Do you have a favorite Bible verse or chapter from the Old Testament?
@bagarad (14283)
Paso Robles, California
12 responses
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
8 Sep 11
One has to read the Bible which means both old and new in its entirety in order to gain complete understanding of the Word of God. We can't separate the two for if we do we lose complete benefit.
I do love the Old Testament just as I love the New Testament. I would say both are rich with beautiful passages worth keeping in our heart. When I started reading the Bible of course I started with the Book of Genesis and I was really so fascinated that I could put down the Bible till I finish the entire chapter. Then I went on and on and on till I realized this Book is worth every single moment of my life. Even if I have already finished reading from Genesis to Revelation I still keep reading the Bible because each time the Book has some fresh blessings and revelations to give.
I don't have lots of favorite verses in the Bible actually but it would be too long to enumerate here. Among my favorites come from the Book of Psalms from where I've been memorizing some chapters. Psalm 23 is one very beautiful chapter in this book .I love this because it speaks of how reliable my Shepherd is, and also Psalm 119 because it makes me love the Bible all the more. The Book of Isaiah is also a favorite of mine specially chapter 53 because it predicts about the Lord Jesus Christ.
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
8 Sep 11
I mean..."I do have lots of favorite verses in the Bible actually but it would be too long to enumerate here."
Sorry for this typo error in paragraph 3.
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
8 Sep 11
What a wonderful story of conversation!
Thank you for sharing, it is so touching. I think Isaiah 53 is really a very powerful chapter and can really save a soul that seeks for the truth. The story of your husband led me to remember how the Ethiopian Eunuch was converted in Acts 8:27-39. The Eunuch who was a proselyte was reading Isaiah 53 when hew was met by Philip the Evangelist who was led by the Spirit to that Eunuch. "How could I understand except someone should guide me?" Those were the words of the Eunuch when Philip asked him if he understands what he was reading. Philip was used by the Lord in leading that lost soul to Christ. In the same token, it was the teacher who explained the passages to your husband which led to his salvation. Praise God! We Christians should be instruments of God for the salvation of others. How can they know about Jesus expect we tell them?
Thank you for sharing, it is so touching. I think Isaiah 53 is really a very powerful chapter and can really save a soul that seeks for the truth. The story of your husband led me to remember how the Ethiopian Eunuch was converted in Acts 8:27-39. The Eunuch who was a proselyte was reading Isaiah 53 when hew was met by Philip the Evangelist who was led by the Spirit to that Eunuch. "How could I understand except someone should guide me?" Those were the words of the Eunuch when Philip asked him if he understands what he was reading. Philip was used by the Lord in leading that lost soul to Christ. In the same token, it was the teacher who explained the passages to your husband which led to his salvation. Praise God! We Christians should be instruments of God for the salvation of others. How can they know about Jesus expect we tell them?@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
8 Sep 11
My husband used to go to a Christian high school in Canada after he and his family escaped from Communist Yugoslavia. He was not a Christian because his parents did not take him to church when he was growing up and he had gone to Communist schools. He wasn't sure the Bible was true or just propagana like the Communists taught, but he was praying that if the Bible were true, to show him.
One day he walked into class a little late and the class was reading Isaiah 53. Since he could hear the reading but didn't know which book they were reading, he asked his nearest classmate which Gospel the teacher was reading from. The other student said it wasn't a Gospel, but Isaiah. Kosta wouldn't believe it was an Old Testament book because it was so definitely about Jesus. The teacher saw Kosta had been prepared by the Holy Spirit, and she stopped the lesson and explained how Christ's work on the cross had been foretold in many Old Testament passages, including Psalm 22 and Isaiah 53. She explained how these passages that described the sufferings of Christ were wrtten hundreds of years before Jesus was born. My husband left that afternoon and accepted Christ into his heart.
@m4ndr4ke (219)
• Philippines
15 Sep 11
My favorite line, must be in the book Genesis and God said "LET THERE BE LIGHT."
