Favourite Bible Verses

[Anonymous No.16801575]

I saw a thread earlier today about famous quotes and thought that it might be worthwhile to share with each other our favourite bible verses.
>Inb4 ezekiel 23:20
Doesn't matter if you want to troll since that is the spirit of this site but I've realised that when I ask atheists what their favourite verses are they always impressed me more than the verses Christians would give. As opposed to the Christian who would give the most cliche response like John 3:16 atheists would give a more obscure quote from lets say Job or, Proverbs or Ecclesiastes so I'm excited about what your favourite verses are.
For me it's:
>I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 2:20

Why is this verse important to me? Well, I'm in college right now starting and the grand old age of 22. I've felt lost my entire life and mainly came to college to get rid of that lost feeling where you think that your life is on track. Although I came in a Christian I wasn't super deep into it since I was expecting to get some secs maybe and have fun but boy has that not happened. I'm depressed because my entire flat does not like me and I spend 90% of my time in my room and only leave to cook or get some water. And when I enter the kitchen my flatmates always go quiet and for some reason and some even leave the room making me feel even more uncomfortable. I cried (Imagine crying at 22 because you have no friends) and thought about being done with all this uni and christian stuff. What has Christ done for me but then I was reminded of Hebrews 4:15 and know that Christ has gone through all of this. I've become lonely and this has caused me to seek the only one who I can to fill that void and honestly, being an outcast is one of the best thing that has ever happened to my life since my faith in Christ has been renewed. The reason why the verse is special to me is because I know that I am not alone and have a friend cooler and more popular than all my flatmates who go out and don't invite or tell me. A friend more powerful than all the world leaders and more faithful than a mother. It gives me hope and something greater to look forward to and Christ more than makes up for a lack of a good father figure in my life. Christ is my father figure and role model, my friend and admirer.

Sorry about the blogpost. Just in my feelings right now.

[Anonymous No.16801637]

>>16801575
>In the Bible, God declares: "I am the Alpha and the Omega, and I am the living One." In the timeless realm where God dwells, which is also your home, the beginning and the end, the Alpha and the Omega, are one, and the essence of everything that ever has been and ever will be is eternally present in an unmanifested state of oneness and perfection — totally beyond anything the human mind can ever imagine or comprehend.

[Anonymous No.16801649]

I'm curious if there’s any Bible verse that genuinely made an anon want to cry.

[Anonymous No.16801667]

GET WISE, MY SON, AND MERRY YOUR HEART; SO THAT I WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO ANSWER TO MY ACCUSERS. Somewhere in the Proverbs; translation mine; the hebrew is only nine words.

[Anonymous No.16801695]

>>16801575
my favorite is aharob 9 11:
>and the lord said to moses: "check my digits nigga"

[Anonymous No.16801701]

I was reading John and I really enjoyed the woman at the well when Jesus compliments her for saying she has no husband.

Also when all the Jews leave without casting stones and Jesus says "I too do not judge you" - powerful scenes.

I also like the scattered hints about the coming of the anti-Christ in John, very compelling.

[Anonymous No.16801713]

>>16801649
Yes, ofc there are.

[Anonymous No.16801729]

>>16801667
There are countless others, of course. The last line of the first epistle of John reads: 'KEEP YOURSELVES FROM THE IDOLS, MY LITTLE ONES'. Or 'I AM TO MY BELOVED AND MY BELOVED IS TO ME, WHO GRAZES IN THE FLOWERS' in the Song of songs, or Kings 19:11-13.

[Anonymous No.16801734]

>>16801701
Where is the I too do not judge you passage?

[Anonymous No.16801747]

>Be astonished, and wander, waver, and stagger: be drunk, and not with wine: stagger, and not with drunkenness.

http://www.drbo.org/chapter/27029.htm

[Anonymous No.16801772]

Is there a complete bible version?
That includes all the cut non-canon shit and the jewish parts?

[Anonymous No.16801817]

>>16801734

> So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
> And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
> And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
> When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?
> She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go and sin no more.

