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What the Bible Doesn’t Say
Lines people are sure are in the Bible, and what the verse underneath them actually says. Usually the difference is small, and usually it decides who the verse is aimed at.
40 readings since January 2026
- Oct 7, 2026What Does “Blessed Are the Meek” Actually Mean? The one man the Old Testament calls by this word smashed the…
- Sep 30, 2026Did Saul Become Paul When He Was Converted? Nobody renames him on the Damascus road. Luke is still calling him…
- Sep 23, 2026Was Job Patient? James uses two different Greek words in two consecutive verses and the…
- Sep 16, 2026Did Samson’s Strength Come From His Hair? Judges gives the source three times and it is never the hair.…
- Sep 9, 2026Who Was 2 Chronicles 7:14 Written To? The famous if is not the sentence's if. It starts a verse…
- Sep 2, 2026Did David Kill Goliath With a Stone? The chapter says he did, and then says he did it again…
- Aug 26, 2026Is Lucifer Satan’s Name? The word appears once in the whole Bible, inside a taunt the…
- Aug 19, 2026What “Delight Yourself in the Lord” Promises The word behind desires means petitions, which helps the popular reading rather…
- Aug 12, 2026Was Jonah Swallowed by a Whale? The Hebrew says great fish. The Greek word Matthew uses is the…
- Aug 5, 2026Did Noah Take Two of Every Animal? Two of the unclean ones. Sevens of the clean ones and of…
- Jul 29, 2026Does the Bible Say “Ask and You Shall Receive”? It does, and there is no condition anywhere in the sentence. But…
- Jul 22, 2026Where Was Adam When Eve Ate the Fruit? The Hebrew has two words the picture leaves out. He was with…
- Jul 15, 2026Was the Forbidden Fruit an Apple? Genesis never names the fruit. The apple arrives through a Latin pun,…
- Jul 8, 2026What Does “With God All Things Are Possible” Mean? It is the answer to a question, and the question is Who…
- Jul 1, 2026What “The Truth Will Set You Free” Is About The sentence begins with if, the truth in it is a person,…
- Jun 24, 2026Does the Bible Say “You Reap What You Sow”? It does. What it does not do is aim the sentence where…
- Jun 17, 2026Does “Train Up a Child” Guarantee Anything? Proverbs 22:6 is handed to parents as a promise and lands as…
- Jun 10, 2026What “Behold, I Stand at the Door” Was Said To Revelation 3:20 is quoted to people outside the church. It was dictated…
- Jun 3, 2026Is “Charity Begins at Home” in the Bible? "Charity begins at home" is not in the Bible. Terence gives the…
- May 27, 2026Is “Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner” in the Bible? "Hate the sin, love the sinner" is not in the Bible. Gandhi…
- May 20, 2026What Romans 8:28 Promises, and What It Doesn’t Romans 8 promises that nothing separates you from the love of God.…
- May 13, 2026Does the Bible Say “Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child”? "Spare the rod, spoil the child" is not in the Bible. It…
- May 6, 2026What “Suffer the Little Children” Means Suffer there means allow. And the verse everyone remembers as the gentle…
- Apr 29, 2026What Is “Where Two or Three Are Gathered” Actually About? The quotation is exact. What moved is the setting: Matthew 18:20 sits…
- Apr 22, 2026Is “The Lord Works in Mysterious Ways” in the Bible? No. It is the first line of a 1773 hymn, and the…
- Apr 15, 2026Is “Cleanliness Is Next to Godliness” in the Bible? No. It reaches us through a Wesley sermon, and he was quoting…
- Apr 8, 2026Is “This Too Shall Pass” in the Bible? No. It comes from a Persian fable built to cut both ways,…
- Apr 1, 2026Did Jesus Spend Three Full Days in the Tomb? Friday afternoon to Sunday morning is not seventy-two hours, and the objection…
- Mar 25, 2026What “By His Stripes We Are Healed” Meant to Isaiah The Hebrew in verse four is medical, and Matthew read it that…
- Mar 18, 2026Was Mary Magdalene a Prostitute? No text says so. Luke gives her one line of backstory and…
- Mar 11, 2026Who Was Told to “Be Still and Know That I Am God”? Psalm 46:10 comes one line after God breaks the bow and burns…
- Mar 4, 2026Is “Everything Happens for a Reason” in the Bible? No. Jesus met that question twice, about a massacre and about a…
- Feb 25, 2026Does God Give You More Than You Can Handle? No. The saying is 1 Corinthians 10:13 with the subject changed. That…
- Feb 18, 2026Is “Moderation in All Things” in the Bible? No. The saying attaches to one word in the King James at…
- Feb 11, 2026What “Love Is Patient” Was Written To 1 Corinthians 13 is read at weddings. It was written to a…
- Feb 4, 2026Does “Judge Not” Mean Never Judge Anyone? "Judge not" is Matthew 7:1, and the paragraph runs four more verses.…
- Jan 28, 2026What Does Philippians 4:13 Actually Mean? Philippians 4:13 means Paul could be held through plenty and through hunger,…
- Jan 21, 2026Does the Bible Say “God Helps Those Who Help Themselves”? "God helps those who help themselves" is not in the Bible. Euripides…
- Jan 14, 2026What Was Jeremiah 29:11 Actually Written For? Jeremiah 29:11 is a line from a letter to prisoners of war,…
- Jan 7, 2026Does the Bible Say Money Is the Root of All Evil? "Money is the root of all evil" is not in the Bible.…