BIBLE
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(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
accounts about people not mere gossip: g78 7/22 3-4
accuracy:
geographical and geological: w74 77-80; g72 9/8 31; g70 9/22 12; is 45; g69 4/22 16; w68 553-565; g68 7/8 20
history: w80 10/1 5-9; g74 4/8 25-26; g74 10/8 9-10
advocated by “faithful and discreet slave”: w82 3/15 21-25
age: gh 12; is 6; g69 5/8 27; im 23; ns 13; g61 4/22 10-11; w60 584; w59 326; mn 4; w43 198
aids to keeping events in proper order: w75 446-447
aids to understanding: w73 207-218; w70 80-81, 104-116; is 160-161; w66 176-181; w65 389-391; w64 67-68, 286
animals: g76 2/22 23
application of counsel: g81 5/8 26-28; w73 37-38; w72 35-36; is 135-149; w67 763-764; w64 227-228; g64 3/22 11-12; g64 4/8 8; w63 661-662; mg63 24; g63 3/22 5-7; g63 7/22 5-6; g63 11/8 7; w61 393-394; w59 387-388, 454; w58 451-452; w57 3-4, 524-535, 750-762; g57 6/22 4-8; g57 11/22 4; g56 1/22 4-7; g56 9/8 5-7; w55 133-136, 419-424; w53 169-172, 201-203, 343-345, 667-668; w52 49-53; w51 325-338, 366-372; g51 10/22 25-26; w41 163-171
reproving oneself: w77 688-691
Aramaic sections: ad 229; w69 684; bi8-63 5; g61 4/22 9; bi4 5; ep 10; g43 12/8 29
archaeology: g84 2/8 11; g83 7/8 3-11; g78 6/22 9-12
attitude of modern-day apostates toward: w81 8/15 28-29
attitude of National Council of Churches toward “sexist” terms: w80 12/1 15
attitude toward, changed after World War I: g81 5/8 6
Author: g77 11/8 27-28; g75 10/8 8-9; w71 228; ad 229; w70 74-75; w69 247-248; is 153-154; w64 245; g64 6/22 7-8; w63 168-176, 649-650; bi8-63 6-7; w60 584-587; w47 147-148, 188-189; ep 9-12
banned: g82 3/8 7; w80 8/1 26-27; g79 10/8 7-13; w74 743; g67 1/22 7-8; g64 5/22 8-9, 14; w58 107-108; w57 156; w56 209, 218; w46 203-204; w43 267; g39 2/22 22
basis for beliefs: tr 13-15; w80 10/1 4; w75 82-86; w73 644-646; w69 166-167; g69 7/8 28-29; g68 9/8 3-4; w64 296; g64 4/22 12-13; g64 6/22 7-8; g62 6/22 6; w61 611; g61 10/8 3; w60 228-231; w59 420-421, 587-591; w58 261-264; w57 325-328; w53 202-203, 643, 657-662; g52 11/8 13-17; rm 25-32; w46 323-329
benefits from its counsel: g84 3/22 11; g82 8/8 9-11, 20-21; hp 29; g78 7/8 5
Bible studies with only the: km 2/76 4
booklet to help Buddhists of Southeast Asia believe in: sc 3-31
book of good news: w80 1/15 13; w76 681
burning of:
by King Jehoiakim: w80 2/1 17-22
modern-day examples: w80 2/1 20
Tyndale’s day: w82 1/1 11, 13; gh 45
calendar:
diagram showing weather and crops by month: Rbi8 1587
candor of writers: w82 12/15 5-6; lp 121-122; g74 4/8 25; g74 6/22 11; g73 2/8 4; w72 320; w71 95; ad 232; w70 74; g70 5/8 27; is 60, 68-70, 91-92; w68 682, 759; g64 6/22 7-8; w62 344
cassette recordings:
appreciation for: w82 2/15 11; w82 8/15 32; w82 10/15 32
benefits: km 10/81 7
Catholic Church:
attitude toward: w85 6/15 4; g82 3/8 4-6
attitude toward Bible study: yb80 155; g79 10/22 16; w78 1/1 9-10; w77 248; w77 326; w73 547-548; g72 10/22 29; yb71 263-264; g70 6/22 21; is 164; g69 6/22 30-31; g68 4/22 15; g67 4/8 18; g67 9/8 22; g66 12/8 11; w65 419-420; w64 687; g64 2/8 8-14; w63 169; yb63 137-138; g62 6/8 30; w61 633; g60 10/8 5-7, 30; w58 107; w56 389-390, 675; g56 8/8 25-26; g53 6/8 25; w52 180, 582-584; lg 52; g52 5/22 25; g52 8/8 12; g52 8/22 16; g50 2/8 17; g50 10/22 17-18; w49 77; g49 4/8 8; g46 6/19 4; ta 332-333; g45 2/28 19-20; g45 6/20 4-5; g45 12/19 20-21; g44 2/2 30; g44 8/2 20; g44 9/27 20; w43 201; g43 7/7 12; g42 10/14 18; g39 4/5 21; w37 229; g37 1/13 253; g35 1/30 284; g33 4/12 423
claims regarding Bible: g77 2/8 12; g64 2/8 11-12; w63 248; w60 587, 595-596; g59 12/22 26-27; w56 389-392; g56 8/8 25-26; w55 293-295; w53 80; g53 6/8 25-26; w52 580-584; g52 5/22 3; w51 327; g50 10/22 17; w49 37; g48 7/8 23; w46 323-324; ep 16-17; ta 327, 332-333; g45 2/28 18; g45 6/20 3-11; g44 2/16 29-30; w43 197, 201; tf 217; g42 10/14 22; w39 318; g39 12/27 15-16
destruction of and opposition to: w80 2/1 20; g79 10/8 10-13; w65 700; g64 2/8 12; w62 328; g62 6/22 7; w61 67, 690-691; yb61 232; g61 4/8 21; g61 9/8 9-11; w60 598; g60 10/8 5-7; w58 107-108; w57 38, 156; g56 8/8 25-26; w55 295; g53 1/8 4; w52 581-582; lg 52-53; w50 484; g50 10/22 18-19; g48 7/8 23; ep 16-17, 65, 67, 69; ta 327-333; g45 2/28 22; g45 6/20 9-10; g45 8/1 12-15; g44 1/19 30-31; g44 2/2 29-31; g44 2/16 28-31; g44 8/2 20-21; g44 9/27 21; w43 201, 276; g42 10/14 18; w41 165; ci 46-47; g39 2/22 22; g37 1/13 253; g36 7/29 675
