The Standard Full Color Bible can be used in many ways to enhance understanding of God’s Word. Use the ideas below to get started or discover your own ways to use the color-coding feature to get more out of your Bible study.

What an easy way to locate the topics you want to study. If you are seeking God’s direction in raising your children, dig in to the YELLOW verses about FAMILY. Want to become more involved in OUTREACH? The color is PINK. If you’re facing a personal challenge, turn to the ORANGE passages and let them recharge your FAITH. Feeling spiritually oppressed? The BROWN passages expose the darkness of EVIL to the light.

Perhaps you enjoy reading the Bible more traditionally—verse by verse and chapter by chapter. As you become familiar with the spectrum of colors and their topics, you will enjoy an added (and effortless) dimension of understanding—the colors will have signaled the overall theme of a given passage even before you read it. Use the One-Year Daily Bible Reading Calendar included in the back of the Bible to guide you through reading the entire Bible in a year—once through the Old Testament and twice through the New Testament.

The synopsis pages at the beginning of each book give the key words/themes for that particular book of the Bible. For example, the book of Isaiah focuses on SALVATION and the EVIL that God’s people had adopted from surrounding nations. By using the BLUE color for the SALVATION theme, you can flip through and see quickly what Isaiah had to say about it. And by using the BROWN theme for EVIL, do the same.

Use the 12 categories as a structure for personal prayer. Thank God for his example of LOVE by praying through the GREEN coded verses. Pray through the YELLOW verses and ask God for wisdom in leading your family.

Perhaps you prefer to meditate on individual verses or passages rather then reading large chunks of Scripture at a given time. Skim the colors systematically and pull devotional thoughts to enhance journaling. You can also use the list of 365 Popular Bible Quotations for Memorization and Meditation found in the back of the Bible to provide a verse for reflection and memorization every day of the year.

Beforehand, the leader goes through the Bible to see where colors are most prominent in particular books of the Bible and then chooses these books to go with that month’s theme. Members could be assigned prior to their discussion time to delve, for example, into the topic of FAMILY in the book of Proverbs. All you have to do is look for the YELLOW!

Use the 12 themes to plan a sermon series for each month of the year. Choose passages from various books of the Bible to give a comprehensive overview of individual topics. Start out the year learning about GOD by looking at the PURPLE color-coded verses. The BOLD LINE® feature will also help you quickly distinguish all spoken words of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. End the sermon series by looking at God’s promises in the GOLD colored passages of PROPHECY.