My favorite story is that of Moses and his exploits in Egypt, his liberation of the Israelites from Egypt and their Journey through the desert for the Promised Land.
Interesting also is the destruction of Soddom and Gomorrah, Its like all the gays in the world where in that city and they were all trying to r*pe Archangel Gabriel ... or was it Archangel Michael, i can't remember, anyway, God was so pissed at Soddom because the only "straight" people in there was Lot and his family. So the archangel, who almost got r*ped, saved Lot and his family as God destroyed the city.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
15 Sep 11
Why is "Let there be light" your favorite line, when it has so much competion?
@peavey (16936)
• United States
4 Sep 11
I've told this before, but one time when I felt far away from the Lord, I was driving home after a grocery shopping trip and started to hum the chorus that was written from Psalms 25:1-2. As I got to the place where it says "I trust in thee" it was as if God was asking me if I really did trust in him and I honestly could not answer yes for awhile. When I finally did, it was like a weight lifted off of me. Now and then He reminds me of those verses and He has continued to teach me to trust Him in many different ways. I had no idea there were so many ins and outs of trust!
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
4 Sep 11
You've hit another of my favorites Psalms that was set to music. I will never forget the time I first heard this one Sunday night 35 years ago when I was visiting Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa with a friend. They were singing this and many other songs I'd not heard before with harmony and parts, and I thought I'd gone to Heaven. I sure do miss that kind of singing now.
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
3 Sep 11
I love the story of Esther and her idiot King husband! It is a story of revenge . I love them. I love it when Esther asks why do you want to kill me? and that is the question. Why want to kill people who are of a different faith than you?
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
3 Sep 11
It's also one of my favorites. I wrote a paper on it in college. I don't see it as much as a story of revenge as of faith and courage. How hard it much of been for Esther to risk her life to go before the king -- husband -- unsummoned. It could get her killed on the spot unless the king held out his golden scepter to her. This was definitely not a case of "Honey, could you do me a favor?"
Or, do you mean that Haman was trying to get revenge on Mordecai because Mordecai would not follow the king's order to bow down to him, and then transferred his hate to all Jews?
I love this story because of its irony and the justice that prevailed in the end. Do you know if anyone has made a movie of this? If anyone has not read this book, it is very short -- only ten chapters and less than nine pages in my Bible. It's one of the best short stories I've ever read. Any the villain gets his comeuppance in the end.
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@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
4 Sep 11
I see Esther gets her revenge on Haman in the end, she destroys the destroyer! Trying to be more than he is got him killed. That's how I see it ! And the Only reason I know this at all is because i saw it in a movie!There is a 1960 version called Esther and the King. It stars , ready? a young Joan Collins! I saw my version on t.v. , a t.v. version that aired in 1999 on TNT.
@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
3 Sep 11
Oh yeah, Numbers 6:24-26 The priestly blessing because I never believed that just because Jesus came, it meant the OT was done away with or nailed to the cross..I have the words also written in Hebrew and had tried to memorize it, but could never say it right without looking at my notes... 
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@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
3 Sep 11
Really? Because I never heard it before, it wasn't until I stopped going to the NT churches that I heard it, and then I heard it in Hebrew, which is why I attempted to learn it..
@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
3 Sep 11
We used to have this as a benediction in the church where I grew up. I did memorize it. For those who didn't look it up, it begins, "May the Lord bless you and keep you: the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you...." I think most people who have grown up in churches or regularly attend could probably remember the rest.
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@Rick1950 (1576)
• Lima, Peru
5 Sep 11
Actually, I've several favorite stories from the Old Testament, e.g. Joseph, Tobias, Judith, King Saul, King David, the Prophets. All these stories show us how great is the Lord and how devotees we should be. Also there are many verse that are wonderful. I remember the sentence 'Don't return evil for evil'. Off course there are still much more awesome sentences wich help us to meditate and search the God's way.