discredits Bible: w85 6/15 4; g79 6/8 3; yb78 193; w77 441; w76 691; w75 710; g75 3/22 30-31; g73 3/22 16-19; g72 4/8 23-24; w71 676; g71 8/8 26; g71 12/22 5; g68 4/8 7; g68 4/22 13-14; w67 326; g67 4/8 20; g67 10/8 25; g65 4/22 13; g54 9/8 27
failure to preach: w64 99
scholarship not loyal to God’s Word: w83 9/1 28-31
shortage: g71 9/22 29
view of Catholics that Bible is a “Protestant book”: w85 6/15 4
chapter and verse division: w71 228; ad 229; ep 71; ta 231-232
number of words, verses, chapters: g84 3/22 10; w81 5/1 3; w71 228; ad 229; w70 730; g70 9/22 22; w69 247; w63 253; w60 94; w56 150
charts:
Bible books in order completed: ad 230-231
Bible calendar: Rbi8 1587
“Bible Days—How Long?”: g83 3/22 15
comparative renderings: w61 638-639
comparison of Bible’s age with that of other religious writings: gh 12
money, weights, measures: Rbi8 1585-1586
outstanding catalogs of Christian Greek Scriptures: w63 252
Tetragrammaton (vernacular forms): int69 22
writers, time covered, time and place written: Rbi8 12-13; bi8-71 1367; bi12-70 1461-1462; bi12-61 1459-1460; bi6 471-472; ep 263-264
Chase’s (Salmon Portland) comment on: g82 3/8 24
China: g79 11/22 29
Bibles smuggled into: g82 2/8 30
Christian Greek Scriptures: gh 11-12; ad 317-319; w70 729; w69 249; is 154-155; g68 11/22 27-28; g65 12/8 27-28; w63 248-253; ns 24-26; g61 4/22 9-10; w60 593-595; g57 1/8 25-26; w53 80, 676; bn 19-20
divine name: Rbi8 1564-1566; na 23-27; w82 9/15 6; w79 8/15 16; w78 8/15 30; w71 453-455
Hebrew Scriptures needed to fully understand: w85 5/1 27-31
clergy attitude: g82 3/8 4-6, 8-13
toward teaching children the Bible: w81 12/1 15
clergy destruction of: g79 9/22 20
clergy discredit: w82 10/1 8; g82 3/8 8-11; g79 2/8 30; w77 361; g77 6/22 29-30; w76 396; w76 691; yb76 47; w75 710; g75 3/22 30-31; g75 9/8 30; g74 7/8 22-23; g74 8/22 9-11; g74 9/8 30; g74 9/22 30; g73 2/22 6-7; g73 4/8 30; w72 169; g72 1/22 5, 29; g72 4/8 23-24; g72 8/22 18; w71 48-51; w71 464-465; w71 548, 561; w71 628; w71 675-676; g71 1/22 29; g71 9/22 15; g71 12/22 5; w70 27; w70 70-71, 79, 86; g70 2/22 4; g70 4/22 21-23, 29; g70 8/8 10; w69 41-42, 734; is 33, 70, 76-77, 164-165; g69 2/22 20; g69 4/22 15, 25-26; w68 3, 464-465, 483-484, 538; yb68 135; g68 2/22 4-5; g68 3/8 30; g68 8/22 5-7; g68 11/8 30; w67 15-16, 325-326; yb67 22-24; g67 4/8 20; g67 6/22 27; g67 11/22 11; w66 645-646; g66 2/8 6; g66 8/22 20; g66 9/22 4; g66 12/22 20-21; g65 3/8 27, 29; g64 4/22 10; g64 5/8 27-28; g64 7/8 27; g64 7/22 5-6; g64 10/8 14; w63 7-8, 11-12; yb63 6-7, 12-14; g62 12/22 12, 30-31; g61 5/22 3; g61 10/8 6-8; g61 10/22 30; g59 3/22 7-8; w56 168, 259-260, 387-389, 638, 711, 761; g56 6/22 6; w55 643; w53 261-262; w52 515-516, 645-651; w51 326-328; g51 10/22 25; w50 336; ci 44; g36 8/12 727; g35 5/8 492; g34 5/9 503; g34 10/10 18; g33 12/20 189; w31 202; g30 1/22 280
clergy oppose use of: g79 10/22 16; yb78 173-174, 182; w74 743-744
codex: g79 10/8 6-7; w74 553-554; ad 363-364; w68 426; g61 1/8 22
commentaries of Christendom: w81 2/15 19
compared to Hindu Upanishads: w85 7/1 4-5
completeness: g85 12/8 16-19; lp 126-127
computer programs for study of, on personal computers: g85 3/8 30
condensation of, by Reader’s Digest: g83 1/22 29-30
condensed record: g69 11/22 27-28
consistency: is 90-102; g64 7/8 27-28; g61 11/22 5
comments on sex: g74 6/22 11
epitome of Bible events: w75 446-447; w75 579-588
fields of knowledge covered: ad 230; w61 343
figures of speech: w84 6/1 18-19; w70 112-113
Gospels: gh 24-25
historical books: gh 19-20, 22
letters: gh 27
“missing” phrase (Joh 3:13): w82 11/15 31
“missing” verses: w78 5/15 11-14
Pentateuch: gh 19-20
poetic books: gh 23-24
prophetic books: gh 24
Revelation: gh 27-28
story of the Bible: w80 1/15 13; im 45-117
superscriptions in Psalms: w72 61-62
symbolism: w74 629; ts 151-152
unique among religious books: lp 124
why four gospels: sm 22-23
why only certain histories: po 65
copyists: w80 9/15 10; gh 40-41
copyright: g38 9/7 30
costly copies: w85 6/15 3; w53 112