- John 8 : 7 - 11

[Anonymous No.16801867]

>>16801772
Better to buy it seperately. Do you know how big a book with all apocryphal writings would be?

[Anonymous No.16801873]

>>16801867
Couple hundred pages?

Is there a definitive list somewhere to make searching easier?

[Anonymous No.16801919]

>>16801575
This is the only verse of the Bible I like:
"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!"

[Anonymous No.16801937]

>>16801817
Thanks.

[Anonymous No.16801949]

>>16801649
I'm not the type, but I've been struck by a number of verses:

Genesis 3:17-19, ending with
>In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall return.
Man's pessimistic outlook being put in this way is a good example of the deeper meaning to the whole bible, allegorical or not.

Deuteronomy 8:3, ending with
>...that man does not live by bread alone, but that man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 15:6, ending with
>...and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; and you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you.
The self-centrism of the Bible is somewhat undone when you only read the NT. Curious.

[Anonymous No.16801963]

>>16801817
I don't get it. If the woman was an adulterer or prostitute, I don't see what's wrong with throwing the stone.

[Anonymous No.16801967]

>>16801873
Well, there are different kinds of apocrypha. In addition to the 66 books of the Protestant canon, Catholics have 7. Orthodox churches add a few more. Ethiopians have a lot more but they are hard to find. Many apocryphal writings were not put in any canon. Those you should seek: if you are Christian, start with 2 Esdras. If you are Agnostic, start with Nag Hammadi.

[Anonymous No.16802167]

>>16801963
Lol, it's about mercy. Do you think prostitutes should be killed? Bear in mind that even Jesus hung around prostitutes:

>While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 16 When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

>While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Mark 2:15-17

[Anonymous No.16802412]

>>16801873
try a few thousands. Not only will you be including the entire bible including the OT and NT but also all the qumran scrolls and NT as well as OT apocrypha which in themselves could fill up a bible. When it comes to the NT apocrypha the really early ones are hard to distinguish from church writings, i,e, writings of descedents of the NT writers such as clement and ignatius,

That's like a few thousands right there bruh.

[Anonymous No.16802832]

>I am poured out like water; and all my bones are scattered. My heart is become like wax melting in the midst of my bowels.
Psalm 21 : 15

[Anonymous No.16803449]

> While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Corinthians 4:18

[Anonymous No.16803575]

[Anonymous No.16803583]

>>16803449
Wow, a guy I know sent me this verse not too long ago. like, a couple hours ago.

[Anonymous No.16804408]

ones that made me cry

>when jesus says "your sins are forgiven you" and this allows the paralysed man to walk again (I felt like my own guilt and anxiety about the future was making me inert and this message of forgiveness allowing the man to move spoke to me

>also matt 11 28-30

[Anonymous No.16804430]

>>16801817
>go and sin no more
retroactively refuted by Augustine

[Anonymous No.16804507]

>>16801575
i like to post matthew 5:27-28 when the coomers start getting uppity lol

[Anonymous No.16804530]

>>16801919
the only?
come on now

[Anonymous No.16804548]

>>16804430
Augustine and Aquinas got their theology wrong like all Catholics do.

[Anonymous No.16806098]

>>16802832
gr0ss

[Anonymous No.16806225]

>>16804430
> Word of Christ refuted by some dude
It's exactly this kind of thinking from Catholicism that turned me off of Christianity as a child throughout my years in their schools, thanks lads.

[Anonymous No.16806228]

Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward
Job 5:7

[Anonymous No.16806472]

>Like the legs of the lame that hang limp is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Proverbs 26:7

[Anonymous No.16806714]

>>16806472
Based verse. I like:
> Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable— if anything is excellent or praiseworthy— think on these things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you
Philippians 4:8-9

[Anonymous No.16807458]

>>16801575
I don't have a favourite verse, but right now I have a few that I think are very worthy to remember.
Genesis 2:15
>And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

Genesis 50:20
>But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.