@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
5 Sep 11
Which of these has most influenced your life? These names you mentioned cover at least half the Old Testament.
@flowerchilde (12529)
• United States
15 Sep 11
I love the psalms! (Who doesn't?!) Psalm 23 and 91 f course, but also Psalm 37, these verses:
1 Do not fret because of evildoers,
Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity.
2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass,
And wither as the green herb.
3 Trust in the LORD, and do good;
Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.
4 Delight yourself also in the LORD,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
5 Commit your way to the LORD,
Trust also in Him,
And He shall bring it to pass.
6 He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light,
And your justice as the noonday.
7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.
8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath;
Do not fret—it only causes harm.
9 For evildoers shall be cut off;
But those who wait on the LORD,
They shall inherit the earth.
10 For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more;
Indeed, you will look carefully for his place,
But it shall be no more.
11 But the meek shall inherit the earth,
And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm%2037&version=NKJV
www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm%2037&version=NKJV
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
15 Sep 11
These are also some of my favortie verses, and they are just as relevant today as when they were first written.
@urbandekay (18278)
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3 Sep 11
Be still and know that I am God
all the best urban
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
3 Sep 11
That's one of my favorites, as well. I think most of us have different favorites for different occasions and situations of life. This verse is very good for when you are under stress and caught up in the the rat race. It's a very calming verse, to help get things in perspective again.
@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
3 Sep 11
It's another wonderful chapter, but it's in the New Testament, not the Old.
@johan143 (164)
• Philippines
4 Sep 11
I don't have favorite verse but when i was still single i use to read the proverb. I find it very enlightening and gives me security in my married life. It teaches me how to live a better and guided life. But now a days, i find it hard to read and concentrate reading the bible. maybe when my children are old enough to attend to themselves I can go back reading the bible. My children are still young and need my assistance/guidance, love and attention.
@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
4 Sep 11
Proverbs is a wonderful book of wisdom for all of life. It's too bad its author stopped practising what he preached when he got older. I hope you will still try to make time to read a verse a day as you can. Sometimes a favorite verse on a poster or plaque on the wall can keep a favorite verse in your mind when you are caring for your children or cooking. Or you can sing Bible verses set to music while your children are falling asleep.
@bluespygirl (2112)
• Philippines
3 Sep 11
Hello ther bagarad. you really are active here in mylot. :) I can see that you post nice discussions and you respond to topics well. :)
As to your question, I like reading psalms in the old testament. It is there I can find good quotes too. My bible is highlighted with so many quotes. When I am feeling down, I open my bible and it is there I find comfort and lifts my spirit. How about you? What is your favorite verses and stories in the bible?
@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
3 Sep 11
Same here. I often turn to the Psalms, Isaiah, Deueteronomy, Job, --there are so many I have marked up. I think it's a shame when people have missed the Old Testament. It's so rich and adds so much meaning to the New Testament. One needs to understand the Old Covenant to really understand the New.
@francesca5 (1344)
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3 Sep 11
i would chose ecclesiastes 3.1, which was used by pete seeger for the song turn, turn, turn. "to everything there is a season.........etc.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
3 Sep 11
I love the entire book of Ecclesiates. I like to read it when life seems to be nothing but a rat race, and I'm in the mood to believe that "All is vanity and a striving after wind." Yet toward the end, the one of the richest and wisest men of the ancient world tells us the secrets of what counts in life. He has already tried about anything money and power could buy in the way of happiness. This book contains another of my favorite verses that might be popular with students, verse 12:12..."Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh." By the time King Solomon wrote this book, he had already begun his decline by leaving God and letting foreign wives lead him into idolatry. It is no wonder that his book of Ecclesiates reflects his weariness with life, since he was no longer worshipping the living God and having his spirit renewed. Yet, at the end of this book, having seen all life can offer materially, he says this: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.