criticism: w75 148-149; g75 10/8 9; w74 72; g73 3/22 16-19; g72 1/22 27-28; g72 2/22 27-28; g72 6/22 6-7; w71 324; w70 108-109; g70 1/8 27-28; is 71; w67 740; g67 1/22 7; g67 2/22 5-9; g67 6/22 27-28; g67 10/8 3, 7-9, 13, 21-25; g66 7/8 27-28; g64 7/8 27-28; g64 7/22 5-6; w63 100; w62 244-245; g61 10/8 6-8; g61 10/22 29; g59 6/22 5-8; g54 10/8 6; w52 643-645; ci 17-18; g35 9/25 826-827
dictators’ view: w58 61
discussion: w84 4/1 10-20; g84 3/22 9-11; uw 20-28; sc 11-12, 19, 23-31; sm 18-63; km 12/83 1, 4; w82 12/15 3-7; g82 3/8 3-11; g82 7/22 12-15; w81 2/15 16-19; w81 5/1 3-8; w81 9/15 3-7; w81 10/1 3-7; w81 12/15 10-15; g81 11/8 20-23; hp 21-29; g79 10/8 3-21; lp 120-130; w75 131-150; g75 10/8 8-29; ad 228-232; w60 584-598; w59 326-327; pa 62-68; w53 528-541; lg 42-54; w51 325-338; el 71-80; w48 195-204; w46 323-331; ep 9-358; ta 326-333; w43 92-94
picture brochure: le 4-31
distribution: w82 4/15 31; w81 12/15 15; g81 5/8 29; w69 250, 751-752; is 6-7; w68 205; w64 245; g64 4/8 20; g63 6/8 5; w62 667; g62 9/8 30; w61 229-230, 691; g61 1/22 30; g61 7/8 30; g61 8/22 29; g60 11/22 30; g60 12/8 5; w59 326, 644; mn 5; g59 7/8 29; g57 8/22 20; ep 73
Eastern European countries: g85 4/8 29
from 1816 to 1975: g78 1/22 29
South Africa: g76 8/8 30
divine name: w85 1/15 29; w85 11/1 28-29; Rbi8 1561-1566; w83 12/1 3-13; w80 2/1 8; w78 5/1 3-14, 16-20; fu 8-10; pm 388; w71 229; w71 387-391; w71 453-455; ad 230; w69 250, 549-552; int69 11-25; w68 426, 767; g68 5/8 27; g65 2/22 5-8; g64 4/22 25; w63 650; g63 10/8 20; w61 637; bi12-61 1454-1457; ns 13-26; g61 4/22 17; w60 584; w53 529-535; bi4 20-22; lg 21-23; w50 317-319; bi7-50 10-27; ep 25, 53; g42 9/30 27
Christian Greek Scriptures: Rbi8 1564-1566; na 23-27; w82 9/15 6; w79 8/15 16; w78 5/1 9-11; w78 8/15 30
clergy criticism for use of name in Greek Scriptures: w78 5/1 11
correction at Leviticus 23:21: w79 8/15 31
Hebrew Scriptures: w85 11/1 28-29; Rbi8 1561-1564
importance: na 3-4, 6-7, 12-13, 16, 20, 22-23, 25-27; w82 9/15 6
occurrences in Christian Greek Scriptures: na 23, 27
occurrences in Deuteronomy: na 12
occurrences in Hebrew Scriptures: na 27
occurrences in Malachi: na 13
removal from Greek manuscripts: Rbi8 1564; na 25; w78 5/1 10, 12
Septuagint: w82 10/1 8
to be made known: w82 9/15 4-5
early Christian use: g79 10/8 6-7; w68 426; w63 85-88, 249-250, 525, 652-653; g62 4/22 4; w61 688-690; w60 594-595; w56 391-392; g52 5/22 25-26; w50 313; bi7-50 12-17; el 76-79; g47 8/22 27-28; ep 57
East India Company:
view of Bible translating: g79 6/8 25
education: w78 10/1 28-30
effect on lives: g82 3/8 3-4; g82 8/8 9-11, 19-21; g79 10/8 17-20; w77 291-293
causes persons to reveal what is in hearts: lp 126-127
mental health promoted by: km 2/78 7
Shakespeare, William: w77 292
Eusebius’ comment on use of Scripture as gifts: g79 10/8 8
exerts power: km 12/83 1, 4
experiences: w58 408
Bible left behind: yb70 285-286
doubter: yb71 113-114
electrician asked to write a review of the most enjoyable book he had recently read: w80 1/15 13
found in garbage: yb73 20
reading arouses interest: g72 3/8 23
sacrifices to obtain: w68 363; yb68 175
shoemaker repairs Bible: yb69 167-168
Watchtower changes hater of: w70 139
fearlessly preaching the Word of God: w83 12/15 16-26
finding scriptures: km 2/75 4; w70 728-731
footnotes: w85 11/1 28-30; w85 11/15 29-31; w73 702
games: g79 1/22 11-12; g72 6/22 14-16; g55 6/22 23-24
acrostic puzzles: g85 7/8 15, 21; g85 9/8 17, 21; g84 5/8 21; g84 7/8 19, 27; g84 9/8 20, 27; g83 6/8 23, 27; g82 4/8 23, 26; g82 6/8 19, 25; g81 7/8 24, 27
crossword puzzles: g85 2/8 21, 27; g85 4/8 19, 25; g85 6/8 21, 27; g85 8/8 21, 24; g85 10/8 21, 27; g85 12/8 20, 23; g84 2/8 19, 25; g84 4/8 15, 25; g84 6/8 19, 27; g84 8/8 24, 27; g84 10/8 15, 26; g84 12/8 21, 27; g83 1/8 20, 26; g83 2/8 22, 27; g83 4/8 23, 26; g83 8/8 19, 23; g83 9/8 15, 20; g83 10/8 23, 27; g83 12/8 21, 27; g82 1/8 24, 27; g82 2/8 19, 23; g82 5/8 24, 27; g82 7/8 24, 26; g82 8/8 22, 27; g82 10/8 19, 25; g82 11/8 23, 26; g82 12/8 24, 27; g81 1/8 24, 27; g81 2/8 20, 22; g81 3/8 23, 28; g81 4/8 23, 27; g81 6/8 24, 27; g81 8/8 23, 27; g81 9/8 24, 27; g81 10/8 24, 27; g81 11/8 24, 26; g81 12/8 21, 26; g80 1/8 26-28; g80 2/8 22, 28; g80 3/8 25, 28; g80 10/8 22, 28; g80 11/8 26, 28; g80 12/8 20, 27
