Bible Quick Reference List

“Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.” [Jude 1:3]

Bible Quick Reference List – To Respond To Questions, Objections, Etc.
CATHOLICS & ORTHODOX:

  • Vain worship: Matt 15:9
  • Vain prayers: Matt 6:7
  • One mediator: 1 Tim 2:5
  • Call no man Father: Matt 23:9
  • Tradition: Matt 15:6, Mark 7:7&13
  • Christ head of Church: Eph 1:20-23
  • Forbid not marriage: 1 Tim 4:1-3
  • Queen of Heaven: Jer 7:18
  • Peter had a mother-in-law: Matt 8:14
  • Jesus had brothers: Matt 12:46, Mark 6:3
  • No more sacrifice needed: Heb 10:10-12
  • Idol worship condemned: Exod 20:4-5, Psa 115:7

HINDUS/REINCARNATION:

    • Only one God: Deut 6:4, Mark 12:29
    • Man must not worship creation: Rom 1:23
    • Once to die: Heb 9:27
    • Made in image of God: Gen 1:27

UNIQUENESS OF CHRIST:

  • Jesus is only way: John 14:6, John 10:1
  • No other name: Acts 4:12
  • Only one Saviour: Isa 43:11
  • Other ways end in death: Prov 14:12
  • Jesus is the only way: John 14:6, Acts
  • All others are thieves & robbers: John 10:1
  • How shall we escape: Heb 2:3

HELL:

  • Luke 12:4-5, Psa 9:17, Psa 86:13, Prov 27:20
  • Isa 5:14, Isa 14:15, Ezek 32:27, Matt 11:23,
  • Mark 9:43,45,47, Luke 10:15, Deut 32:22,
  • Luke 16:23, 2Pet 2:4, Rev 1:18, Rev 20:13-14
  • Rev 14:10-11

LAKE OF FIRE, FLAMING FIRE:

  • Rev 20:14-15, Rev 21:8, 2 Thes 1:7-9

DAMNATION:

  • John 5:29, Mark 16:16

WRATH OF GOD:

  • John 3:36, Eph 5:6, Rev 14:10

GOD WOULDN’T SEND ME TO HELL:

    • God is a consuming fire: Deut 4:24
    • Vengeance is mine: Rom 12:19
    • Fear him who can cast into hell: Luke 12:4-5
    • God hates false ways: Psa 119:104
    • God hates the wicked: Psa 5:5, 11:5, Prov 15:9
    • God is angry with the wicked: Psa 7:11
    • I’M NOT READY TO BE SAVED YET:
  • Now is the time: 2 Cor 6:2, Isa 55:6, Prov 29:1

I DON’T DESERVE HELL:

  • We are condemned already: John 3:18
  • Unbelievers & all liars: Rev 21:8
  • Drunkards, thieves, etc: 1 Cor 6:9

I DON’T BELIEVE IN HELL:

  • Worm dieth not: Mark 9:44,46,48
  • Everlasting fire: Matt 18:8
  • Tormented forever: Rev 14:11
  • Lake of fire: Rev 20:15
  • Second death: Rev 21:8
  • Cast into hell: Matt 5:29,30

PEOPLE ARE BASICALLY GOOD:

  • We are not righteous: Isa 59:3-10
  • 10 commandments: Exod 20:3-17, Deut 5:7
  • Mouth defiles: Matt 15:11, 12:35-37
  • Every idle word: Matt 12:36-37
  • Many won’t inherit eternal life: 1 Cor 6:9
  • Wide gate to destruction: Mat 7:13

I’M A GOOD PERSON:

  • Pure in their own eyes: Prov 30:12
  • None righteous: Rom 3:10-12 & 3:23, Psa 14:2-3
  • Won’t see God w/o holiness: Heb 12:14
  • To be holy we must keep whole law: James 2:10
  • Not of works: Isa 64:6, Titus 3:5, Eph 2:8-9,
  • Gal 2:16, Isa 60:1-5
  • Need perfect sacrifice: Num 19:2, 1 Pet 1:19
  • Blood atonement: Lev 17:11, Ex 12:5, Heb 9:24
  • Need a sinless Saviour: 1 Pet 2:22, Isa 53
  • Made sin for us: 2 Cor 5:21, Heb 9:28

WHAT ABOUT THE HEATHENS:

  • Nature reveals God: Rom 1:20
  • Heavens declare God’s glory: Psa 19:1

ATHEISTS & AGNOSTICS:

  • Fool says there is no God: Psa 14:1
  • We are without excuse: Rom 1:18-25
 JEHOVAHS WITNESSES:

