Key Word Symbol – “prophet” and “false prophet”

Here’s how I mark prophet and false prophet when doing inductive Bible study. I use a green pen to draw a little megaphone shape. I color prophet with a yellow pencil and false prophet with a brown pencil.

Read this to see a handy way to keep track of your key word marking symbols right in your Bible. Visit our Key Word Symbols page to view and print 6 pages of suggested symbols. You can laminate and 3-hole punch them to keep them in a notebook or just put them in protective sleeves.

Don’t forget that the purpose of marking the text is to make you slow down as you read and to help you draw out the main idea of what you are reading. Too often we zip through a passage without really comprehending what it is saying. Get some colored pencils -or, better yet, these awesome pens from JetPens – and slow down as you read God’s Word. As you see repeated words or phrases, mark them in a distinctive way. And you will be on your way to studying the Bible inductively.