word-search games: g85 1/8 17, 27; g85 3/8 19, 26; g84 1/8 15, 27; g84 3/8 15; g84 11/8 19, 27; g83 3/8 11; g83 5/8 23; g83 7/8 19, 26; g83 11/8 19, 27; g82 3/8 24, 27; g82 9/8 7
genealogy: gh 15
value of: w78 3/15 28-31
Genesis:
compilation of: w82 2/15 10; gh 16-17; w71 409-410; g65 6/22 27-28; w63 741-742; pa 64-65; bn 18; lg 45-46; rm 83; el 72-73; w48 195-204; g47 6/22 25-26; ep 106-107; w43 198; tf 204-205; ci 30-32; tu 3-5
God’s Word: w85 7/1 5-6; w75 141-150; w75 286; ad 1668-1669
confidence in: w76 438-443
Greece legalizes Bible in modern Greek: g81 6/22 31
guide:
for human conduct: g82 7/22 12-15; w81 10/1 9-12; g80 5/8 4; km 2/78 1, 7; w77 618; g77 10/22 28; w75 151-158; g75 1/22 6; g75 10/8 8-29
to success: w81 5/1 3-8
Gutenberg: g78 5/22 29; g78 6/22 12
harmony: w82 12/15 4; w80 10/1 14-16
despite seeming discrepancies: w81 10/1 4-7; w77 717-719; w75 148-149; w70 112-113; is 82-89; g69 1/22 27-28; g67 1/22 27; g67 2/22 6-7; g67 12/22 27-28; g65 3/8 27-28; g65 3/22 27-28
with true science: w85 6/1 4; ce 199-207; w82 12/15 5; w80 10/1 10-14; w75 133-136; ad 232; ms 47-48; g65 4/8 5-9; w64 584; g63 4/22 3-18
having it always handy: km 7/77 3
Hebrew grouping of books: ad 229; w70 729; bi8-63 5-6; g61 4/22 9-10; bi4 5-6; el 76; ep 11, 38; g44 7/5 26-27
earlier prophets: bi4 6
Hagiographa: bi8-63 6; w57 627; bi4 6; ep 38, 42
Ketubim: bi4 6
later prophets: bi4 6
Megilloth: bi4 6
minor prophets: bi4 6
Torah: ep 74
Hebrew Scriptures: w77 188-191; gh 11-12; ad 748-749; w69 248-249; is 154-155; w68 160; g65 11/8 28-29; bf 391-392; g61 4/22 9-10; w58 553-555, 764; yw 37; w50 321; w49 35, 41-43; tf 207
current value: w77 90-93
needed to fully understand Christian Greek Scriptures: w85 5/1 27-31
number of Hebrew words: g83 11/22 30
helping others to appreciate: uw 21-26, 28
ignorance: g79 10/8 18-19; g75 6/8 29; g72 2/8 24; yb71 116; g71 4/8 30; w70 530; g69 1/22 30-31; w68 611-612; g63 1/8 30; g63 1/22 5; g62 2/8 24; g62 4/22 23; g62 5/22 8; g62 6/8 30; g62 6/22 27; g62 11/22 6; g61 4/8 6; g61 5/22 29; g61 12/8 26
Catholics: w81 9/1 28
children: w84 1/1 31
England: w84 2/15 7
France: w77 325-329
Spain: yb78 173
United States: g84 4/22 29; w83 9/1 27
youths in United States: g81 8/8 29
inspiration: w85 7/1 5-6; tr 8; gh 13-15; hs 57-63; w75 133-136; fu 5; g75 10/8 8-9; w73 645-646; g72 2/8 27-28; w71 228-229; ad 229, 832-834; te 11-12; g71 11/8 27-28; w70 74-75; w69 247-248, 695; is 8, 150-154; w68 160, 204, 551; im 34-42; ms 45; w64 363; g64 5/8 27-28; w63 169-176, 201-207, 650; bi8-63 6-7, 2811; g63 8/8 28; w60 585-586; w58 394; pa 67-68; w56 149; g56 6/22 6; g54 10/22 25-26; w52 244-248; lg 43; g52 11/8 13-17; rm 25-30; g51 12/8 25-26; w47 147-157, 189; ep 10-12; ci 29, 37-41; g35 9/25 825-829
manner: lp 122-123
interpretation: w74 629; g74 8/22 9-11; w73 548; ad 839; g66 8/22 6; ms 50-51; w60 104; g55 7/22 24-25; w52 253; lg 7-19; g47 10/22 24-25; w46 330-331; w43 202-203; wl 11-12; w39 317-319; w35 26, 217; g32 8/17 727-728; w31 282
knowledge complete (1Co 13:10): w75 95-96
Koran recommends: w59 587
languages in which published: g83 7/22 29; g82 3/8 3; g82 6/8 29; w81 9/15 4; w81 12/15 10; g81 5/8 29; g80 5/8 29; w79 2/1 3; g79 9/22 29; g79 10/8 17-18; w77 5; w77 90; w77 231; w77 291; g77 6/8 11, 30; gh 10; w75 131; w74 394; w74 700; tp73 6; w72 388; g72 12/8 29; g72 12/22 5; w71 227; ad 838; te 13; w70 619; sv 7; g70 5/8 30; w69 247, 687, 751; int69 15-16; fm 227; g69 5/8 28; w68 205; g68 5/8 31; w67 510; qm 133-140; g67 10/8 3; g66 7/8 24; w65 37; w64 67, 245; g64 2/8 8-9; g64 4/22 24; w63 655, 760; g63 6/8 5; g63 7/8 29; w62 31; g62 1/22 30; g62 11/22 8; w61 42, 67, 532, 690; ns 12; g61 7/8 30; g60 12/8 5; w59 587, 644; g59 7/8 29; g57 4/22 5; bn 17; lg 52; w46 323; w43 201; g39 8/9 11; g38 2/9 30
Africa, Asia, and Latin America differentiated: g80 5/8 29
Australia: g85 8/8 30
by end of 1983: g84 9/8 31
having complete Bible: g84 9/8 31; g83 7/22 29; g82 3/8 3; g82 6/8 29; g79 9/22 29
having Greek Scriptures: g84 9/8 31; g79 9/22 29
percentage with Bible in their language: hp 23; g79 10/8 3; g78 5/8 29; km 12/76 1
percentage without Bible in their language: w74 394
languages in which written: ad 229, 838; w70 110; int69 5; is 154; qm 133-140; g64 2/8 8-9; bi8-63 5; ns 13; g61 4/22 9; pa 66; qm55 133-140; bi4 5; bi7-50 9; ep 10, 23-36
