| Title | The Bible |
| Author | God, Various |
| Series | NA |
| Ranking | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Genre | History, Philosophy, Poetry |
| Links | Goodreads Blue Letter Bible |
The Christian Bible, a foundational text of the Christian faith, is a compilation of scriptures consisting of the Old and New Testaments. It is a diverse collection of literature, including history, poetry, prophecy, letters, and gospels that narrate the story of God’s relationship with humanity. The Old Testament, also known as the Hebrew Bible, contains 39 books and recounts the creation of the world, the early civilizations, and the establishment and journey of the Jewish people through various covenants with God. It culminates with the prophecy and life of the coming Savior.
Favorite Book of History: Judges
Favorite Book of Poetry: Proverbs
Favorite Book of Prophecy: Revelation
Favorite Gospel: Luke
Favorite Epistle: 2 Corinthians
Favorite Apocrypha: The Book of EnochFavorite Chapter: Proverbs 18
Favorite Verse:
He who made the Plei’ades and Orion, and turns deep darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the surface of the earth, the LORD is his name, Amos 5:8 (RSV)
Best Translations
- 👑 WEB
- 👑 RSV
- 👑 ESV
- CSB
- HCSB
- KJV
- NASB
- NET
- NIV
- NKJV
- NLT
- NRSV
- TLB
- TRB
- YLT
Translations to Avoid
- Confraternity
- Douay-Rheims
- Joseph Smith’s NT
- Lexham English
- NAB
- NASB
- NET Septuigant
- The Message
- The Passion
Favorite Stories
- Joseph King of Dreams Genesis 37-50
- Balaam’s Donkey Numbers 22:21- 35 (NIV)
- The Conquest of Jericho Joshua 6
- Ehud, the Left-handed Assassin Judges 3:12-30
- Trial by Fire at Mt. Carmel 1 Kings 18:20-46
- The Chariot of Fire 2 Kings 2:1-14
- The Story of Queen Esther Esther
- The Tribulations of Job Job
- Hope Despite Affliction Lamentations 3
- The Valley of Dry Bones Ezekiel 37:1-14
- Kingdoms Prophesied Daniel 2
- The Fiery Furnace Daniel 3
- The Trials of Jonah Jonah
- The Golden Rule Matthew 7:7-14
- The Two Foundations Matthew 7:24-29
- The Temptation of Jesus Luke 4:1-13
- The Parable of the Sower Luke 8:4-15
- The Prodigal Son Luke 15:11-32
- The Rich Young Ruler Luke 18:18-23
- The Crucifixion and Resurrection Luke 22-24
- The Armor of God Ephesians 6:10-17
- The Two Witnesses Revelation 11
- The New Heaven and Earth Revelation 21-22
Favorite Verses
Old Testament
| Genesis 16:13 | So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, “Thou art a God of seeing”; for she said, “Have I really seen God and remained alive after seeing him?” (RSV) |
| Deuteronomy 6:5 | And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. (KJV) |
| Deuteronomy 30:4 | If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee: (KJV) |
| Job 26:14 | Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways; and how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand? (RSV) |
| Ecclesiastes 1:18 | For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow. (RSV) |
| Ecclesiastes 3:11 | He has made everything beautiful in its time; also he has put eternity into man’s mind, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. (RSV) |
| Jeremiah 12:33a | But thou, O LORD, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest my mind toward thee. (RSV) |
| Jeremiah 29:11-14a | For I know the plans I have for you, says the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me; when you seek me with all your heart, I will be found by you, says the LORD (RSV) |
| Lamentations 3:22-23 | The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness. (RSV) |
| Lamentations 3:38 | Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that good and evil come? (RSV) |
| Daniel 9:18b | for we do not present our supplications before thee on the ground of our righteousness, but on the ground of thy great mercy. (RSV) |
| Amos 5:8 | He who made the Plei’ades and Orion, and turns deep darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the surface of the earth, the LORD is his name, (RSV) |
| Micah 6:8 | He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (RSV) |
| Micah 7:8 | Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me. (RSV) |
| Nahum 1:7 | The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him. (RSV) |
Psalms & Proverbs
| Psalm 18:2 | The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. (RSV) |
| Psalm 19:1b | The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. (RSV) |
| Psalm 34:18 | The LORD is near to the brokenhearted, and saves the crushed in spirit. (RSV) |
| Psalm 46 | To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble…(continued) (RSV) |
| Psalm 90:9 | For all our days pass away under thy wrath, our years come to an end like a sigh. (RSV) |
| Psalm 126:5 | May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy! (RSV) |
| Proverbs 3:3 | Let not loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them about your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. (RSV) |
| Proverbs 16:4 | The LORD has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble. (RSV) |
| Proverbs 16:9 | A man’s mind plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps. (RSV) |
| Proverbs 18:2 | A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion. (RSV) |
| Proverbs 18:10 | The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe. (RSV) |
| Proverbs 18:15 | An intelligent mind acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge. (RSV) |
