precepts

Question 1

Hard to be understood

Answer 1

2 Peter 3:15

“And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;” v16 “As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.”

Question 2

Evil communications

Answer 2

1 Corinthians 15:33

“Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.”

Question 3

the fool as said in his heart there is no god

Answer 3

Psalms 14:1

“(To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.) The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.”

Question 4

no beard and “sagging”

Answer 4

2 Samuel 10:4-5

“Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.” v5 “When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.”

Question 5

Hell = captivity

Answer 5

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.” v14 “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 6

Blond hair

Answer 6

Leviticus 13:30

“Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.”

Question 7

Herb for the service of man

Answer 7

Psalms 104:14

“He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;” p. Gen 1:29

Question 8

When I was a child

Answer 8

1 Corinthians 13:11

“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.”

Question 9

He that seeth me seeth him

Answer 9

John 12:45

“And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.”

Question 10

Law of life for an heritage.

Answer 10

Ecclesiasticus 17:11

“Beside this he gave them knowledge, and the law of life for an heritage.”

Question 11

My thoughts are not your thoughts

Answer 11

Isaiah 55:8-9

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.” v9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

Question 12

For the weapons of our warfare are not carnel

Answer 12

2 Corinthians 10:3-5

“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:” v4 “(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)” v5 “Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;”

Question 13

understandest thou what thou readest?

Answer 13

Acts 8:30-31

“And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?” v31 “And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.”

Question 14

The gods of the nations

Answer 14

Psalms 96:5

“For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.”

Question 15

prepare slaughter

Answer 15

Isaiah 14:21

“Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.”

Question 16

Esau is edom

Answer 16

Genesis 36:8

“Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.”

Question 17

Be ye seperate

Answer 17

2 Corinthians 6:16-17

“And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” v17 “Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,”

Question 18

He that heareth you heareth me

Answer 18

Luke 10:16

“He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.”

Question 19

Why do the righteous study?

Answer 19

Proverbs 15:28

“The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.” P.2 timothy 2:15

Question 20

In their affliction they will seek me early

Answer 20

Hosea 5:15

“I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.”

Question 21

Give them warning

Answer 21

Ezekiel 3:17-19

“Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.” v18 “When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.” v19 “Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.”

Question 22

Apt to teach

Answer 22

2 Timothy 2:24-26

“And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,” v25
“In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;” v26 “And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.”

Question 23

who does God love?

Answer 23

Proverbs 8:17

“I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.” p. john 14:15

Question 24

actions are weighed

Answer 24

1 Samuel 2:3

“Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.”

Question 25

my doctrine is not my own

Answer 25

John 7:16

“Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.” P. proverbs 4:2

Question 26

Esau have I hated

Answer 26

Romans 9:13

“As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.”

Question 27

Study to shew thyself aproved

Answer 27

Proverbs 15:28

“The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.”

Question 28

Spirit of prophecy

Answer 28

Revelation 19:10

“And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

Question 29

God hath made man upright

Answer 29

Ecclesiastes 7:29

“Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.”

Question 30

fear of the Lord

Answer 30

Psalms 119:120

“My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.” P.psalms 111:10

Question 31

He that believeth

Answer 31

Ecclesiasticus 32:24

“He that believeth in the Lord taketh heed to the commandment; and he that trusteth in him shall fare never the worse.”

Question 32

dispersed among the gentiles, and teach the gentiles

Answer 32

John 7:35

“Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?”

Question 33

If a man also lie with mankind

Answer 33

Leviticus 20:13

“If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.”

Question 34

hath not been done as hath been done upon jerusalem

Answer 34

Daniel 9:12

“And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.”

Question 35

what if some did not believe?

Answer 35

Romans 3:3

“For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?” v4 “God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.”

Question 36

Cry aloud

Answer 36

Isaiah 58:1

“Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.”

Question 37

“And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.”

Answer 37

Luke 4:16

“And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.” P. Acts 17:1-2

Question 38

Appointed a law in Israel

Answer 38

Psalms 78:5

“For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:”

Question 39

why do they hate the prophets?

Answer 39

Amos 5:10

“They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.”

Question 40

He that loveth me not

Answer 40

John 14:24

“He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.”