literary value: w59 326, 446; mn 5; w58 413; g43 12/8 25-28
Lollards’ use of: g79 10/8 11
manuscripts: g79 10/8 4-8, 10-12, 14-17; w59 327; mn 6-7; w57 37; w56 392; lg 47-50; ki 200; tf 207; tu 9
original manuscripts: w75 149-150; w69 249-250; w63 523-524; w62 88; lg 47; ep 13
Mark’s Gospel:
recitation a theatrical success: g78 9/8 29
meaning of term: sm 21; gh 11; ad 228-229; is 154; mg63 88; w62 316; ns 13; w60 585; ms53 36; bn 17; el 74; ep 11
meaning to Jehovah’s servants: km 12/84 1-2
memorizing Bible facts: g75 9/22 25-26
memorizing order of books: yb73 57; w62 767
microfilm: g70 3/22 30
miracles: g75 3/22 30-31; g74 4/8 25-26; w71 291-294; is 74-81
mirror effect of: w69 19-20; yb69 29-31
misconceptions about: w85 6/15 3-4
false ideas attributed to: g81 12/8 3-4
myths wrongly attributed to: g75 10/8 10-11
misuse: qm 10-11; g64 11/22 5-7; qm55 10-11
“modernizing” suggestions: w56 208; g55 9/22 19; w52 638
moral standards: sj 8-11; g75 10/8 16-18; w74 483-486; w72 35-36; is 90-102, 139-141
loyalty to: w70 84-85
value: sj 11
Mosaic Law precedents in American law: g81 1/22 16-18
music prominent in: g77 7/8 27
names: w71 58-59
Napoléon’s comment on: g82 3/8 4, 12; g79 10/8 17
no pious frauds: w71 324; g67 10/8 13; w61 351
not of demon origin: im 27-28
number of prayers: w64 557; mg63 15
Old and New Testament: Rbi8 1584-1585; sm 22; w78 7/1 7; gh 11-12; int69 8, 1164; bi8-63 6, 2812; pa 66; bi4 7; w50 316-317; bi7-50 6, 784; ep 11-12; tf 208; w34 106; jh 160
opposition: g79 10/8 7-13
confiscation of Bibles in Argentina: g79 9/8 18
death penalty for reading: g79 10/8 11-12
persecution of Bible possessors: g79 10/8 10-13
Satan’s attempts to suppress: gh 44-47
to Bible education: g82 3/8 7
to translations: g79 10/8 10-13; gh 44-47
organization instructions: w67 586-587; yl 40-41
Oriental book: gh 13; w64 263; g61 4/22 9; w59 326; mn 6; bn 15-17
“pattern of healthful words” (2Ti 1:13): w73 528
Pentateuch: g72 2/22 27-28; ad 1283-1284; w69 248; w66 172-173; bi8-63 5, 13; w60 165, 590; bi4 6; lg 46; ep 38, 105-106; g31 8/5 729-730
contents: gh 19-20
Hebrew Pentateuch in British Museum: g78 6/22 12
published in Soviet Union: w75 487
perfection: ad 1287
poetry: g73 2/8 27-28
powerful: w74 444-445; tp73 143-144; w67 291-294, 485-488
practicality: w83 6/15 10-15; w82 8/15 6-7; g82 8/8 9-11; w81 5/1 3-8; g81 1/8 6-8; g81 5/8 26-28; g81 8/8 21-22; hp 41-50; g80 7/8 21-23; g78 10/8 4-23; km 2/78 1, 7; km 10/78 4; w72 259-260; is 135-149
preceded Christianity: w60 594-598; el 76-79
preservation: w85 11/1 27-30; w82 12/15 6-7; g79 10/8 3-17; gh 39-47; w75 149-150; g75 10/8 9; ad 232, 1110, 1458-1459; w70 759, 761-762; w69 247, 249-250; is 60-61, 110-111, 156-158; w68 682-683; g66 8/8 28; w64 264; w63 523-524; w62 147; g62 1/8 9; w61 67; g61 7/8 16; w60 596-598; w59 327; mn 6-7; g59 6/22 7; lg 47-49; ep 13-17, 64-68; w43 197; tf 217
printing: g79 10/8 12-13; yb75 213, 218-221; g73 9/22 8; yb69 286; w68 248; yb68 30-33; w65 700; g64 4/8 18-19; yb63 70-71; w62 636; yb62 75-77; w61 229; ns 369; yb61 69-70; g61 4/8 17; w60 598; w55 294-295; nh 195-196; w50 313-315; ep 67-73; g44 1/5 30; tf 214-217
in Hong Kong: g82 8/8 29-30
number printed by Witnesses between 1926 and 1980: w82 3/15 22
number printed in Brooklyn since 1970: g81 2/8 15
Watch Tower Society: g84 12/8 4; km 6/76 1; yb62 75-77; w61 636-637, 668, 694-695; ns 22-26, 369; w60 599-601; w53 534-541; w50 314-319
worldwide: g82 3/8 3
problems solved by: hp 41-50; gh 29-30, 32-35
proper view: tr 125-126; g75 10/8 8-18; w74 179-182; w74 265; tp73 111-112, 143-144; w69 111, 228-229, 665; w68 391-392, 657; g68 9/8 9; w67 70; yl 11-12; w66 170-171; g66 2/8 5-7; g65 8/8 5-8; g65 8/22 5-8; w64 69-70, 100, 103, 227-228, 544, 592-596; g64 4/22 24; g64 6/22 6-8; g64 11/22 5; w63 521, 675-676, 741, 744; g63 10/8 22; g62 1/8 9; w61 228, 343, 538, 668, 686-687, 692-694, 739-740; g61 7/22 4; w59 293, 420-421, 643-644; g58 1/22 25-26; w57 3-4, 325-328, 414-415; w56 389-392; w55 419-424; g55 11/8 3; w53 60-61; w51 366-381; w49 36; w48 110-111; w46 323-330
Bible study aids: w84 3/1 29-30
prophecy: w84 4/1 10-20; g84 8/22 20-23; g80 5/8 16-19
fulfilled: ce 216-227, 229-231; w82 12/15 7
