M - Precepts

Question 1

MAKING MANY BOOKS AND MUCH STUDY

Answer 1

Ecclesiastes 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Question 2

MADE THE EARTH BY HIS WISDOM

Answer 2

Jeremiah 51:15 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.

Question 3

MAKE NOT HASTE IN TIME OF TROUBLE

Answer 3

Sirach 2:2 Set thy heart aright, and constantly endure, and make not haste in time of trouble.

Question 4

MULTITUDE OF YEARS TEACH WISDOM

Answer 4

Job 32:7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

Question 5

MANY SHALL COME IN MY NAME

Answer 5

Matthew 24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

Question 6

MARK THEM WHICH CAUSE DIVISIONS AND OFFENCES

Answer 6

Romans 16:17-18 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. 18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

Question 7

MENSTRUOUS WOMEN SHALL BRING FORT MONSTERS

Answer 7

2Esdras 5:8 There shall be a confusion also in many places, and the fire shall be oft sent out again, and the wild beasts shall change their places, and menstruous women shall bring forth monsters:

Question 8

MAN LOOK ON OUTWARD APPEARANCE BUT GOD LOOK THE HEART

Answer 8

1Samuel 16:7 But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

Question 9

MAKE A MAN MORE PRECIOUS THAN FINE GOLD

Answer 9

Isaiah 13:12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

Question 10

MY COVENANT WILL I NOT BREAK, OR THE THINGS THAT COME OUT FROM MY MOUTH

Answer 10

Psalms 89:34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

Question 11

MOST HIGH DIVIDED THE NATIONS, LORD’S PORTION IS HIS PEOPLE ISRAEL

Answer 11

Deuteronomy 32:8-9 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. 9 For the Lord’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

Question 12

MOVE ME TO JEALOUSY, PROVOKED ME TO ANGER, WHICH ARE NOT A PEOPLE AND BY A FOOLISH NATION

Answer 12

Deuteronomy 32:21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

Question 13

MADE THE WORLD FOR SAKE OTHER PEOPLE FROM ADAM ARE NOTHING BUT LIKE A DROP FROM VESSEL WORLD MADE NARROW FULL OF EVIL AND TRAVAIL

Answer 13

2Esdras 6:54-56 And after these, Adam also, whom thou madest lord of all thy creatures: of him come we all, and the people also whom thou hast chosen. 55 All this have I spoken before thee, O Lord, because thou madest the world for our sakes 56 As for the other people, which also come of Adam, thou hast said that they are nothing, but be like unto spittle: and hast likened the abundance of them unto a drop that falleth from a vessel. 2Esdras 7:10-14 And I said, It is so, Lord. Then said he unto me, Even so also is Israel’s portion. 11 Because for their sakes I made the world: and when Adam transgressed my statutes, then was decreed that now is done. 12 Then were the entrances of this world made narrow, full of sorrow and travail: they are but few and evil, full of perils,: and very painful. 13 For the entrances of the elder world were wide and sure, and brought immortal fruit. 14 If then they that live labour not to enter these strait and vain things, they can never receive those that are laid up for them.

Question 14

MADE FOR OUR SAKE WHY DO WE NOT POSSESS IT

Answer 14

2Esdras 6:59 If the world now be made for our sakes, why do we not possess an inheritance with the world? how long shall this endure?

Question 15

MAN OF SIN BE REVEALED SON OF PERDITION

Answer 15

2Thessalonians 2:3-4 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

Question 16

MYSTERY OF INIQUITY IS ALREADY AT WORK WICKED BE REVEALED

Answer 16

2Thessalonians 2:7-8 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

Question 17

MY PEOPLE IS FOOLISH SCOTTISH CHILDREN WISE TO DO EVIL

Answer 17

Jeremiah 4:22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Question 18

MY SON SIN NO MORE FORMER SIN FLEE FROM SIN LIKE A SERPENT INIQUITY IS LIKE TWO EDGED SWORD

Answer 18

Sirach 21:1-3 My son, hast thou sinned? do so no more, but ask pardon for thy former sins. 2 Flee from sin as from the face of a serpent: for if thou comest too near it, it will bite thee: the teeth thereof are as the teeth of a lion, slaying the souls of men. 3 All iniquity is as a two edged sword, the wounds whereof cannot be healed.

