Favorite Bible verses
 

Read. Digest. Repent. John 3:16-17, John 14:6, Mathew 28:18-20 … rinse & repeat!!! Amen 🙏 … we seniors need to step up our game and share the Good News! 👊😎❤️🙏

I like Genesis 1:27 which states that God created a man and a woman.

I also like verses Genesis 2:20 thru 2:23 which states that Adam did not have a "helper suitable for him", so God pulled a rib from Adam and created a woman Eve.

So I guess Eve was Adam's second wife. I always wondered what happened to his first wife.

The gospel
 

1 Cor 15

1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel...
2 By which also ye are saved.....
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

The Gospel of John, verses 1 through 14. The man was a poet.

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That would have been (according to the some of the ancient Mesopotamean and Judean texts) Lilith. AKA "primordial she-demon". She was banished from Eden for not getting with the program. According to how she is described, Adam must have been a bit sorry to see her go.

Genesis 1:27 = Summary
Genesis 2:20 - 2:23 = Details (as are often provided in different Bible chapters or even other Bible books)

(Still trying to narrow down favorite verses!)

Numbers 6:24-26 NIV - “'“The LORD bless you and keep
'“The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace.
I sang it in high school. And here it is. Still moves me. the lord bless you and keep you sung by high lehigh school choir - Google Search

My very favorite Bible verse:

Isaiah 6:1

1In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple.

2Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.

3And they were calling to one another:

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty;
the whole earth is full of his glory.”


Also:


1 Kings 19:11-18

The LORD Appears to Elijah

The LORD said, "Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by."

Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. 13 When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.

Then a voice said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"


And later:


So he said, “You have asked a hard thing. Nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if not, it shall not be so.”

Then it happened, as they continued on and talked, that suddenly a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, and separated the two of them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

I have a painting by Salvador Dali of his vision of Elijah in his chariot on my studio wall, and when I die if I am allowed to, I would like to seek out Elijah to ask a couple of questions. Velvet.

John 3:16 if I had to chose just one from many.
Lately, I have thought a lot about Matthew 6 during conversations with some folks. Seems like many strive for a pat on the back or brag about all the "good" things they have done for others. I am glad they do those nice things, but are they doing it for others or to make themselves feel good?

You must be a fan of Les Feldick a great man of God. He just passed away and will greatly be missed. They plan to keep "Through The Bible" on TV and we still support it.

Sounds like the starship Enterprise passed too close to the mountain.

Thank you for your great answer.

Maybe when I was young, I might have been intrigued by a "primordial she-demon", but after 52 years of a wonderful marriage, I am definitely sticking with my wife.

A very good one

Ah, yes, Lilith. When the writers of Frasier gave that name to Frasier’s wife, they knew why.

Boomer

Might have been like it … in those days people talked in the terms they knew, just as we do today.

At least there are two of us here in TV.

Favorite Bible Verses
 

As former international missionaries, ours was Joshua 1:9: Haven’t I commanded you: be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” This was dedicated to us before moving to El Salvador in 1980.

There are so many verses how can anyone pick a favorite. Let me start with Matthew 24 as a good beginning to the New Testament.

Glad you made it, as evidence by posting on TOTV in 2023. So, how did that verse work out for the Sandinistas????

Eye has not seen nor ear heard nor has it even dawned on man what God has prepared for those who love him! Corinthians

Leviticus 25:44
44 “‘Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. 45 You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. 46 You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.

Romans
 

Romans 3:21–26. One of the most theologically dense and important passages in scripture on the most important topic in scripture: redemption.

In fact, throw in the whole book of Romans. It is Paul's Magnus opus.

Favorite Verse
 

I like John 2:5b.
Mary, the mother of Jesus instructed the servants, "do whatever he tells you to do"
Good advice for us too!

Mary had servants???????:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Psalms 137:9
“Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.”

1 Samuel 25:22
“So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that ****eth against the wall.”

Ezekiel 13:15
“Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it;”

[Interesting that a word that has been in the King James Version since 1611 got changed automatically to asterisks here.]

Aha. Apparently, a fan of the blood soaked vengeance God of the Old Testament :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Hebrews 10:24-25
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

It doesn't take a lot of effort to be nice.

So try it :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Nothing about dog poop or bad driving ?

Wait for it---I'm sure it will get here, it always does :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

BIBLE VERSES ABOUT VALLEY OF DEATH

Well about those roundabouts! And Publix when they had toilet paper during the COVID scare and the doors had yet to open.

I hunt, and when people give me crap about it:
Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground."

MICAH 6:8: He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

Brief reference to roundabouts.

Deuteronomy 2:3

"You have encircled this mountain long enough. Turn northward."

My favorite is Deed Restriction 4:15..

Render to Morse what is Morse’s and to God what is God’s

Thou shalt cheerfully pay thou amenity fees.

I have this wall-plaque:

"Yea, though I walk through the shadow of the valley of death, I will fear no evil; for I am the meanest son-of-a-_____ in the valley".

Doubt it, I think she might have been talking to other people’s servants, socially.

The Bible makes for fascinating reading, often for reasons OTHER than religious.

I find the account of Elijah on Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18:16-45) particularly fascinating. In summary, at the time of the account Israel was suffering from a severe drought. Elijah basically challenged the prophets of Baal to a sort of spiritual duel: both he and they would climb Mount Carmel, each build an altar and sacrifice a bull. The Baal folks would be allowed to light up their bull, but Elijah wouldn't. Instead he would call down the "fire of God" to consume his bull. Baal's prophets dutifully did what they were told and lit up their bull sometime before noon, but Elijah waited. And waited. And waited. Finally he built his altar apparently just before evening, laid his bull on top of it, and then upped the stakes (and taunting the prophets of Baal at the same time) by digging a trench around his altar and filling it with water. Finally Elijah got to praying and sure enough, the "fire of God" came down and touched off his altar. Hallelujah!

But...

1) Severe drought.
2) High place.
3) Late afternoon
4) Water
5) Huge rainstorm afterward

Whatever else he may have been, Elijah was apparently a pretty darn good weatherman/scientist!