Bible Study

Here are some bible references which take you to some of the greatest stories ever told!

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Great Bible Chapters

Creation

The great epic of beginnings – Genesis 1-3

Ten Commandments

As important today as ever – Exodus 20

Moses’ Farewell

Great themes of Jewish life – Deuteronomy 6

Challenge of Joshua

Stirring words of encouragement & strength – Joshua 1

David’s Great Prayer

A prayer of praise & dedication – 1 Chronicles 29:10-19

The Shepherd’s Psalm

Most treasured of all psalms – Psalm 23

Psalm of Nature

Praising God’s creation – Psalm 19

Psalm of Praise

Answer of the sheep to the shepherd – Psalm 100

Psalm of Salvation

A psalm of thankful memories – Psalm 107

Psalm of God’s Word

For those who love God’s law – Psalm 119

Proverbs of Wisdom

Good advice for young men & women – Proverbs 3

Great Bible Stories

Here is a list of some of the most famous and greatest Old and New Testament Bible stories.

Old Testament:

Creation universal - Genesis 1:1-25

Creation of mankind - Genesis 1:26-31

Adam formed - Genesis 2:7-8

Eve made - Genesis 2:20-25

Garden of Eden - Genesis 3

Cain and Abel - Genesis 4

Noah's flood - Genesis 6 to 8

God's blessings and covenant with Noah - Genesis 9:1-17

Tower of Babel - Genesis 11:1-9

Abraham's call - Genesis 12:1-3

God's covenant with Abraham - Genesis 15

Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah - Genesis 18:16 to 19:29

Isaac's birth - Genesis 21:1-8

Sacrifice of Isaac (Abraham being tested) - Genesis 22:1-19

Marriage of Isaac - Genesis 24

Birth of Jacob and Esau - Genesis 25:19-26

Esau sells his birthright to Jacob for food - Genesis 25:27-34

Jacob and Rebekah's deception of Isaac and Esau for Isaac's blessing - Genesis 27:1-40

Jacob's ladder vision - Genesis 28:10-22

Jacob's wrestle with the angel and has his named changed to Israel - Genesis 32:24-32

Israel's (Jacob) trouble in the land - Genesis 34, 35 and 37

Three burials: Deborah, Rachel and Isaac - Genesis 35

Joseph's coat, dreams and sold by his brothers for twenty pieces of silver - Genesis 37

Israel (Jacob) blesses his twelve sons and then dies - Genesis 49

Birth of Moses and found by Pharaoh's daughter - Exodus 2:1-10

Moses kills an Egyptian, goes to Midian and gets a wife - Exodus 2:11-25

Burning bush (God speaks to Moses) - Exodus 3:1 to 4:17

Egypt's nine plagues - Exodus 7:14 to 10:29

Tenth plague against Egypt threatened - Exodus 11

The Passover instituted - Exodus 12:1-20

The Passover communicated - Exodus 12:21-28

Tenth plague against Egypt inflicted - Exodus 12:29-30

The Exodus - God's deliverance of Israel - Exodus 12:31-51

Crossing the Red sea - Exodus 14

The Ten Commandments - Exodus 20:1-17

Golden calf made by Aaron - Exodus 32

Spies sent to Canaan - Numbers 13:1 to 14:45

City of Jericho - Joshua 6

Deborah and Barak - Judges 4

Gideon - Judges 6:1 to 8:35

Samson - Judges 13:1 to 16:31

Samson and Delilah - Judges 16:4-20

Ruth - Ruth 1:1 to 4:22

Samuel's birth - I Samuel 1

Hannah's (Samuel's mom) prayer to the Lord - I Samuel 2:1-10

David chosen by God - I Samuel 16:1-13

David and Goliath - I Samuel 17

David anointed king of Judah - II Samuel 2:1-11

David anointed king of Israel - II Samuel 5:1-12

David and Bathsheba - II Samuel 11

God is displeased with David - II Samuel 12:1-14

Solomon anointed king - I Kings 1:28-40

God's first appearance to Solomon - I Kings 3:2-15

God's second appearance to Solomon - I Kings 9:1-9

Queen of Sheba - I Kings 10:1-13

God is angry with Solomon - I Kings 11

Elijah and the prophets of Baal - I Kings 18:17-40

Elijah taken to heaven - II Kings 2:1-11

Job afflicted by Satan - Job 1:1 to 2:13

God speaks to Job - Job 38:1 to 42:9

God blesses Job - Job 42:10-13

Ezekiel's vision of dry bones - Ezekiel 37:1-14

Daniel and the kings food - Daniel 1:1-16

Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego put in the fiery furnace - Daniel 3

Daniel put in the lions den - Daniel 6

Jonah in the belly of the fish - Jonah 1:1 to 2:10

New Testament:

Birth of John the Baptist - Luke 1

Birth of Jesus Christ - Matthew 1:1 to 2:23 / Luke 1:26-56 and 2:1-52

Temptation of Jesus Christ in the wilderness - Matthew 4:1-11 / Luke 4:1-13

Sermon on the mount - Matthew 5:1 to 7:29

Jesus Christ calming the storm - Matthew 8:23-27 / Mark 4:35-41 / Luke 8:22-25

Jesus Christ feeding five thousand - Matthew 14:15-21 / Luke 9:12-17

Transfiguration of Jesus Christ - Mark 9:2-10 / Luke 9:28-36

Jesus Christ's entry into Jerusalem - Matthew 21:1-11 / Mark 11:1-11 / Luke 19:29-44

Cleansing the temple of money changers - Matthew 21:12-16 / Luke 19:45-46

Last supper - Matthew 26:14-29 / Mark 14:12-25 / Luke 22:8-38 / John 13:1 to 17:26

Lord before Pilate and crucifixion - Matthew 27:11-54 / Mark 15:1-39 / Luke 23:1-47

Empty tomb and appearances - Matthew 28 / Mark 16 / Luke 24 / John 20:1 to 21:15

Ascension - Luke 24:51-53 / Acts 1:1-11

Paul's conversion - Acts 9:1-30