prophetic patterns: su 38-45
“prophetic word” (2Pe 1:19): w83 11/15 20-25; bw 37-39
worldly attitude toward: w82 5/15 10
Protestantism:
undermines respect for the Bible: g82 3/8 8-11
punctuation: g73 6/8 6-7; w71 227-228, 255
questions on:
finding the answers: w76 404
when and how Scriptural questions should be referred to the Society: km 5/83 8
quizzes: g81 5/8 24-25, 28; g62 11/22 6-7; w61 733; g61 4/22 4-6; g61 5/22 29; g61 11/22 30; w60 115-116
quoting: w73 209-210; g59 1/8 25-26; g59 1/22 25-26; lg 12-18; bi7-50 18; el 75-77; w49 42-43; w46 325-326; w45 45-46; g44 7/19 27; w43 198-199
reading: uw 23-28; w81 4/1 19; g81 5/8 26-28; km 12/81 3; w79 3/1 5-8; w74 179-180; w73 201-207; w71 62; w71 105; w71 263; w70 530; w69 552; yb68 139; w66 176-180, 396; g66 2/8 7; g65 7/22 5; w64 227-228, 644; g64 2/8 8-14; g64 5/22 25-26; g64 6/8 32; w63 106-107, 336, 521-526, 528; mg63 23-24; g63 10/8 22; w62 304, 382, 531; g62 5/22 11-12; w61 472-475, 538, 692-693, 739-740; w56 149-150
encouragement to read: w85 1/15 30-31; km 12/76 1, 3
Erasmus’ comment: g79 10/8 13
family Bible reading: km 2/79 1, 7; w77 648-651
how to get more benefit from it: g84 3/22 11
how to make fruitful: w85 6/15 5-7; g85 8/8 19-20
in school: g70 3/8 30; g64 11/22 30; g63 8/22 12-15; g62 7/22 29
kings of Israel: w85 1/15 30
making time for: g78 1/22 3-4
need for help: w85 6/15 6-7
not boring: g85 8/8 18-19
proper attitude: w85 6/15 5-6
public reading: w85 1/15 30-31; w71 59; qm 22, 47, 49, 314-321; w56 628; qm55 22, 47, 49; ta 73-79
scheduling time for: km 7/81 3
stimulates woman to study with Witnesses: w76 112
suggestion to read it through in a single year appreciated: g81 10/22 28
time required to read through: w85 6/15 6
viewpoints to analyze when reading Bible: uw 25-28
what to read to get a general idea of contents: w85 6/15 6
why read the Bible: g85 8/8 18-20; g84 3/22 9-11; w80 8/1 9-10
with faith: w85 6/15 6
reasons for disbelief: w75 148-149; ts 177; g73 10/22 3, 21-22; g71 4/8 30; g67 10/8 25; g65 4/8 5; w64 584-586
reasons for examining: w74 148-149; is 5-10
reasons for renewed interest among public: w85 6/15 4
rejection of: w71 324; kj 157; g71 4/8 30; w69 734
Shakespeare’s quotations from: g79 2/8 26
smallest: g77 8/8 30
Sopherim: w77 188-189
Soviet Union:
attitude toward Bible: w75 487
spurious verses: w82 3/15 24; g73 8/8 6-7; w71 537-538
standard for guidance of mankind: w74 529
stewardship of: w85 11/1 27-28
study: km 11/83 3-4; km 12/81 3; w80 3/15 22-23; w80 6/15 8-9; w80 8/1 8-9; w79 6/1 11-12; bw 38, 46-47; g75 1/22 23; g75 10/22 14-15; w74 114-115; w74 179-182; w74 211; g74 8/8 4-5; w73 122; w73 201-218; km 12/73 3; w71 60-62; g69 4/22 29; w68 138-139, 611-612; w67 707-708; w65 124-127, 389-391; g65 8/8 5-8; g65 8/22 5-8; w64 166, 277, 427; g64 6/8 32; w63 106-107, 336-337, 521-533, 664; g63 12/22 27-28; w62 11, 309, 323-324; yb62 15-16; g62 5/22 11-12; g62 11/22 5-7; w61 472-475, 538; ns 374-375; w60 104, 107, 533-534; w59 497; w58 401, 411; w57 325-328, 415, 438-439; w56 149-151, 227-228, 279-285, 451-452, 499, 627-628; w54 163-164, 639; w53 263-264; w51 373-377; el 79; w49 37-43; w48 179; w45 280; g44 4/26 27; w43 200, 203; g42 5/13 26-27
application to oneself: w79 8/15 3-4
as a family: km 2/79 1, 7
digging deeper: w85 6/15 8-13
how to make fruitful: w85 6/15 5-7
importance: km 7/81 3; w80 8/1 9-10
importance of context: w79 8/15 3-4; w76 585-586; w73 207-218; w72 498-499, 501
need for help: w85 6/15 6-7
programs for personal computers: g85 3/8 30
proper attitude: w85 6/15 5-6
scheduling personal study: w81 11/15 30; km 7/81 3
surveys regarding—
belief that the Bible is God’s Word: w80 7/15 10; g61 12/8 26
Bible knowledge: g83 12/8 29
Bible reading: g84 4/22 29; w75 200; w62 304; g61 10/22 30; w56 259; w54 454
Bible reading by German Protestants (Federal Republic of Germany [West]): g82 7/22 30
Catholics’ views of Bible reading and study: w81 1/1 23
five books every educated person should read: w83 1/15 11
number reading the Bible daily: g84 4/22 29; g82 5/8 29; w80 7/15 10
view of people in Republic of Korea (South): g83 4/8 29
what book made the greatest difference in your life?: g84 1/8 30
sustaining power of: w80 8/1 8-11
swearing to tell truth with hand on: w76 447-448
