Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
~Job 38:28
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Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
~Job 38:28
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!
My favourite verse in the bible should be in Nehemiah8:10 The joy of the lord is my strenghtQuote:
Originally Posted by Admin
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
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! :)
Coem on now you can't forget everyones favorite as a child that summarizes much of the CHristian fatih. John 316
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".
That verse is so comforting!
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:
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
I couldn't agree more. KJV is the Bible!Quote:
Originally Posted by Volumnia
Stefan