Articles by Dr. Cone for GotQuestions.org
What does it mean that the earth was without form and void (Genesis 1:2)?
What does it mean that God saw that it was good (Genesis 1:18)?
What does it mean that it is not good for a man to be alone (Genesis 2:18)?
What does it mean that Adam and Eve were naked and not ashamed (Genesis 2:25)?
What does it mean when God tells Adam, ‘For you are dust, and to dust you shall return’ in Genesis 3:19?
What is the significance of the fact there were giants in those days (Genesis 6:4)?
How did Abraham know that God will provide a lamb (Genesis 22:8)?
What did Joseph mean when he said, “You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good” (Genesis 50:20)?
What does it mean that “the Lord is my strength and my song” (Exodus 15:2)?
What does it mean that Israel is supposed to be “a kingdom of priests and a holy nation” (Exodus 19:6)?
What does Exodus 23:2 teach us about not following the crowd?
What is the significance of burning the flesh of the bull outside the camp (Exodus 29:14)?
Who is the Prophet in Deuteronomy 18:15–19?
What does it mean to “let those who love Him be like the sun” (Judges 5:31)?
How did the Philistines learn that things do not happen by chance (1 Samuel 6:9)?
What is the significance of the words, “How the mighty have fallen!” (2 Samuel 1:19, 25, 27)?
Why did the Israelites buy dove droppings for five shekels of silver (2 Kings 6:25)?
What was wrong with the sacred pillars the Israelites built (2 Kings 17:10)?
What does it mean to “be angry and do not sin” (Psalm 4:4)?
What is the meaning of Aijeleth Ha-Shahar in Psalm 22:1?
What are the strong bulls of Bashan in Psalm 22:12?
What does it mean to commit your way to the Lord (Psalm 37:5)?
How are the steps of a man ordered by the Lord (Psalm 37:23)?
Can names be blotted out of the book of life (Psalm 69:28)?
How is a day in God’s courts better than a thousand elsewhere (Psalm 84:10)?
What does it mean for God to establish the work of our hands (Psalm 90:17)?
How can we “make known His deeds” to others (Psalm 105:1)?
What does it mean that children are a heritage from the Lord (Psalm 127:3)?
How can I obtain favor from the Lord (Proverbs 8:35)?
Why does Proverbs 12:25 say that anxiety causes depression?
Why are even the prayers of the wicked an abomination to God (Proverbs 15:8, 29)?
What does it mean that the leech has two daughters (Proverbs 30:15)?
Why are we told to answer not a fool according to his folly (Proverbs 26:4)?
What does the Bible say about people who are wise in their own eyes (Proverbs 26:12)?
What does it mean that the righteous are as bold as a lion (Proverbs 28:1)?
What does it mean that “whoever fears God will avoid all extremes” (Ecclesiastes 7:18)?
What is the Branch of the Lord in Isaiah 4:2?
What is God’s holy mountain (Isaiah 11:9)?
Why did Isaiah preach naked (Isaiah 20:1–4)?
What is the crown of glory and diadem of beauty (Isaiah 28:5)?
How will the covenant with death be annulled (Isaiah 28:18)?
What is the book of the Lord in Isaiah 34:16?
What have we not known or heard (Isaiah 40:28), and why does it matter?
What does it mean to “remember not the former things” in Isaiah 43:18?
What does it mean that Bel bows down and Nebo stoops (Isaiah 46:1)?
What did God mean when He said, “I will not give my glory to another” in Isaiah 48:11?
What does it mean that the redeemed of the Lord will return (Isaiah 51:11)?
How has Jesus surely borne our griefs and carried our sorrows (Isaiah 53:4)?
What does it mean that “all we like sheep have gone astray” (Isaiah 53:6)?
What is the meaning of “waters of Noah” in Isaiah 54:9?
What does it mean to proclaim liberty to the captives (Isaiah 61:1)?
What are the implications of God saying, “Return to me” (Jeremiah 3)?
What are the ancient paths in Jeremiah 6:16?
What is the Valley of Slaughter in Jeremiah 7:32?
How do I plead my cause before the Lord (Jeremiah 20:12)?
Why did Jeremiah say, “Cursed be the day I was born” (Jeremiah 20:14)?
What is the oracle of the Lord (Jeremiah 23:36)?
What is the significance of the baskets of figs in Jeremiah 24?
What does God mean when He says, ‘I know the thoughts that I think toward you’ (Jeremiah 29:11)?
Why does God say, “You will find me when you seek me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13)?
What does it mean that “the fathers have eaten sour grapes” (Jeremiah 31:29)?
Why does Jeremiah say, “The Lord of hosts is His name” (Jeremiah 51:19)?
What does it mean to execute great vengeance (Ezekiel 25:17)?
When will God fulfill the promise of bringing one shepherd over Israel (Ezekiel 34:23)?