  • Receive not into your house: 2 John 10
  • Someone comes in his own name (Russell)
  • you receive: John 5:43
  • Great multitude in heaven: Rev 7:9, 19:1&6
  • Earth destroyed: 2 Pet 3:12-13
  • Third heaven: 2 Cor 12:2
  • Keep others from heaven: Matt 23:13
  • Heaven & earth pass away: Matt 5:18
  • My kingdom is not of this world: John 18:36

HOLY SPIRIT:

  • Holy Spirit is a person: John 16:7-8, 13-15

JESUS IS GOD:

  • John 1:1, Isa 9:6, John 10:30, Heb 1:8
  • My Lord & my God: John 20:28-29
  • God in the flesh: 1 Tim 3:16
  • Who can forgive sins: Luke 5:21
  • Lord of Lords: Deut 10:17, Rev 17:14
  • First & Last: Isa 44:6, Rev 1:17 & 22-12
  • Title of Saviour: Isa 43:11, 1 John 4:14
  • Jesus equal with God: John 5:18, 8:58-59
  • Jesus & Jehovah creators: Gen 1:1, Col 1:16
  • Emmanuel, God with us: Matt 1:23

MORMONS:

  • Receive not into your house: 2 John 10
  • Show faith by my works: James 2:18, Matt 3:8
  • Justified by faith: Rom 5:1
  • Not of works: Titus 3:5, Eph 2:8-9
  • God is not a man: Num 23:19

MOSLEMS:

  • My messenger: Malachi 3:1, Matt 11:10-15
  • False gospels: Gal 1:8-9
  • Blood atonement: Lev 17:11, Exod 12:5-6,
  • Heb 9:24-26
  • We need a Saviour: Isa 53
  • God provided lamb for Abraham: Gen 22:6-8
  • God provided a Saviour: Rom 5:8-9
  • False christs & prophets: Matt 24:11,24.
  • Mark 13:22, 2 Pet 2:1, 1 John 4:1, Deut 18:22

TRINITY:

  • Matt 28:19 (‘name’ is singular)
  • These 3 are one: 1 John 5:7 (KJV ONLY)

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS:

  • New covenant: Jer 31:31-33
  • Legalistic diet/holidays: Col 2:16-17
  • Law was for Israel: Gal 3:18, Acts 15:24
  • Sunday worship: Act 20:7, 1 Cor 16:2
  • Names in heaven: Luke 10:20, Phil 4:3
  • Holy Spirit is seal of God: Eph 1:13-14,
  • Eph 4:30, 2 Cor 1:21-22
  • Justified without the law: Rom 3:28, Gal 3:10-13,

HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE SAVED:

  • Spirit guides us: John 16:13
  • The Spirit bears witness: Rom 8:14-16
  • Know a tree by fruit: Matt 7:20-23, Gal 5:22
  • We are persecuted: 2 Tim 3:12
  • We love brethren: 1 John 2:10, 1 John 3:14
  • We love Bible/truth: Psa 119:97
  • We hate what God hates: Psa 119:104
  • We keep his commandments: 1 John 2:3
  • We change – pass from death: John 5:24
  • We are more than conquerors: Rom 8:35-39
  • We become new creatures: 2 Cor 5:17

I BELIEVE IN GOD:

  • Demons believe in God: James 2:19
  • Many will say Lord, Lord: Matt 7:21
  • We are not saved: Jer 8:20
  • Jesus came for the lost: Luke 19:10
  • Wide gate: Mat 7:13
  • Carnal man at enmity with God: Rom 8:7

JEWISH:

  • Messiah predicted: Isa 7:14, Isa 9:6, Mic 5:2
  • Suffering Saviour: Isa 53
  • Crucifixion described: Psa 22
  • Blood atonement: Lev 17:11, Ex 12:5-6
  • They will look on him who is pierced: Zech 12:10
  • His own received him not: John 1:11-12
  • God himself will provide a lamb: Gen 22:6-8
  • New covenant: Jer 31:31-33

ASSURANCE OF SALVATION:

  • Paul knew he was saved: Titus 3:5
  • We can know we are saved: 1 John 5:13
  • No condemnation: Rom 8:1
  • Blood cleanses us from all sin: 1 John 1:7
  • We are righteous in Christ: Rom 5:1
  • We have eternal life: John 3:16, 10:28
  • Nothing can separate us from God: Rom 8:39
  • Our sufficiency is of God: 2 Cor 3:5
  • He is able to keep you: Jude 1:24
  • We have now received atonement: Rom 5:11
 I’M TOO GREAT A SINNER:

  • Though they be read like crimson: Isa 1:18
  • He blots out sins: Isa 43:25
  • As far as the east is from the west: Psa 103:12
  • Paul was chief of sinners: 1 Tim 1:15

SCRIPTURAL AUTHORITY:

  • All scripture given by inspiration: 2 Tim 3:16
  • Not of private interpretation: 2 Pet 1:20
  • Fulfilled prophecy: Matt 5:18
  • Spiritually discerned: 1 Cor 2:14

