Scripture Study

Scripture Study
"Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me." - John 5:39

Saturday, June 1, 2013

1 Nephi 19

Vs 1- What did Nephi make plates with?
What did he engraven upon them?
Vs 2- What do those first plates contain?
Vs 3- What did the Lord command Nephi to write upon these plates?
What should they be kept for?
Vs 4- What do the other plates give a greater account of?
What did he command his people to do after he was gone?
How should they be passed on?
Vs 5- Why does he proceed to make these other plates? (what kind of knowledge does he want kept for his people)
Vs 6- What kind of things does he write on these plates?
What does he blame any errors on?
Vs 7- What do some men do to things which others esteem to be of great worth?
Who do some men trample under their feet?
What does that mean that they do?
Vs 8- When will the God of Israel come to the earth?
Vs 9- What shall the world do to him?
Why?
Vs 10- Who shall God yield himself into?
What shall he allow them to do to him?
What shall be the sign of his death?
Vs 11- How shall the Lord visit some of the house of Israel?
How shall he visit others?
Vs 12- What shall happen to all the rocks of the earth?
What shall many of the kings exclaim?
Vs 13- Why shall those at Jerusalem be scourged?
What did they do with their hearts?
What did they reject?
Vs 14- Who have they despised?
What shall they become?
Vs 15- When will the Lord remember the covenants he made to their fathers?
Vs 16- Who will he remember?
Who will he gather in from the four quarters of the earth?
Vs 17- Who shall see the salvation of the Lord?
Vs 18- Why has Nephi written these things unto his people?
Vs 19- Who does Nephi speak/write unto?
Vs 20- What wearies him?
How was the Lord merciful unto Nephi?
Vs 21- Where are things concerning them written?
Vs 22- What did Nephi read to his brethren?
Why?
Vs 23- What books did he read unto them?
Why did he read them the words written by Isaiah?
What did he do with all scriptures?
Why?
Vs 24- What did he tell them to hear?
What did he tell them to do with those words?

Why? (What did he want them to have?)

Friday, May 31, 2013

1 Nephi 18

Vs 1- What did they go forth and do with Nephi?
What did the Lord show Nephi from time to time?
Vs 2- How did Nephi not build the ship?
Vs 3- What did Nephi often do?
What kind of things did the Lord show him?
Vs 4- What did his brethren see that the finished ship was like?
What did they do again?
Vs 5- What did the Lord tell Lehi they should do?
Vs 6- What did they prepare to load with them?
Who did they go down into the ship with?
Vs 7- How many sons did Lehi have in the wilderness?
What were their names?
Vs 8- What drove them towards the promised land?
Vs 9- What did Nephi’s brethren and the sons of Ishmael begin to do?
How did they speak?
What did they forget?
Vs 10- What did Nephi began to fear the Lord would do?
How did Nephi speak to them?
What did they say they would not let Nephi be?
Vs 11- What did Laman and Lemuel do to Nephi?
How did they treat him?
Why did the Lord suffer it?
Vs 12- What ceased to work?
Vs 13- What arose?
How long were they driven back?
What were they frightened of?
What did they still not do?
Vs 14- What was the tempest like on the 4th day?
Vs 15- What did Nephi’s brethren begin to see was upon them?
What did they see that they needed to do to prevent perishing?
What did they do to Nephi?
What were his wrists and ankles like?
Vs 16- Who did Nephi look to?
What did he do all day long?
What did he not do?
Vs 17- Who had they breathed out many threatening against?
Why were Nephi’s parents brought down upon their sick beds?
Vs 18- What were they about to do?
Vs 19- Who could not softened the hearts of Nephi’s brethren?
Vs 20- What was the only thing that could soften their hearts?
Vs 21- What did Nephi get to work after they loosed him?
What did he pray for?
Vs 22- Who guided the ship?
Vs 23- Where did they arrive after many days?
Vs 24- What did they begin to do?
How much were they blessed?
Vs 25- What did they find in the wilderness?

What else did they find?

