Old Testament Seminary Student Manual (2026)

Contents
Introduction
Old Testament Lessons
- Welcome to the Old Testament
- Moses 1; Abraham 3
- Genesis 1–2; Moses 2–3; Abraham 4–5
- Genesis 3–4; Moses 4–5
- Genesis 5; Moses 6
- Moses 7
- Genesis 6–11; Moses 8
- Genesis 12–17; Abraham 1–2
- Genesis 18–23
- Genesis 24–33
- Genesis 37–41
- Genesis 42–50
- Exodus 1–6
- Easter
- Exodus 7–13
- Exodus 14–18
- Exodus 19–20; 24; 31–34
- Exodus 35–40; Leviticus 1; 4; 16; 19
- Numbers 11–14; 20–24; 27
- Deuteronomy 6–8; 15; 18; 29–30; 34
- Joshua 1–8; 23–24
- Judges 2–4; 6–8
- Ruth 1–4; 1 Samuel 1–7
- 1 Samuel 8–16
- 1 Samuel 17–26; 2 Samuel 5–7
- 2 Samuel 11–12; 1 Kings 3; 6–9; 11
- 1 Kings 12–22
- 2 Kings 2–7
- 2 Kings 16–25
- 2 Chronicles 14–20; 26; 30
- Ezra 1; 3–7; Nehemiah 2; 4–6; 8
- Esther
- Job 1–3; 12–14; 19; 21–24; 38–40; 42
- Psalms 1–2; 8; 19–33; 40; 46
- Psalms 49–51; 61–66; 69–72; 77–78; 85–86
- Psalms 102–3; 110; 116–19; 127–28; 135–39; 146–50
- Proverbs 1–4; 15–16; 22; 31; Ecclesiastes 1–3; 11–12
- Isaiah 1–12
- Isaiah 13–14; 22; 24–30; 35
- Isaiah 40–49
- Isaiah 50–57
- Isaiah 58–66
- Jeremiah 1–3; 7; 16–18; 20
- Jeremiah 31–33; 36–38; Lamentations 1; 3
- Ezekiel 1–3; 33–34; 36–37; 47
- Daniel 1–7
- Hosea 1–6; 10–14; Joel
- Amos; Obadiah; Jonah
- Micah; Nahum; Habakkuk; Zephaniah
- Haggai 1–2; Zechariah 1–4; 7–14
- Malachi
- Doctrinal Mastery: Finding Answers to My Questions
- Scripture Study Skills
- For the Strength of Youth: Making Choices
- Building Self-Reliance
- Physical and Emotional Health
- Future Education and Employment
- Succeed in School
- Missionary Preparation
- Temple Preparation
- Teachings of Church Leaders

Lesson 106: Doctrinal Mastery Practice 7—Memorizing Key Phrases and Applying Principles of Acquiring Spiritual Knowledge

Psalms 49–51; 61–66; 69–72; 77–78; 85–86: Lesson 106

Doctrinal Mastery Practice 7

Memorizing Key Phrases and Applying Principles of Acquiring Spiritual Knowledge

Visit “Studying the Scriptures” to help prepare yourself spiritually to learn.

Doctrinal mastery can help you build the foundation of your life on Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and Their gospel. This lesson can help you memorize the key scripture phrases in doctrinal mastery passages. It can also help you apply the divine principles of acquiring spiritual knowledge.

Memorize

a young woman sitting by a window and looking outside

Review all the Old Testament doctrinal mastery passages below. Make sure they are tagged in your scriptures. Note: You will cover all these passages throughout the course.