sword of the spirit (Eph 6:17): w60 355-356; w56 368; w54 701; w51 380; w43 156-158; w34 269
teaching children through games and play: g80 12/22 24-26
Ten Commandments: g76 2/22 27-28
numbering of: w85 11/1 30
superiority over Code of Hammurabi: w77 230
Tertullian’s comment on Marcion’s misuse: g79 10/8 14
theme: ce 215; w80 1/15 9; w80 10/1 14-16; po 65; w71 230; ad 229-230; is 153; w66 179-180; w65 656; g65 8/8 6; g65 8/22 7-8; bf 200; g63 6/8 7; w61 324, 615, 617; nu 9, 12; w54 630-631; gn54 15-17; lg 143; w50 515; w44 276; s 55
time used in writing: gh 11; w71 227; w69 249; w63 170, 649; w61 231; w60 584; w59 327; mn 6; pa 63, 66; w57 36; ms53 36; bn 17; lg 42, 46-47; el 72-73; ep 10
tradition: w63 485-488; w59 261-267, 554-560; w56 389-392; lg 11-17; g50 2/8 18-19; g50 3/8 25; g50 3/22 25-26; w46 327-330; ep 74; g32 8/17 724-728
transmitting record: w85 11/1 27; g85 5/8 12-14; g85 7/8 29; w77 188-191; ad 1106-1110; w63 741-742; w57 36-39; w53 77-80; bn 17-20; lg 42-54; el 73; w48 195-204; ep 41-73
underlining verses: w70 729-730
understanding: w84 8/15 8-9; w67 587
help needed: w81 2/15 16-19
progressive enlightenment regarding: w81 12/1 16-31
Watch Tower publications an aid to: w81 11/15 28-30
use:
as a magical charm: g79 10/8 10
Bible maps: w81 10/15 11-15
in field ministry: w84 8/15 22; w77 644-647; km 7/77 3; km 11/77 8; w76 584-585; km 5/76 7; km 6/76 1, 4; km 7/76 1; km 2/75 4; km 9/75 8; km 12/75 7; w73 209-210; or 114, 116; yb72 85-86; w70 730; qm 176; yl 72-73, 87, 91, 94, 96; w64 100; w63 349; w60 464; w59 497-499; w58 540; w56 359, 730; qm55 176; w53 664-668
U.S. “Year of the Bible”: w83 5/1 23
view of—
Adams, John Quincy: w84 11/15 18; w81 10/1 3, 7; w56 355
Dickens, Charles: g84 3/22 10
former chief justice of U.S. Supreme Court: g78 3/8 3
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von: g84 3/22 10; w77 292
Heine, Heinrich: w77 292
Henry, Patrick: g84 3/22 10; g78 1/22 4
Jefferson, Thomas: w59 156
Kepler, Johannes: g78 6/22 20
Lincoln, Abraham: sj 11; w77 644; w56 355
Newton, Sir Isaac: g84 3/22 10; w75 651
Pope Pius XII: g44 8/2 20
Reagan, Ronald: w83 5/1 23
Washington, George: w82 12/15 3; w56 355
Waldensians’ use of: g79 10/8 10-11
“white man’s book”: w64 261-264; g64 8/22 28
answering accusation: g81 11/8 20-23
why beneficial: w84 6/1 7; g84 3/22 9-11; w78 9/15 4-5; w77 373-378; lp 120-130; w75 131-132; g75 10/8 12-29; w74 148-149; ts 189-190; g74 1/22 17-18; g74 8/8 4-5; g74 9/22 11; g74 10/8 25; g74 12/8 25; w73 38; w73 164-165; w73 252-253; w73 326-327; w73 505; tp73 111-113; g73 1/22 4; w72 35-36, 67-69, 195-196, 259-260, 543; g72 9/22 27-28; w71 31; w71 229-230; ad 231-232; te 11-14; g71 1/22 4; g71 10/8 29; w70 365-366, 564-565; w69 16-17, 74-75, 172, 234, 251, 357-360, 389-392, 453-456, 466, 541; is 135-149; yb69 25; g69 5/8 27-28; g69 10/8 26-27; w68 202-203, 425-430, 719-720; g68 9/8 9; w67 529, 580; w66 484; w65 3; ms 49-50; g65 7/22 6-7; w64 356; w63 649-654
why humans were used to write: lp 122-123; w75 147
why loved or hated: g82 3/8 12-14
why symbolism used: ts 151-152
Witnesses’ knowledge of: yb78 255-256
Witnesses’ view and use: g84 3/22 9-11; uw 20-28; sj 5, 9-11; yb78 4-7, 14-15; w76 584-586; w74 629, 631-633, 637; w74 768; w71 95; w71 465; w71 676-677
woman finds money in: g78 6/22 15
women as viewed by: g82 5/8 6, 12
“word of life” (Php 2:16): w77 373-378
words stolen: pm 212-214
worship of Bible: w46 323-326
writing of:
why put in written form: w85 7/1 6; w81 9/15 3; lp 120-122; g77 11/8 27-28; w67 587; yl 5; g64 4/22 24; g64 6/22 7-8; g64 8/8 6; w61 657; pa 62-63, 68; w55 479; g54 1/8 25-26; w48 110-111; ep 12; tf 202-203
writers: w85 11/1 27; hp 26; us 9; g77 11/8 28; gh 11-13, 17-18; hs 57-63; w75 141-150; g72 1/22 27-28; g72 2/8 27-28; g72 2/22 27-28; w71 228-229; w71 409-410; ad 229-231; te 12; g71 3/8 25; g71 11/8 27-28; w70 74-76; w69 247-249, 333; is 150-154; w68 204; g68 11/22 27-28; g65 3/8 29; g65 6/22 28; w64 263; g64 5/8 27-28; g64 6/22 7-8; w63 170-171; g63 8/8 28-29; w62 245; w61 351-352, 668; g61 4/22 9-10; w60 165-168, 584-598; bi6 471-472; mn 6; pa 63-68; bn 17; lg 10-11, 42; w48 143; w47 156; ep 10, 263-264; w43 245; tf 205-206; w32 379-381
writing style: w74 15; g73 9/8 20
Quotations
acquaintance and belief is your certain interest: w58 559
