to man: dg 10; w00 1/15 5; w92 5/15 3; gm 8
even a leaf surviving might pierce the darkness like a star: w94 5/15 6-7
everything so completely natural: w88 2/1 4
far superior to anything I studied in college: kl 16
greater the intellectual progress, more possible to use Bible as foundation and instrument of education: w96 12/1 17
hope of human progress suspended on: g00 12/22 4; gm 8
imposing unity of this book: w12 6/1 7
more beautiful the more one understands (Goethe): g03 9/22 31
most influential collection of books in human history: ba 3; w91 6/1 5; gm 8
no man is poor or desolate who has this treasure: w92 7/15 3
nothing approaching it in all literature: w12 6/1 7
not require any complicated introduction in order to be understood: g92 5/8 28
owe my enlightenment to: ba 3; gm 8
such excellent medicine: w12 6/1 8
towers in content above all earlier religious literature, and over all subsequent literature: gm 54
university taught me how to study; the Bible taught me how to live: w94 9/15 27
upon law of nature and law of revelation depend all human laws: it-2 224; w96 5/1 15; gm 8
worth all other books ever printed: w92 5/15 3; Lmn 5