1 Nephi 17

Vs 1- What direction did they travel from that time forth?
What did they wade through in the wilderness?
What did their women do in the wilderness?
Vs 2- What did they live upon in the wilderness?
How did the Lord bless their women?
How did they bear their journeyings?
Vs 3- What must be filled?
What does God do for those who keep his commandments?
What did he do for them while they sojourned in the wilderness?
Vs 4- How long did they sojourn in the wilderness?
Vs 5- What land did they come to?
Why was it named that?
What was the name of the sea they beheld?
What does that name mean?
Vs 6- What can Nephi not write all about?
How did they feel when they came to the seashore?
Why?
Vs 7- Where did the Lord tell him to go?
Vs 8- What did the Lord tell him to do?
Why?
Vs 9- What did Nephi ask the Lord?
Why did he want to find ore?
Vs 10- Who told him where to find ore?
Vs 11- What did Nephi make?
What materials did he use to make it?
How did he make a fire?
Vs 12- What had the Lord not suffered them to do in the wilderness?
What did the Lord do to their food so they wouldn’t have to cook it?
Vs 13- What/who was their light in the wilderness?
What did the Lord require them to do in order for him to lead them to the promised land?
Vs 14- Who shall they know that the Lord is?
What shall they know that he did for them?
Vs 15- What did Nephi strive to do?
What did he exhort his brethren to be/do?
Vs 16- What did he make with the ore?
Vs 17- What did his brethren begin to do?
What did they call Nephi?
Vs 18- Who did they complain against?
What did they not desire to do?
What did they not believe?
Vs 19- Why was Nephi sorrowful?
How did they feel when they saw Nephi’s sorrow?
What did they say he lacked?
Vs 20- Who did they say he was like?
What did they say he was led by?
What did they say would have been better for their wives than to suffer these afflictions?
Vs 21- What did they say they might have enjoyed during these many years if they would have remained in Jerusalem?
What did they say they might have been?
Vs 22- What kind of people did they say were in Jerusalem?
What did they say their father had done?
Why did they say he led them away?
Vs 23- Who did Nephi remind them was delivered by hearkening unto the words of the Lord?
Vs 24- What had the Lord commanded Moses to do?
Vs 25- Who was in bondage?
What kind of tasks were they laden with?
Vs 26- Who did the Lord command to bring them out of bondage?
How were the waters of the Red Sea divided?
Vs 27- What happened to the Egyptians (the armies of Pharaoh)?
Vs 28- What were the children of Israel fed in the wilderness?
Vs 29- What did the children of Israel quench their thirst with?
How did they get it?
Vs 30- Who led them?
What did they do with their hearts and minds?
Who did they revile against?
Vs 31- How did God do all things for them?
Vs 32- What did he make them mighty in doing?
Vs 33- What kind of people did they drive out of the land of promise?
Vs 34- If they had been righteous, who would have not been favored/chosen?
Vs 35- Who is favored of God?
What had this people rejected?
What were they ripe in?
What was upon them?
Who did he curse the land for and who did he bless the land for?
Vs 36- Why did the Lord create the earth?
Vs 37- Who does he destroy?
Vs 38- Where does he lead away the righteous to?
Vs 39- Where does he ruleth?
What is his footstool?
Vs 40-Who does he love?
Who did he covenant with?
Why did he bring them out of the land of Egypt?
Vs 41- How did he straighten them in the wilderness?
Why did he straighten them?
What did he send among them?
What did he do afterwards?
What did they have to do?
Why did many perish?  (why would they not look)
Vs 42- What did they do from time to time?
Who did they revile against?
Vs 43- What have they become?
How many of them shall be destroyed?
What shall happen to those few that remain?
Vs 44- What hath the Lord commanded Lehi to do?
Who sought to take away his life?
What did Nephi call Laman and Lemuel?
Vs 45- What are they swift to do?
What are they slow to do?
How has the Lord spoken unto them?
Why did he have to speak unto them with a voice of thunder?
Vs 46- What can he do with the power of his almighty word?
Vs 47- How does Nephi feel because of his brethren?
What does he fear will happen to them?
Why did his frame have no strength?
Vs 48- How did Laman and Lemuel feel towards Nephi?
What did they want to do to him?
What did Nephi command them not to do?
What was he filled with?
What would happen to anyone who tried to lay their hands upon him?
Vs 49- What did he tell them they should not do any more?
What should they not withhold?
Vs 50- What did Nephi say he could do if God commanded him to?
Vs 51- What did he remind them the Lord has?
What can he instruct Nephi to do?
Vs 52- How did his brethren feel after Nephi spoke to them?
What could they not do?
What did they not dare do for many days?
Vs 53- What did the Lord tell Nephi to do?
Why?
Vs 54- What did the Lord do to Nephi’s brethren?
Vs 55- What were his brethren about to do?
Who did Nephi tell them to worship instead?

