What Does the Bible Say About Inquiry?

2 Peter 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

As he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.

Isaiah 42:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it:

Acts 2:38 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ...

Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,

1 Thessalonians 5:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Galatians 3:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

2 Corinthians 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, ...

Acts 17:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,

Acts 7:59 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Luke 23:46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And having said this he breathed his last.

Mark 10:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’

Matthew 24:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

Matthew 5:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.

Matthew 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Zechariah 12:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The oracle of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus declares the Lord, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the spirit of man within him:

Isaiah 64:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.

Isaiah 5:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure, and the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude will go down, her revelers and he who exults in her.

Job 31:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

Job 10:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.

Exodus 20:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“You shall not murder.

Genesis 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.

Genesis 6:1-9:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown. The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. ...

Genesis 3:1-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” ...

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Jude 1:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.

Job 33:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

Leviticus 20:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

34 Bible Verses about Inquiry

2 Peter 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Isaiah 42:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 2:38 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 3:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 17:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 7:59 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 23:46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 10:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 24:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Zechariah 12:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 64:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 5:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 31:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 10:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 6:1-9:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 3:1-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jude 1:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Job 33:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Leviticus 20:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about Inquiry

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2 Peter 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Isaiah 42:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 2:38 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 3:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 17:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 7:59 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 23:46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 10:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 24:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Zechariah 12:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 64:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 5:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 31:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 10:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 6:1-9:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 3:1-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jude 1:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Job 33:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Leviticus 20:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote