What is everybody's favourite verse?

[Admin]

I forgot where this is... good thing I can search the bible hehe...

Corinthians I

13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

I also like that story about the three sons trying to fill a room. The winner lit a candle and filled it with light.

[gmhill]

1) I think the bible is a very interesting book, and best seller at that too >:-) I was wondering what everyone's favourite verse is and what everyone's favourite person from the bible.
2) The Ten Commandments are also interesting, what is everyone's favourite?

[wmchichiri]

I always liked,

"If you had faith as much as a msutard seed you could turn to the mountain and say move, and it will."

I know it's in the New Testament just can't recall where.

I also like

"I can do all things who Christ who strengthens me." Phil 4:13

"Ask and it shall be given you, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened onto you." Matthew 7:7

"And you will know the truth and the truth shall set you free." John 8:32

[Alexis]

"I am the Way and the Truth and Life." Definitely up there! As is:
"Bell the Lord, o my soul; all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, o my soul, and do not forget all his benefits" [ok so that's two verses].

[JBanks]

the quote is from 2Chronicles 7:14

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

This is what I read following 9/11.

[SirStefan32]

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight.

Proverbs 3-5-6

Psalm 139 is really great too.

[firebreather]

my fave verse?
For I am convinced that neither
death nor life, neither angels or demons,
neither things present or the future,
nor any powers, neither height or depth,
nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God, that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38,39)

awesome, isn't it?

[Athena]

The entire Song of Solomon.

-uplifting.

[3saintjoan7]

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
~ 1 John 4:7 (KJV)

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And He that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.

~ Revelation 21:4-5 (KJV)

[3saintjoan7]

P.S. Chris,

I give up! Where in the Bible is the story of the three sons trying to fill a room with light, and the winner lighting a candle?! (from your January post)-

[3saintjoan7]

Oops! Forgot:

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts
unto wisdom.

~ Psalm 90:12 (KJV)

[Admin]

P.S. Chris,

I give up! Where in the Bible is the story of the three sons trying to fill a room with light, and the winner lighting a candle?! (from your January post)-

Maybe its not in the bible - but I remember it either from mass or from sundary school or something.

[Admin]

I found a reference to it about halfway down the page here:

http://www.felixlorenz.com/sermon5h.html

[3saintjoan7]

See what I get for not attending Mass more often?!- like the link very much- thankyou.

[sam]

vanity of vanities all is vanity.

[3saintjoan7]

Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
~Job 38:28

[Volumnia]

The story of the 4 sons is not in the Bible, but it seems to have some echoes of the Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25.

I think my favorite passage is the Parable of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15. As many hundred zillion times I've read it or studied it, every single time I see something new in it. It would make a good forum topic, if anyone is game.

Aside from that, there are several off-the-wall verses I like. Not terribly inspiring, but intriguing.

"Jesus wept" in Luke 9 when he was asked to bring Lazarus back from the dead. Why?

Somewhere in the histories we have: "Every three years came the ships of Tarshish, bearing ivory, apes, and peacocks." What a cargo! How far into Africa did they go? There was no Suez canal then, so how did they get there? Or did they somehow get to India?

And all of Proverbs 30 and 31, but especially "The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give" and "the ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer" and "there be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid."

And I love the description in Job (39:19-25) of the warhorse, which Joan Plowright recites so beautifully in the film of Peter Shaffer's "Equus:"


19 Hast thou given the horse strength?
Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?


20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper?
The glory of his nostrils is terrible.


21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength:
he goeth on to meet the armed men.


22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted;
neither turneth he back from the sword.


23 The quiver rattleth against him,
the glittering spear and the shield.


24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage:
neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.


25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha!
And he smelleth the battle afar off,
the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.


This is lifted bodily from bartleby.com, which has the most nicely formatted King James Bible on the web.

And speaking of Job, have you ever wanted to say to some know-it-all: "No doubt you are the people, and wisdom must die with you." Or perhaps "I am a worm and no man" or "Miserable comforters are ye all"?

But you are probably about to say to me "O that ye would altogether hold your peace!" (Job 13:5) So I will!

[Adebola]

I found a reference to it about halfway down the page here:

http://www.felixlorenz.com/sermon5h.html

My favourite verse in the bible should be in Nehemiah8:10 The joy of the lord is my strenght

Also Luke9 Jesus wept.

I also love this part of the bible The Ten Virgins, also the good samaritan.

Also the whole of this chapter Matthew 7 and especially where it was showed all what will happen during the end times

[icenspize]

My favourite text in the Bible changes according to my mood:
When I'm happy - I read the psalms of praise.
When I'm sad - the psalms suit my mood too.
My all-time fav book is James.
But in the new year 2003, a friend from church gave me this passage from Isaiah and I've come to fully appreciate the promise held within:
This is what the Lord says, "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the
past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland." Isaiah 43:16,18-19
Praise Him for the many facets of His word! :)

[apstudent]

Coem on now you can't forget everyones favorite as a child that summarizes much of the CHristian fatih. John 316

[gentleRebel]

My favorite verse would have to be, "I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord..." I forget exactly how the rest of the verse goes, something along the lines of "plans to help and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope".

[Sam Gamgee]

That verse is so comforting!

[csifreak]

let's see... my favorite verse?

It is harder for a rich men to enter the kingdom of God than for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle. its mark 10 something...I can't remember now :rolleyes:

[Volumnia]

csifreak - the verse is found in three places in the Gospels: Matt. 19:24, Mark 10:25, and Luke 18:25. It's in the story of the rich young man who wanted to follow Jesus but couldn't meet Jesus' condition, namely to sell all he had and give to the poor. All! That was too much for the young man and probably for most of us.

[Volumnia]

gentleRebel,

Are you possibly thinking of Jeremiah 29:11, which in the KJV goes "I know the thoughts that I think toward you, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you an expected end."

With all due respect to many other wonderful translations and in full knowledge of its shortcomings, to me the KJV simply is the Bible. The difference is really apparent to me in this verse. Where other translations speak of plans and hopes, the KJV gets to the bottom of things: God's thoughts about us and ours about him. It's a wonderful promise, and I for one rest easier knowing that the all-knowing Almighty is thinking "thoughts of peace" about His beloved children everywhere, of all faiths.

[Shea]

My favorite passage is in Revelation 3 verses 15 to the end of the chapter.
Some key verses here:

Rev 3:15 & 16
I know your deeds that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm-- neither hot nor cold-- I am about to spit you out of my mouth.

Rev 3:19 & 20
Those whom I love I rebuke and dicipline. So be earnest and repent. Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.

I hear all about God's love for me and am well aware of it. I need to constantly remind myself to be diligent in my love for Him and to live my life according to what best pleases Him and to find out what that is by studying the Word that he gave me.

My favorite character of the Bible is Job. His strength and trust in God is amazing! I pray that I can have the same strength at all times.

As far as the 10 commandments goes, If one reads Romans Chapter 7, one will find that we are not bound to them because of Christ dying for us. However, if one lives by New Testament scripture, one finds that they are observing the 10 commandments anyway.

I would have to say that my favorite one would be the second one:

Exodus 20: 4-6
You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers and to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing love to a thousand {generations} of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

I thought that I knew the 10 commandments growing up, but I was raised Catholic and never knew this one until recently. I'm not trying to bash on Catholics, I suppose I was just mislead. Consequently, the people who taught me this "minus the real second" version split the last Commandment in two to make 10.

Exodus 20:17
You shall not covet your neighbors house. You shall not covet your neighbors wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

[3saintjoan7]

Volumnia,

Ditto on the King James; check out the superlative narration by Alexander Scourby of the King James version on CD, both Old and New Testaments. Truly inspiring, at times both tender and stirring- he said he loved the King James best for the "sheer beauty of the English language"- I am usually mesmerized with it for hours, especially the Psalms-

Your name taken from Coriolanus?- gonna get round to that one eventually-

The Latin translation?-

Regards!

3saintjoan7

[bladeboy]

My favorite Bible text (also my grad text) is Psalm 23:4
"Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me."

For those of you who are actually reading this, a good Bible concordance website is www.biblegateway.com

[bladeboy]

My favorite Bible text (also my grad text) is Psalm 23:4
"Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me."

For those of you who are actually reading this, a good Bible concordance website is www.biblegateway.com

[SirStefan32]

gentleRebel,



With all due respect to many other wonderful translations and in full knowledge of its shortcomings, to me the KJV simply is the Bible. The difference is really apparent to me in this verse. Where other translations speak of plans and hopes, the KJV gets to the bottom of things: God's thoughts about us and ours about him. It's a wonderful promise, and I for one rest easier knowing that the all-knowing Almighty is thinking "thoughts of peace" about His beloved children everywhere, of all faiths.

I couldn't agree more. KJV is the Bible!

Stefan

[Sam Gamgee]

I do love the beauty of KJV, but I think the American Standard (the old one) is the best translation

[Shea]

I do love the beauty of KJV, but I think the American Standard (the old one) is the best translation

I love reading Psalms in the KJV!

[Ickmeister]

I need to read the Bible more I don't know half of those out there!

[Chardata]

well, get started! 8)

[tjg1098]

Love is long-suffering and kind. Love is not jealous, it does not brag, does not get puffed up, does not behave indecently, does not look for its own interests, does not become provoked. It does not rejoice over unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. Now, however, there remain faith, hope, and love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8, 13:13

[lapiz lazuli]

:o For me, the verse that always puts me on the right track is Philippians 4:8 "....whatever is true,whatever is noble,whatever is right, whatever is pure,whatever is lovely,whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things."

And of course, John 3:16 and Psalm 23 .

[Eloise]

Verse: 'Now we see as in a glass, darkly, then we shall see face to face' (from 1 Corinthians 13). And the 'he has set eternity in the hearts of men' in Ecclesiastes.

Person: Ruth (at the moment anyway).

Commandment: No. 1.

[Bible_Thumper_Thumper]

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[starstruck786]

"I am with you always, until the end of time."

I think it's from Luke

[gatsbysghost]

Faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the eveidence of things not seen. I think it's from Hebrews.

[Shea]

"I am with you always, until the end of time."

I think it's from Luke

Actually it's from Matthew 28 at the end of verse 20 after Jesus states the Great Commission.

19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."



Faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the eveidence of things not seen. I think it's from Hebrews.

This is the first verse of Hebrews 11 which is usually known as the faith chapter it's one of my favorite passages.

[starstruck786]

I have to lead the prayer in my scipture class next week and i was wondering if anyone had a suggestion for a reading out of the gospel and/or a reflection that i could use. Any suggestions would be a great help! Thank you!