What else did he tell them to do?

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

1 Nephi 16

Vs 1- How did Nephi's brothers feel about the things he had spoken unto them?
Vs 2- Who did Nephi say he had justified?
Who did he say takes the truth to be hard?
Why? (What does the truth do to them?)
Vs 3- If they were righteous and willing to hearken to truth, what would they not do?
Vs 4- What did Nephi exhort his brethren to do?
How did he exhort them?
Vs 5- What did they do?
What did this give Nephi hope that they would do?
Vs 6- Where were these things said and done?
Vs 7- Who did Nephi take to wife?
Who else got married?
Vs 8- What had Lehi done?
How much had the Lord blessed Nephi?
Vs 9- When did the voice of the Lord speak to Lehi?
What did he command him to do?
When?
Vs 10- What did Lehi find on the ground by his tent door?
What was it like?
What did one of the spindles do?
Vs 11- What did they gather?
What did they take with them?
Vs 12- Where did they depart to?
What did they cross?
Vs 13- How many days did they travel?
What direction did they travel?
Where did they pitch their tents?
Vs 14- Why did they take bows and arrows?
What parts of the wilderness did they stay in?
Vs 15- What did they use to slay food with?
Vs 16- Where did the directions of the ball lead them?
Vs 17- Why did they pitch their tents for a time?
Vs 18- What happened to Nephi's bow?
What was it made of?
How did his brothers feel about the loss of Nephi's bow?
Vs 19- How did their journeying cause them to feel?
Why did their families suffer?
Vs 20- What did Laman and Lemuel begin to do?
Who else began to murmur against the Lord?
How did they all feel?
Vs 21- What happened to his brothers' bows?
Vs 22- Why did Nephi speak much unto his brethren?
Vs 23- What did Nephi do?
What did he ask his father?
Vs 24- Who did Lehi inquire of?
What had Nephi's words caused them to do?
How did Nephi speak to them?
Vs 25- Why was Lehi chastened?
How did he feel?
Vs 26- What did the voice of the Lord tell Lehi to do?
Vs 27- How did they all feel when they read the things which were written upon the ball?
Vs 28- What caused the pointers on the ball to work?
Vs 29- What did the new writing help them to understand?
What did it do from time to time?
How can the Lord bring about great things?
Vs 30- Where did the directions on the ball lead Nephi to?
Vs 31- What did he do there?
Vs 32- How did they feel when Nephi returned with food?
What did they do?
Vs 33- What did they again do?
Vs 34- What happened to Ishmael?
Vs 35- Why did the daughters of Ishmael mourn?
Who did they murmur against?
What did they worry would happen to them in the wilderness?
Vs 36- Who else did the murmur against?
What were they desirous to do?
Vs 37- What did Laman try to convince Lemuel and Ishmael's sons to do to Lehi and Nephi?
Vs 38- What did he accuse Nephi of doing?
Why did they say he had led them into the wilderness?
What was Laman trying to do to their hearts?
Vs 39- Who was with Nephi and Lehi?
What did the voice of the Lord do to Laman and Lemuel?
What did they do after they were chastened by the Lord?

What did the Lord again bless them with?