What is the significance of the healing trees with leaves for medicine (Ezekiel 47:12)?
What is the significance of the city called “The Lord Is There” in Ezekiel 48:35?
What does it mean that God will reveal the hidden things (Daniel 2:22 and 28)?
What happens to those who walk in pride (Daniel 4:37)?
Who is the One like a Son of Man in Daniel 7:13?
Why did Daniel ask God to “incline your ear and hear” in Daniel 9:18?
What is the latter and former rain in Hosea 6:3?
What is the meaning of “holy to the Lord” in Zechariah 14:20?
What is the “great and dreadful day of the Lord” (Malachi 4:5)?
What is the significance of turning the hearts of the fathers to the children (Malachi 4:6)?
Was Jesus the biological son of Mary? If so, how did He not inherit a sin nature?
What does it mean that the magi saw His star in the east (Matthew 2:2)?
Why did John the Baptist proclaim, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matthew 3:2)?
What does it mean to bear fruits worthy of repentance (Matthew 3:8)?
What did Jesus mean when He said it was time to fulfill all righteousness (Matthew 3:15)?
What is the significance of Jesus repeating “but I say to you” in Matthew 5?
Why did Jesus say the disciples’ righteousness needed to exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees (Matthew 5:20)?
Should “for thine is the kingdom…” be included in the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:13)?
Why will not everyone who says, “Lord, Lord,” be saved (Matthew 7:21)?
How did Jesus fulfill the prophecy “He Himself took our infirmities” (Matthew 8:17)?
What does it mean that wisdom is justified by her children (Matthew 11:19)?
Why did Jesus reference Chorazin and Bethsaida in Matthew 11:21?
What did Jesus mean when He said, “He who is not with Me is against Me” (Matthew 12:30)?
What did Jesus mean that “by your words you will be condemned” (Matthew 12:37)?
Why does Jesus ask, “Who are my mother and brothers?” in Matthew 12:48?
Why did the disciples conclude that it is better not to marry in Matthew 19:10?
Why did Jesus say to cleanse the inside of the cup (Matthew 23:26)?
What events are the beginning of sorrows (Matthew 24:8)?
What is the significance of the command to flee to the mountains (Matthew 24:16; Mark 13:3; Luke 21:21)?
What is the sign of the Son of Man in Matthew 24:30?
What does it mean that the coming of the Son of Man will be as it was in the days of Noah (Matthew 24:37)?
What is the significance of the centurion saying, “Truly this was the Son of God” (Matthew 27:54)?
Why does Mark 4:21 reference a light under a basket?
Why did the man Jesus healed in Mark 8:24 at first see people “like trees walking”?
Why did Jesus say that the demon could only come out by prayer and fasting (Mark 9:29)?
What does it mean to bless those who curse you (Luke 6:28)?
What did Jesus mean when He said, “I give you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions” (Luke 10:19)?
Why did Jesus say, “My hour has not yet come,” but then performs a miracle (John 2:4)?
What does it mean that no one has ascended to heaven (John 3:13)?
Why did John the Baptist say, “He must increase, but I must decrease” (John 3:30)?
What did Jesus mean when He said, “You worship what you do not know” in John 4:22?
Why did Jesus ask the man at the Pool of Bethesda, “Do you want to be made well?” (John 5:6)?
How will rivers of living water flow from believers (John 7:38)?
What does it mean that we are free indeed (John 8:36)?
What did Jesus mean when He said, “I go to prepare a place for you” (John 14:2)?
What does it mean that the Holy Spirit will guide you into all truth (John 16:13)?
Why did Jesus tell Mary, “Do not cling to me” (John 20:17)?
What is the meaning of the 153 fish in John 21:11?
What can we learn from the man who was walking and leaping and praising God (Acts 3:8)?
What is the time of restoration of all things (Acts 3:21)?
What does it mean that God gave them up to worship the host of heaven (Acts 7:42)?
What does it mean to suppress the truth in unrighteousness (Romans 1:18)?
How are God’s invisible attributes clearly seen in creation (Romans 1:20)?
What is the significance of the statement in Romans 1:22 that “professing themselves to be wise, they became fools”?
What does it mean that “they exchanged the truth about God for a lie” (Romans 1:25)?
What does it mean that hope does not disappoint (Romans 5:5)?
What does it mean that where sin abounded grace abounded more (Romans 5:20)?
What does it mean that creation waits in eager expectation (Romans 8:19)?
What does it mean that God predestined those He foreknew (Romans 8:29)?
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ (Romans 8:35)?
What are vessels of wrath (Romans 9:22)?
What is the fullness of the Gentiles (Romans 11:25)?
What does it mean to weep with those who weep (Romans 12:15)?
What does it mean that the government does not bear the sword in vain (Romans 13:4)?
What does it mean that we should submit to the government for conscience’ sake (Romans 13:5)?