Psalm 22:19
>All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

[Anonymous No.16807487]

>>16804507
Dude I'm just a sinner

[Anonymous No.16807502]

>noone posted it yet, the big boy of efficient modus operandi
All is vanity. Vanity of vanities.

[Anonymous No.16807533]

>>16807502
Ecclesiastes 1:2, but did you read that and think it was a scriptural truth, or philosophy? Because it's actually a scriptural truth:
Genesis 1:1 - 2
>In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth, and the earth was formless and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep.

Think about it.

[Anonymous No.16807547]

>>16807533
Checked and indubitably another efficient way of looking at the world. Mine I believe however is more apt for the world of spectacle, not the world of creation

[Anonymous No.16807558]

Although it's said in condemnation I like this verse about festivity in the face of destruction

>but instead there was joy and festivity,
>killing oxen and slaughtering sheep,
>eating meat and drinking wine.
>'Let us eat and drink,
>for tomorrow we die.’
Isaiah 22:13

[Anonymous No.16807563]

>>16807558
Based

[Anonymous No.16807627]

>>16807502
garbage translation

[Anonymous No.16807679]

>>16807627
Post the real one

[Anonymous No.16807693]

>>16807679
>The words of Qohelet son of David, king in Jerusalem.

>Merest breath, said Qohelet, merest breath. All is mere breath.

>What gain is there for man in all his toil that he toils under the sun.

>A generation goes and a generation comes, but the earth endures forever.

>The sun rises and the sun sets, and to its place it glides, there it rises.

>It goes to the south and swings round to the north, round and round goes the wind, and on its rounds the wind returns.

[Anonymous No.16807827]

>>16801575
>mfw I'm turning christian reading the bible but my parents are muslim
Living in hell right now

[Anonymous No.16807870]

Revelation 21:4
>"And He 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."
Jeremiah 51:55-56
>"Because the Lord hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered: Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the Lord God of recompenses shall surely requite."
first one's the real gem

[Anonymous No.16807880]

>>16807693
I admit it is more beautifully written, but I got the same sense of the ephemeral from the word 'vanity' desu

[Anonymous No.16807904]

>>16807880
The point is that 'vanity' is a translation of the *meaning* of the word, not the semantic quality of the word. The metaphor of the ephemerality of breath is lost by translating it that way.

[Anonymous No.16807916]

>And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
>But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
>Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

[Anonymous No.16807918]

>>16807827
Stay strong, brother. You're walking a difficult path, but it's worth it.

[Anonymous No.16808398]

>>16801575
Luke 12:28
It and the other verses relating to it comfort me quite a bit
> If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?

[Anonymous No.16808559]

>>16801575
>Let no temptation take hold on you, but such as is human. And God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that which you are able: but will make also with temptation issue, that you may be able to bear it.

1st Corinthians 10:13

[Anonymous No.16808574]

>>16802167
The wretched deserve no mercy.

[Anonymous No.16808639]

>>16808574
Then neither do you or anyone that has ever lived:

>As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God. All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”

Romans 3:10-12

[Anonymous No.16808641]

People say you can get a bible for free if you don't have one, but does that work for a good solid KJV or will they send you some lame newer one? USA if it matters

[Anonymous No.16808654]

>>16801963
>I don't see what's wrong with throwing the stone
There is a clear distinction of stoning to render God's justice and stoning for a pleasure of vengeance in the old testament. This example in which Christ had made was purely out of a self satisfaction, yet, is also an example to not cast judgement so harshly on other's, but instead, focus on your own self

>JUDGE not, that you may not be judged, For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again. Any why seest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye; and seest not the beam that is in thy own eye? Or how sayest thou to thy brother: Let me cast the mote out of thy eye; and behold a beam is in thy own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam in thy own eye, and then shalt thou see to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

Matthew 7:1-5

[Anonymous No.16808704]

>>16808641
Probs KJV but depends on the church also. Might even get a NIV

[Anonymous No.16808717]

>>16801649
>You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people.

Genesis 50:20

[Anonymous No.16808729]

gatoligbro here, anyone have any good Deuterocanonical verses?