Question 19

MIND OF A FOOL IS HIS MOUTH UNGODLY CURSE SATAN CURSE HIS OWN SOUL

Answer 19

Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 21:26 The heart of fools is in their mouth: but the mouth of the wise is in their heart. 27 When the ungodly curseth Satan, he curseth his own soul.

Question 20

MADE THEIR HEART LIKE A STONE LEST THEY SHOULD HEAR THE LAW THEY CRIED I WOULD NOT HEAR.

Answer 20

Zechariah 7:11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. 12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts. 13 Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the Lord of hosts:

Question 21

MAN OF WAR THE LORD IS A MAN OF WAR

Answer 21

Exodus 15:3 The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name.

Question 22

MY PEOPLE ARE GONE INTO CAPTIVITY BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE THEREFORE HELL HAS ENLARGED HERSELF

Answer 22

Isaiah 5:13-14 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. 14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

Question 23

MODEST APPAREL SHAMEFACED LEARN IN SILENCE SUFFER NOT A WOMAN TO TEACH

Answer 23

1Timothy 2:9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; 10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works. 11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

Question 24

MAN IS CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD

Answer 24

1Corinthians 11:7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

Question 25

MAKE HASTE AND DELAYED NOT WICKED ROBBED ME BUT I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN THY LAW

Answer 25

Psalms 119:59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. 60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. 61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.

Question 26

MADE THE MOON ALSO TO SERVE DECLARATION OF TIMES MONTH IS CALLED AFTER HER NAME

Answer 26

Sirach 43:6 He made the moon also to serve in her season for a declaration of times, and a sign of the world. 7 From the moon is the sign of feasts, a light that decreaseth in her perfection. 8 The month is called after her name, increasing wonderfully in her changing, being an instrument of the armies above, shining in the firmament of heaven;

Question 27

MADE MAN UPRIGHT BUT THEY SOUGHT MANY INVENTIONS

Answer 27

Ecclesiastes 7:29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

Question 28

MADE MY MOUTH LIKE A SHARP SWORD

Answer 28

Isaiah 49:2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;

Question 29

MEDIATOR OF THE NEW TESTAMENT

Answer 29

Hebrews 9:15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

Question 30

MAINTAIN GOOD WORKS

Answer 30

Titus 3:8,14 This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men. 14 And let our’s also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.

Question 31

MOUTH TO MOUTH GOD SPOKE WITH MOSES

Answer 31

Numbers 12:8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? mouth Num 14:14; Exo 33:11; Deu 34:10; 1Ti 6:16 dark speeches Psa 49:4; Eze 17:2; Eze 20:49; Mat 13:35; Jhn 15:15; 1Co 13:12 similitude Ex 24:10,11; Exo 33:19,23; ExO 34:5-7; Deu 4:15; Isa 40:18; Isa 46:5; Jhn 1:18; Jhn 14:7-10; Jhn 15:24; 2Co 3:18; 2Co 4:4-6; Col 1:15; Heb 1:3 were ye Ex 34:30; Luk 10:16; 1Th 4:8; 2Pe 2:10: Jde 1:8

Question 32

MALE CONTRACEPTIVE OR VASECTOMY GOD IS AGAINST

Answer 32

Deuteronomy 23:1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord. WOUNDED STONES Lev 21:17-21; Lev 22:22-24;

Question 33

MINISTRY BE NOT BLAMED

Answer 33

2Corinthians 6:3 Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:

Question 34

MAKE POOR MAN RICH

Answer 34

Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 11:21 Marvel not at the works of sinners; but trust in the Lord, and abide in thy labour: for it is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord on the sudden to make a poor man rich.

Question 35

MEDIA POPULAR PERSUASIONS

Answer 35

1Esdras 5:73 And by their secret plots, and popular persuasions and commotions, they hindered the finishing of the building all the time that king Cyrus lived: so they were hindered from building for the space of two years, until the reign of Darius.