What does the Bible say about peace?
Peace is something everyone wants, yet few seem to find. What is peace? It can be defined as “tranquility, harmony, or security.” Depending on the situation, it could mean “prosperity” or “well-being.” Various forms of the word peace are found 429 times in the King James Version of the Bible. There are different types of…
What does the Bible say about breaking generational curses?
The Bible mentions “generational curses” in several places (Exodus 20:5; 34:7; Numbers 14:18; Deuteronomy 5:9). God warns that He is “a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.” It sounds unfair for God to punish children for the sins of…
What does the Bible say about beauty?
To define what is beautiful is difficult because beauty is, as the old saying goes, in the eyes of the beholder. What is beautiful to us may be ugly to another. To regard something as beautiful, it must meet our own definition and concept of beauty. The fact that beauty is an individual concept is…
What is hoarfrost in the Bible?
The word hoarfrost is an older word for “frost.” Hoarfrost is found in the King James Version in Psalm 147:16: “[God] giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.” Other occurrences of the word in the KJV are Psalm 78:47 and (using hoar frost) Exodus 16:14. Most other translations, such as the NIV…
What does it mean for someone to be cut off from his people?
To be “cut off” is a form of relational separation in which a person is ostracized from a group or community. The concept of being “cut off” from one’s ethnic, social, political, or religious community has biblical roots and modern implications. In the Old Testament, the concept of being “cut off” from Israel is a…
What is the ark of the testimony?
The first mention of the ark of the testimony is in Exodus 25:10. God gave Moses specific instructions for building a tabernacle as they traveled in the wilderness. The tabernacle would be the place where the glory of God would dwell among His people (Exodus 25:8–9). Among hundreds of other descriptive instructions for this tabernacle,…
Why did God take Enoch and Elijah to heaven without them dying?
According to the Bible, Enoch and Elijah are the only two people God took to heaven without their dying. Genesis 5:24 says, “Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.” Second Kings 2:11 relates the earth-to-heaven translation of Elijah: “As they [Elijah and Elisha] were walking along and…
What does dayspring mean in the Bible?
The term dayspring is only found in two places in the Bible and is used primarily in the King James Version (KJV) or Bible versions published before the second half of the twentieth century. Dayspring is an archaic word meaning “dawn” or “morning.” The King James Version uses the word dayspring in Job 38:12: “Hast…
What does the Bible say about having a teachable spirit?
Jesus Christ refers to His followers as “disciples,” a term that means “learners,” making teachability an important characteristic of Christians. According to the Bible, the mind, which is central to learning, isn’t a blank slate at birth because sin has blinded, hardened, and perverted it (2 Corinthians 4:4; 3:14; Romans 1:28). Its corrupt condition is…
What does the Bible say about keeping secrets?
A secret can be difficult to keep and equally difficult to share. Yet life seems to run on secrets, from concealing birthday presents to obscuring a difficult past to protecting the whereabouts of an important political figure. The Bible teaches, indirectly, that keeping secrets can be either good or bad, but it does not clearly…