[Anonymous No.16808783]

>>16801649
Thinking about God or Christ nearly makes me tear up sometimes due to the profundity/depth of it.

[Anonymous No.16809232]

>>16808729
>Simon Peter said to them: “Let Mary go away from us, for women are not worthy of life.” Jesus said: “Look, I will draw her in so as to make her male, so that she too may become a living male spirit, similar to you.” (But I say to you): “Every woman who makes herself male will enter the kingdom of heaven.”
Gospel of Thomas 114

Kinda based if you ask me.

[Anonymous No.16809316]

>>16809232
Thomas is not Deuterocanon, it's generally agreed upon that it's not divinely inspired and Thomas in fact did NOT write it.

[Anonymous No.16809334]

>>16809232
Deuterocanon is as follows, Tobit, Judith, Baruch, Sirach, 1st and 2nd Macabees, and wisdom

[Anonymous No.16809381]

>>16809316
Nah, read more recent scholarship like the works of Lee Martin McDonalds. Scholars generally agree that there are authentic sayings of Christ outside of the NT canon. The debate is more so if these extra sayings in anyway add on to our understanding and knowledge of Christ or not.

[Anonymous No.16809584]

Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.

[Anonymous No.16809650]

>>16801575

Romans 3:10
"As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one"

John 1:1
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

Psalms 23 is also a classic

>>16804507
Also one of my favorites

>>16809232
>>16809316
It's not agreed upon by Catholics but scholars say it's been written at the same time as the other gospels.

[Anonymous No.16809665]

15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.(the world here is creation after the fall and under the dominion of satan. it is creation no longer oriented toward god, but temporary and dominated by inordinate passions[lk 16:13 “No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."{jesus calls mammon/riches a master not because wealth is evil by nature, but because of the control it has over people}])For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.† 17And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

[Anonymous No.16809735]

>>16809381
>recent scholarship
I'll pass, thanks

[Anonymous No.16809818]

>>16806225
*tips fedora*

[Anonymous No.16809871]

>>16804430
How? Augustine never refuted this and if he did he would not be a saint. What you say sounds very Lutheran in origin.
>>16806225
This guy is retarded and doesn't know what he's talking about. A doctor of the church and a saint would never contradict Christ's word.

[Anonymous No.16811161]

Luke 14:11
>For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted

[Anonymous No.16811740]

>Matt. 6:19–21
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and canker consume, and where thieves break through and steal;but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor canker consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal;for where thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also.

[Anonymous No.16811887]

>>16809871
he said it's impossible not to sin

[Anonymous No.16812298]

>>16811887
Same with Christ. Even after that I'm sure the woman sinned again. There is no record of someone after conversion never sinning again but the Christian life is filled with faults and stumbles. He was giving her a command that in light of her new life to sin no longer but whether or not she does this depends on her faithfulness. No man can go even a day without sinning.

>No one is pure from pollution, though his life be but for one day.
Clement 17:4

[Anonymous No.16812496]

>>16812298
Stop using original sin as an excuse for your weakness and take responsibility for your trangressions against Nature. Follow the good example set by Christ, the Second Adam, who showed how to live in accordance with the will of Him who is the author of life. Pay homage to the Imago Dei and take the Pelagius pill.

[Anonymous No.16812561]

>>16811887
>>16812298


No, He didn't say it's impossible to sin. He said to sin no more.

1 John 1:8-10
The same author as the Gospel of John who wrote that Jesus said to go and sin no more.

"If we say that we have no sin, we receive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

If we say we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His Word is not in us."

He was telling the woman to stop fornicating and stop being an adulterer. And He showed forgiveness to prove a point about why He came into the world.

[Anonymous No.16812581]

>>16812561
*Deceive ourselves

[Anonymous No.16812705]

Mark 9:23-24
>23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
>24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
The first verse undoubtedly has been quoted more, but what gets me every time is the second one.

[Anonymous No.16812711]

Matthew 6:26-28
"Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin"

Matthew 7:7
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Matthew 13:31
"The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field"