| Proverbs 22:13 | The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!” (RSV) |
| Proverbs 23:9 | Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words. (RSV) |
| Proverbs 23:17 | Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day. (RSV) |
| Proverbs 26:4-5 | Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. (RSV) |
| Proverbs 26:14 | As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed. (RSV) |
| Proverbs 26:20 | For lack of wood the fire goes out; and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases. (RSV) |
| Proverbs 26:27 | He who digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back upon him who starts it rolling. (RSV) |
| Proverbs 27:2 | Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips. (RSV) |
| Proverbs 30:4 | Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name? Surely you know! (RSV) |
| Proverbs 30:5 | Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. (RSV) |
New Testament
| Matthew 5:45b | for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. (RSV) |
| Matthew 5:47 | And if you salute only your brethren, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? (RSV) |
| Matthew 6:8 | Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. (RSV) |
| Matthew 6:21 | For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. (RSV) |
| Matthew 6:34 | Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day’s own trouble be sufficient for the day. (RSV) |
| Matthew 19:29 | And every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life. (RSV) |
| Matthew 23:27 | Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. (RSV) |
| Luke 1:37 | For with God nothing will be impossible. (RSV) |
| Luke 18:27b | What is impossible with men is possible with God. (RSV) |
| John 14:6 | Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me. (RSV) |
| Romans 5:3-5 | More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us. (RSV) |
| Romans 8:31 | What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who is against us? (RSV) |
| Romans 12:21 | Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. (RSV) |
| 2 Corinthians 2:17 | For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God’s word; but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ. (RSV) |
| 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 | We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; (RSV) |
| 2 Corinthians 10:4 | for the weapons of our warfare are not worldly but have divine power to destroy strongholds. (RSV) |
| Philippians 3:14 | I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. (RSV) |
| Colossians 4:2 | Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving; (RSV) |
| 2 Thessalonians 12:3 | Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed on and triumph, as it did among you, (RSV) |
| Hebrews 13:8 | Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever. (RSV) |
| James 1:5 | If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all men generously and without reproaching, and it will be given him. (RSV) |
| James 1:17 | Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. (RSV) |
| James 3:17 | But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without uncertainty or insincerity. (RSV) |
| James 4:10-11 | Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you. Do not speak evil against one another, brethren. He that speaks evil against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. (RSV) |
| James 4:17 | Whoever knows what is right to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin. (RSV) |
| 1 John 2:1 | My little children, I am writing this to you so that you may not sin; but if any one does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; (RSV) |
| 1 John 4:11 | Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. (RSV) |
| 1 John 4:19 | We love, because he first loved us. (RSV) |
| 1 John 5:12 | He who has the Son has life; he who has not the Son of God has not life. (RSV) |
| Jude 1:10 | But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed. (RSV) |
| Revelation 21:3-4 | and I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling of God is with men. He will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself will be with them; he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain any more, for the former things have passed away.” (RSV) |
Funny / Interesting / Out of Context
| Verse | Content |
|---|---|
| Genesis 41:19b | I had never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt! (Other) |
| Proverbs 22:13 | The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!” (RSV) |
| Proverbs 26:14 | As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed. (RSV) |
| Proverbs 30:2 | Surely I am too stupid to be a man. I have not the understanding of a man. (RSV) |
| Ezekiel 3:3a | And he said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll that I give you and fill your stomach with it.” (RSV) |
| Ezekiel 4:9 | And you, take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt, and put them into a single vessel, and make bread of them. During the number of days that you lie upon your side, three hundred and ninety days, you shall eat it. (RSV) |
| Nahum 2:8 | Nin’eveh is like a pool whose waters run away. “Halt! Halt!” they cry; but none turns back. (RSV) |
| 2 Corinthians 10:9 | I would not seem to be frightening you with letters. (RSV) |
| Galatians 6:11 | See with how large letters I write unto you with mine own hand. (RSV) |
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