Doctrinal mastery scripture reference	Key scripture phrase
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Moses 1:39	Key scripture phrase “This is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.”
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Moses 7:18	Key scripture phrase “The Lord called his people Zion, because they were of one heart and one mind.”
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Abraham 2:9–11	Key scripture phrase The Lord promised Abraham that his seed would “bear this ministry and Priesthood unto all nations.”
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Abraham 3:22–23	Key scripture phrase As spirits we “were organized before the world was.”
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Genesis 1:26–27	Key scripture phrase “God created man in his own image.”
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Genesis 2:24	Key scripture phrase “A man … shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one.”
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Genesis 39:9	Key scripture phrase “How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Exodus 20:3–17	Key scripture phrase The Ten Commandments
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Joshua 24:15	Key scripture phrase “Choose you this day whom ye will serve.”
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Psalm 24:3–4	Key scripture phrase “Who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart.”
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Proverbs 3:5–6	Key scripture phrase “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart … and he shall direct thy paths.”
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Isaiah 1:18	Key scripture phrase “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.”
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Isaiah 5:20	Key scripture phrase “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil.”
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Isaiah 29:13–14	Key scripture phrase The restoration of the gospel is “a marvellous work and a wonder.”
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Isaiah 53:3–5	Key scripture phrase “Surely [Jesus Christ] hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows.”
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Isaiah 58:6–7	Key scripture phrase The blessings of a proper fast
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Isaiah 58:13–14	Key scripture phrase “Turn away … from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight.”
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Jeremiah 1:4–5	Key scripture phrase “Before I formed thee in the belly … I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.”
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Ezekiel 3:16–17	Key scripture phrase The prophet is “a watchman unto the house of Israel.”
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Ezekiel 37:15–17	Key scripture phrase The Bible and the Book of Mormon “shall become one in thine hand.”
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Daniel 2:44–45	Key scripture phrase God shall “set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed.”
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Amos 3:7	Key scripture phrase “The Lord God … revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.”
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Malachi 3:8–10	Key scripture phrase The blessings of paying tithing
Doctrinal mastery scripture reference Malachi 4:5–6	Key scripture phrase Elijah “shall turn … the heart of the children to their fathers.”

Draw or find images that represent at least five of the key scripture phrases above. Record them in your notebook.

Learn and Apply

Read the following scenario:

After a recent Sunday School lesson about the importance of going to the temple, Paul realizes he hasn’t been to the temple for a long time. Because of some mistakes he has made, he doesn’t feel worthy to enter the Lord’s house. Paul thinks to himself, “God wouldn’t want me in His temple because of what I have done.”

Now, ponder the following question:

How do you think the principles of acquiring spiritual knowledge could help someone who feels the way Paul does?

One way we can examine questions from an eternal perspective is to reframe questions (or see them differently) based on what the Lord has taught. Review paragraphs 8–9 of the Doctrinal Mastery Core Document (2023). If available, you could watch “Examining Questions with an Eternal Perspective” (2:56).

2:56

illustration of a frame labeled “Limited perspective”

In your notebook, on a piece of paper, or on a drawing app on your device, draw an image of a frame like the one above. Write Paul’s concern in the middle of the frame. List your answers to the following questions around the frame:

What assumption might Paul be making about Heavenly Father, His plan, and how He treats His children?
What assumptions might Paul be making about himself?
How could these assumptions impact Paul’s relationship with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ?

illustration of a frame labeled “Eternal perspective”

Draw a new frame in your notebook like the one above. Respond to the following questions around the frame:

What truths about Heavenly Father’s plan or from the Savior’s teachings could help Paul reframe his concern or see it from God’s perspective?
What doctrinal mastery scripture passages might you share with Paul? Why?

Using what you have learned and felt today, write a response to Paul that would help him view his question through the eternal perspective of Heavenly Father’s plan and the teachings of Jesus Christ.

Share Your Thoughts

Lesson Purpose: To help you memorize the key scripture phrases in doctrinal mastery passages. Also, to help you apply the divine principles of acquiring spiritual knowledge.

Share one or more of the following with your teacher or class:

The five drawings of the key scripture phrases.
Your response to Paul.
Something specific you did to achieve the purpose of this lesson.
Any questions this lesson raised for you. How will you try to find answers to your questions?