What does it mean that the spiritual man judges all things (1 Corinthians 2:15)?
What does it mean to be handed over to Satan (1 Corinthians 5:5)?
What does it mean that a woman should cover her head because of the angels (1 Corinthians 11:10)?
What is the significance of having an unveiled face in 2 Corinthians 3:18?
What does it mean to be persecuted but not forsaken (2 Corinthians 4:9)?
What does it mean to boast in my weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9)?
What was the incident at Antioch in Galatians 2:11–14?
What does it mean that the law is not of faith (Galatians 3:12)?
What does it mean that a man reaps what he sows (Galatians 6:7)?
What does it mean to not grow weary and lose heart (Galatians 6:9)?
What does it mean that God chose us before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4)?
What does it mean that in Him we have redemption (Ephesians 1:7)?
What does it mean that we were created for good works (Ephesians 2:10)?
What does it mean that the church was built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets (Ephesians 2:20)?
What does it mean that Jesus led captivity captive and gave gifts to men (Ephesians 4:8)?
What does it mean to submit to one another (Ephesians 5:21)?
What is the meaning of Philippians 2:5, “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus”?
What is the power of His resurrection (Philippians 3:10)?
What does it mean that we should think on whatever is true (Philippians 4:8)?
What does it mean that in Christ the fullness of the godhead dwells bodily (Colossians 1:19)?
What does it mean to put on love (Colossians 3:14)?
What does it mean to let the word of Christ dwell in you richly (Colossians 3:16)?
What is the mystery of Christ in Colossians 4:3?
What does it mean that Jesus will descend with the voice of the archangel (1 Thessalonians 4:16)?
What does it mean that the dead in Christ shall rise first (1 Thessalonians 4:16)?
What does it mean to test everything (1 Thessalonians 5:21)?
What does it mean that there will be a great falling away before Christ returns (2 Thessalonians 2:3)?
Why does the Bible say to let the woman learn in silence (1 Timothy 2:11)?
Why is the church called the pillar and ground of the truth (1 Timothy 3:15)?
Why does it say in 1 Timothy 4:1 that some will depart from the faith?
What does it mean that God cannot deny Himself (2 Timothy 2:13)?
What does it mean to be rightly dividing the word of truth (2 Timothy 2:15)?
What is the vessel for honor in 2 Timothy 2:21?
What does it mean to come boldly to the throne of grace (Hebrews 4:16)?
Why is it not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins (Hebrews 10:4)?
Why is it a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God (Hebrews 10:31)?
What does it mean that faith is the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1)?
What does it mean to exhort one another while it is still called today (Hebrews 3:13)?
What does it mean that Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8)?
What does it mean to be lacking nothing (James 1:4)?
What does it mean that even the demons believe (James 2:19)?
Why is there a warning that, “Let not many of you become teachers” (James 3:1)?
What does it mean to live in the meekness of wisdom (James 3:13)?
What does it mean to “ask amiss” (James 4:3)?
What does it mean that if you draw near to God and He will draw near to you (James 4:8)?
How should we live our lives when we don’t know what tomorrow will bring (James 4:14)?
Why is it sin to him who knows to do good and does not do it (James 4:17)?
What can we learn from the farmer who waits for the early and latter rain (James 5:7)?
What is the spiritual house in 1 Peter 2:5?
What does it mean that the end of all things is at hand (1 Peter 4:7)?
What does it mean that the righteous is scarcely saved (1 Peter 4:18)?
What does it mean that He has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3)?
What does “fall from your secure position” mean in 2 Peter 3:17?
Does the Bible teach that God is love?
What does it mean that there is no fear in love (1 John 4:18)?
What does it mean that we love Him because He first loved us (1 John 4:19)?
What does it mean that there are three that bear record (1 John 5:7)?
What is the sin that does not lead to death in 1 John 5:16–17?
Who is the wicked one (1 John 5:19)?
What does it mean that every eye will see Him when Jesus returns (Revelation 1:7)?
What does it mean that Jesus’ feet were like burnished bronze (Revelation 1:15)?
What are the promises in Revelation to him who overcomes?
What did Jesus mean when He said, “I have set before you an open door” (Revelation 3:8)?
What is the significance of the white garments in Revelation 3:18?
What does it mean that Death and Hades will be riding on a pale horse (Revelation 6:8)?
What is the little book that John eats (Revelation 10:9)?
What is the significance that the beast’s fatal wound was healed in Revelation 13:3?
What is the significance of the forty-two months in Revelation 13:5?
What does it mean that the Antichrist will cause all to receive the mark of the beast (Revelation 13:16)?
What does Revelation 14:12 mean by “here is the patience of the saints”?
What did Jesus mean when He said, “Behold I am coming soon” (Revelation 22:7)?
Who are those outside the gates in Revelation 22:15?
What is the significance of the saying In God We Trust?