1 Nephi 15

Vs 1- Where did Nephi return to?
Vs 2- What were his brethren disputing about?
Vs 3- What did they need to do in order to understand his words?
Why did they not look unto the Lord?
Vs 4- Why was Nephi grieved?
Why did he know that the things he saw would come to pass?
Vs 5- Why was he overcome?
How great did he consider his afflictions were?
What had he beheld?
Vs 6- When did he speak unto his brethren?
What did he desire to know?
Vs 7- What things did they say they could not understand?
Vs 8- What did Nephi ask them?
Vs 9- Why had they not inquired of the Lord?
Vs 10- Why will they perish?

Vs 11- How should they ask God?
What else do they need to do before God will make these things known unto them?
Vs 12- What was compared to an olive tree?
What are they?
Vs 13- When shall the natural branches be grafted in?
Who shall bring the fulness of the gospel to Lehi's seed?
Vs 14- In that day, who shall they know that they are?
Who shall they come to a knowledge of?
What shall they know how to do?
Vs 15- What shall they do in that day?
What shall they receive from the true vine?
What will they come unto?
Vs 16- What shall they be grafted back into?
Vs 17- When shall these things come to pass?
Who will the Lord show his power unto?
Why? (Who shall he be rejected by?)
Vs 18- When shall the Lord's covenant with Abraham be fulfilled?
What was the covenant/promise he made with him?
Vs 19- What did Nephi speak to them concerning?
Vs 20- Whose words did he rehearse unto them?
What will never happen again after the house of Israel is restored?
How did Nephi's words effect his brethren? (What did they feel and do?)
Vs 21- What did they ask the meaning of?
Vs 22- What kind of tree did Nephi say it was?
Vs 23- What did they ask the meaning of next?
Vs 24- What did Nephi say it was?
Who did he say would never perish?
What else could not overpower them and lead them to destruction?
Vs 25- What did Nephi exhort them to do?
What did he say to remember?
Vs 26- What else did they want to know the meaning of?
Vs 27- What did he say the water was?
Why did Lehi not notice the filthiness of the water?
Vs 28- What and who does the awful gulf separate the wicked from?
Vs 29- What does it represent?
Who is it prepared for?
Vs 30- What else divides the wicked from the righteous?
What is God's justice like?
Vs 31- What were they wondering?
Vs 32- What was Nephi's answer?
What did he say they would be judged by?
Vs 33- What will happen to those who die in their wickedness?
Who will they be brought to stand before?
Why?
Who cannot dwell in the kingdom of God?
Vs 34- What is the kingdom of God not like?
Who/what cannot dwell there?
What is prepared for the filthy?
Vs 35- What is that place?
Who is the preparator of it?
What are the two options for the final state of men?
Vs 36- Who and what are the wicked rejected from?
What is the fruit like?
How does it compare to the rest of God's gifts?

1 Nephi 14

Vs 1- What do the Gentiles need to do in order for the Lord to manifest himself unto them?
What will he take away?
Vs 2- What should they not do in order to be numbered among the house of Israel?
What kind of people shall they be?
What shall they not be brought down into?
Vs 3- What hath the great and abominable church dug for them?
Who is the founder of that church?
Why did he build that church?
Why did he dig that great pit?
Who shall fill that pit?
Vs 4- Who will the justice of God come upon? (all those who do what)
Vs 5- Who shall it be well with?
Who must perish?
Vs 6- What should the Gentiles not do?
Vs 7- What kind of work shall the Lamb of God work among the children of men?
What shall it convince some men of?
Who shall it deliver into captivity and destruction?
Vs 8- What did the angel ask Nephi if he remembered?
Vs 9- What did he tell him to behold?
Who is the founder of it?
Vs 10- How many churches are there?
Who belongs to the great and abominable church?
What is that church the mother of?
What else is she?
Vs 11- What did she sit upon?
What did she have dominion over?
Vs 12- How many were of the church of the Lamb of God?
Why were their few saints of God?
Vs 13- What did he see the great mother of abominations do?
Why?
Vs 14- What did he see descend upon the saints/covenant people of the Lord?
What were they armed with?
Vs 15- What did he see poured out upon the great and abominable church?
What was among all the nations and kindreds of the earth?
Vs 16- Who was the wrath of God upon?
Vs 17- What shall commence when the wrath of God is poured out upon the great and abominable church?
What shall he prepare the way for?
Vs 18- What did the angel tell Nephi to do?
Vs 19- What/who did Nephi see?
Vs 20-Who did the angel say the man was?
Vs 21- What did he say the man would do?
Vs 22- What shall he write concerning?
Vs 23- What shall the things which he writes be?
What book shall they be written in?
When they were written what were they like?
Vs 24- What things shall this apostle write?
What else shall Nephi see?
Vs 25- Why shall Nephi not write the things he sees next?
Vs 26- Who else has written of them?
How shall they come forth?
When shall they come forth unto the house of Israel?
Vs 27- What was the name of the apostle Nephi saw?
Vs 28- What was Nephi forbidden to do?
How much of what he saw did he write?
Vs 29- What things did Nephi bear record that he saw?
Who made them known unto him?

