Tips On Marking Scriptures

[GayLDS]

I've never really marked them before, on occasion I color a verse that meant something to me. I want to know how you mark your scriptures.
Thanks

[a-train]

I color code my whole set like this:

The Father: I don't touch. (There is not much of this)
The Saviour: Red
The Holy Ghost: Yellow (There's more than you would think)
Angels: Blue
Women: Pink
Men: Brown
Narrarator: Green
Satan: Grey

I only color first position. So if a verse said: 'And Moses said: Verily the LORD has said, Ye must repent.'

It would look like this: 'And Moses said: Verily the LORD has said, Ye must repent.'

It's great when you flip to a verse and can easily isolate the full quote and the context. The idea is just a Red-Letter-Edition to the extreme.

-a-train

[GayLDS]

I color code my whole set like this:

The Father: I don't touch. (There is not much of this)
The Saviour: Red
The Holy Ghost: Yellow (There's more than you would think)
Angels: Blue
Women: Pink
Men: Brown
Narrarator: Green
Satan: Grey

I only color first position. So if a verse said: 'And Moses said: Verily the LORD has said, Ye must repent.'

It would look like this: 'And Moses said: Verily the LORD has said, Ye must repent.'

It's great when you flip to a verse and can easily isolate the full quote and the context. The idea is just a Red-Letter-Edition to the extreme.

-a-train
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I guess the same could be done with subjects instead... Faith, Repentance, etc ...

[Jbs2763]

i picked up a lil book called "color coding your scriptures" from deseret book, i dont remember who wrote it, dont have it with me tonight......

www.deseretbook.com


its there somewhere

[lds_mormon]

I simply write down any meaningful passage in a notebook or journal. I've got this sort of deep respect for books, and I don't like to write on them and even if I did, I wouldn't do it with the scriptures. I just feel like I'm committing some act of vandalism on God's Word if I do.

I'm not saying anyone's wrong for doing it, I just can't bring myself to do so.

[Abraham]

Hi,

I have often why one would want to 'color' in an entire verse. Once one becomes truly devoted to them they will be marking 90% of them, and then it defeats the purpose - one might as well leave them 'white/black'.

For what it's worth I mark the key words, and small phrases with a wax pencil, as highlighters bleed through and are a pain.

Now this will get you. I recite 40 - 60 scriptures each night and that cures any insomnia (LOL). After 2 or 3 thousand time of reciting, let's say the Psalm of Nephi you get the begin to relate to Nephi, and the prophets better. It is truly rewarding.

I have a talk named "Feasting on the Word" that some may be interested in.

In conclusion, "Do you know what the most important scripture to learn/memorize is?" It is the NEXT one. This way you can, NOT impress your friends but allow the Spirit to guide you, in blessings, talks, prayers, and for personal revelations.

I do not color code the scripures as so many overlap. Also, during GC Ii try to find the scripture references the Authorities quote before they tell us. That is fun.

Just some thoughts.

GW

[kckern]

I do not find topical marking effective at all.

I mark mine according to what a term "shock value"

I have yellow, green, orange, and red. Based on the significance, relevance, or impact words have on me (ie "shock value") I color it based on the scale.

I also use blue as a wildcard, to highlight things that may not be particularly important, but that for some reason I want to stand out.

[jrf]

Originally Posted by GayLDS

I guess the same could be done with subjects instead... Faith, Repentance, etc ...

I really like your idea of marking by subjects. . . I just got a set of scriptures for Christmas, and until now I've had a very difficult time deciding what method to annotate them. What I have previously been doing is only using two different colors - one to highlight important details & summarize message/ storyline, and the other to make note of passages I found particularly enlightening or special. And of course, a different colored ballpoint pen to make random notes to myself in the margins.

Personally, I don't think doing it by speaker (Holy Ghost, Savior, etc.) would be helpful to me. I'd become too preoccupied with the nitty-gritty details instead of the intended message. But that's just my opinion.

[tehanismom]

i've always wanted to be able to find things in the scriptures easily. i find it easy to find things in my husbands missionary scriptures because it's marked. i could never mark my own though. i have a hard time doing so...but i need to in order to effectively use my scriptures. so i decided to do so, and buy myself another set and leave that one clean. lol. call me crazy...but that's just me! lol
just thought i'd leave my 2 cents.

[NateHowe]

I have marked scriptures in many ways, using different systems. Currently, I underline significant words and phrases with a ball-point pen and write notes about them in the margins. Colors don't particularly matter, but I use two different colors if I'm trying to sort out two different subjects within a chapter.