all races find answers to world problems: g74 12/8 25
apostles proved teaching by Scriptures: w61 634
best book because it teaches best lessons: g68 9/8 9
best book that ever was or will be in the world: g84 3/22 10
best gift God has ever given to man: w81 5/1 3; w77 644; w69 251; w68 425
best psychiatric writings summarize Sermon on the Mount: g57 4/22 7; w52 51
best reference: g72 9/8 31
Bible a unity: w59 446
Bible conquers all that oppose it (Napoléon): g79 10/8 17
Bible has come from God: is 10
Bible influence aids progress: g40 2/21 15-16
book that is seldom read: w78 10/15 24
book to be read at all ages: w81 10/1 3, 7
“Christian Scriptures” preferable term for “New Testament”: w78 7/1 7
contains all that is to be said about God and man: g65 4/8 5
counsel far superior to anything I studied in college: w79 3/1 6, 8; g77 10/22 28
custom to read Bible every morning (John Quincy Adams): w56 355
efforts to destroy backfire: g57 2/22 24
embraces all the heights and depths of human nature: w77 291
enormous superiority to other sacred books: w59 446
everyone with knowledge of Bible is truly educated: w70 91; g62 9/22 26
evinces design, purpose, a goal: w59 447
foundation for freedom: g58 7/22 28; g58 8/22 11
foundation of education: w55 452
God’s communication to man: w68 425
“Hebrew Scriptures” preferable term for “Old Testament”: w78 7/1 7
he is worse than an infidel who does not read Bible (George Washington): w56 355
ignorance of Scriptures is ignorance of Christ (Pius XII): g44 8/2 20
I know of no book that has so few readers; none so truly unpopular: w58 573
impossible to enslave a Bible-reading people: w61 611
inside its pages lie all the answers to all the problems that man has ever known: w83 5/1 23
key that unlocks mystery of universe to man, and man to himself: w58 640
knowledge more valuable than college education: g58 4/8 12; w56 356; w55 135; g53 9/8 19
largely an unknown book: w57 326; w52 763
least understood and grossly misrepresented: w52 611
lights up history: w60 543
majesty of the Scriptures astonishes me: w55 711
makes best people in the world: g80 4/22 15; g72 10/22 10; w70 248; w67 488; w56 355
more genius and taste than any other volume: w61 648
never night goes by but I read the Bible (MacArthur): w56 355
no Bible study ever really done: g72 2/8 24
no man poor who has this treasure: w69 251
no other book has had so revolutionary influence: g74 12/8 25
no other work of antiquity as accurate: w75 150; g66 7/8 28
nothing approaching it in all literature: w59 446
nothing comparable to its greatness: w62 309
not only Foundation but instrument of education: g68 9/8 9
“Old Testament” is outdated term: w78 7/1 7
only for Jehovah’s Witnesses: w69 573
only safety for the human race is to follow its teachings: g82 3/8 24
only source of all Christian truth: w61 611
philosophy books petty compared to Gospels: w52 587
principles are groundwork of human freedom: w61 611
probably the most influential collection of books in human history: hp 23; w79 3/1 5-6; w77 292
Proverbs more up to date than morning newspaper: w67 71
Proverbs unsurpassed for wisdom: g59 3/8 6
purest revelation: w61 392
rarely consulted: w52 763
read Bible and you will live a better man: w72 388
single source of all Witness doctrine (Newsweek): w58 669
some acquaintance with it an indispensable mark of the educated man: g84 3/22 10; w79 3/1 5-6
Special Divine Revelation: w68 425
stamped with a Specialty of Origin: w81 5/1 3; w68 425
study will make better citizens (Thomas Jefferson): w59 156
supreme guide in the art of living: g80 7/8 21
take this Book upon reason and balance by faith and you will live a better man (Lincoln): w56 355
teachings solve problems (Gandhi): w59 326
Ten Commandments and Sermon on the Mount are best guides: g75 10/8 15
Ten Commandments appeal to us as coming from a superhuman source: g76 2/22 27
the bedrock foundation of all our literature: w77 292
transplanted to every soil under sun without loss of vigor: w77 291
Witnesses effective in distributing: w57 168
Witness people have a Bible in their hands practically all the time: g82 4/8 29
worth all other books which have ever been printed: g84 3/22 10; w69 251
writers were flaming witnesses: w58 711