Vs 30- What does he say that the things he has written are?

1 Nephi 13

Vs 1- What did Nephi behold next?
Vs 2- What did the angel ask him?
Vs 3- Who did the angel say they were?
Vs 4- What did they form?
Vs 5- What is that church like?
What do they do to the saints of God?
Vs 6- Who was the founder of that church?
Vs 7- What else did Nephi see?
Vs 8- What did the angel say these things were?
Vs 9- Why do they destroy the saints of God?
Vs 10- What did Nephi see that divided the Gentiles from his brothers’ seed?
Vs 11- What did the angel say was upon the seed of his brethren?
Vs 12- What came down and wrought upon a man?
Where did it lead him to?
Vs 13- Who else did the Spirit of God lead out of captivity upon the waters?
Vs 14- Who did he behold upon the land of promise?
What happened to the seed of his brethren?
Vs 15- What was upon the Gentiles?
What did they do and obtain?
What were they like?
Vs 16- What did the Gentiles who were delivered from captivity do?
What was with them?
Vs 17- Who was gathered to battle against them?
Vs 18- Who was the wrath of God upon?
Vs 19- Who did God deliver the Gentiles out of the hands of?
Vs 20- What was carried forth among them?
Vs 21- What did the angel ask Nephi?
Vs 22- What did Nephi answer?
Vs 23- What did he say the book was?
What did it contain?
What record is it like?
Why is it of great worth to the Gentiles? (What does it contain?)
Vs 24- Who did the book proceed forth from?
What did it contain?
Who bears record of truth in them?
Vs 25- What did they go forth in?
Vs 26- Who do they go forth unto?
What things did the great and abominable church take away?
Vs 27- Why have they done this?
Vs 28- What things were taken away from the book?
Vs 29- Who did it go forth unto?
What did taking away those plain and precious things cause many people to do?
Who did it cause to have great power over them?
Vs 30- Who will the Lord not suffer the Gentiles to utterly destroy?
Vs 31- Who else will he not suffer them to destroy?
Vs 32- What state will the Lord not suffer the Gentiles to remain in?
Why are they in that awful state?
Vs 33- Who will the Lord be merciful unto?
Who will he visit in great judgment?
Vs 34- How will the Lord be merciful unto the Gentiles? (What will he bring forth unto them?)
Vs 35- Who shall he manifest himself unto?
What shall they write?
What shall the things they write be like?
When shall these things be hid up?
Who shall they come forth unto?
How shall they come forth?
Vs 36- What shall be written in them?
Vs 37- Who shall be blessed?
What shall they have?
What do they need to do to be lifted up at the last day?
Who shall be beautiful upon the mountains? (Those who do what)
Vs 38- Who did the Gentiles take the book from the Jews unto?
Vs 39- What else came forth from the Gentiles unto them?
What did convince the truth of?
Vs 40- What shall these last records do?
What shall they make known?
What else shall they make known to all people?
What must men do to be saved?
Vs 41- What shall both records be established in?
Why?
Vs 42- Who shall he make himself manifest unto?

Who shall be first?
Who shall be last?