WE CAN’T KNOW BEFORE WE DIE:

  • We can know: 1 John 5:13
  • In no wise cast out: John 6:37
  • Shall never perish: John 3:16 & 10:28
  • It is finished: John 19:30
  • Once for all sacrifice: Heb 7:27 & 10:11-12

WHAT ABOUT THIS OR THAT SIN:

  • Adultery/divorce: Matt 5:28 & 19:3
  • Homosexuality: Lev 18:22, Rom 1:26-27
  • Abortion: Psa 139:13
  • Unfaithful shepherds: Ezek 34:2, Jer 50:6
  • Alcoholism: Prov 23:21, 1 Cor 6:9
  • Gossip: Prov 11:13, 25:23, James 3:5-10
  • Hatred: Matt 5:22, Slander: Prov 10:18
  • Lust: Matt 5:27-28, 1 John 2:15-16
  • Greed/gambling: Matt 16:26, Exod 20:17
  • Lying: Rev 21:8, Exod 20:16, Prov 12:22
  • Smoking/drugs: 1 Cor 3:16-1

GENERAL SALVATION VERSES:

  • God is holy: Lev 20:7, 1Pet 1:16
  • God sees everything: Prov 15:3, Matt 12:36
  • None are righteous: Rom 3:10-11
  • All fall short of God’s standard: Rom 3:23
  • We are born spiritually lost: Luke 19:10
  • We are born spiritually dead: Eph 2:1,5
  • We are born in sin: Psa 51:5, Psa 58:3
  • We are God’s enemies: Rom 5:10, Col 1:21
  • Our sins separate us from God: Jer 59:2
  • Blood atonement needed: Lev 17:11
  • Perfect sacrifice needed: Heb 9:26
  • We must be converted by God: Matt 18:3
  • God must give us a new heart: Ezek 36:26-27
  • Need new heart & spirit: Ezek 11:19, Jer 31:33
  • Must be born spiritually: John 3:3, 1 Pet 1:23
  • Christ died for sinners: Rom 5:6-8
  • Christ’s death is sufficient: John 19:30, Heb 7:25
  • We must cry out to God for mercy: Luke 18:13
  • Salvation is a gift of God: Rom 6:23
  • No one will boast before God: Rom 4:2, Eph 2:9

CHRISTIAN LIVING:

  • Abstain from appearance of evil: 1 Thes 5:22
  • Do not talk about what the wicked do: Eph 5:12
  • Touch not the unclean thing: 2 Cor 6:17
  • Have nothing to do with idols: 1 Cor 6:16
  • Do not defile temple of Holy Spirit: 1 Cor 3:16
  • Set no wicked thing before you: Psa 101:3
  • Love not the world: 1 John 2:15-16
  • Friendship of the world is enmity to God: Jam 4:4
  • Cleanse ourselves from all filthiness: 1 Cor 7:1
  • Redeem time: Eph 5:15-16
  • Renew your mind: Rom 12:2
  • To avoid temptation: Matt 26:41
  • Be ready: Matt 24:44, Matt 25:1-2
  • Lord chastens: Heb 12:6,
  • Think upon whatever is pure: Php 4:8
  • Living sacrifice: Rom 12:1

PREDESTINATION:

  • Vessels of wrath: Rom 9:22
  • Potter & clay: Jer 18:6, Rom 9:21
  • Whom he foreknew: Rom 8:29-30
  • Chosen before foundation of world: Eph 1:4
  • We are called/chosen: 1 Cor 1:25-29, Mat 22:14,
  • Psa 33:1, Rev 17:14
  • We are given to Christ by the Father: John 17:2,9
  • Father must draw us to Jesus: John 6:44
  • I have chose you: John 15:16
  • The elect: 1 Pet 1:2, Col 3:12, Rom 9:11,
  • Luke 18:7, 1 Thess 1:4
  • He which hath called you: 1 Pet 1:15
  • From the beginning chosen you: 2 Thes 2:13
  • Ordained to eternal life: Acts 13:48

SIGNS & WONDERS:

  • Tongues a sign to Israel: 1 Cor 1:22
  • Who seeks after a sign: Matt 12:39
  • Complete in Christ: Col 2:10
  • Not the God of confusion: 1 Cor 14:33
  • Groanings cannot be uttered: Rom 8:26
  • Joel 2:28 fulfilled: Acts 2:16-21
  • Baptized into one body: 1 Cor 12:13
  • Tongues is the least of gifts: 1 Cor 14:19
  • True source of power to witness: Rom 10:17
  • Test the spirits: 1 John 4:1
  • How to pray: Matt 6:9-13
  • Decently & in order: 1 Cor 14:40
  • Suffer not women to speak: 1 Tim 2:12

“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” [Hebrews 4:12]