Favorite Bible verse?

[iwnnafish]

Ok, i know this may seem out of place, because it's not a prayer request, but i wanted to know what peoples favorite bible verses are. it doesn't matter where you get it, (eg: KJV, NIV, NKJV, ECT, or new testament or old testament.....) The motive behind this: I go to a morning bible study/ prayer group before school friday mornings, and I wanna know some good verses i can share. Also, please quote the whole verse, not just where it is at. if that makes sense...

My favorite would probably be Psalm 71:8 "My mouth is filled with your praise, declaring your splendor all day long"

Please help me find some good scripture to share.

Thanks.... Dan

[shinnookums]

Hard to narrow it down to just one! I appreciate the thread though because it overwhelmed me with God's Word. Here's one of my favorites:

Romans 8:18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.

[brshooter]

From Acts 17:28

For 'In him we live and move and have our being,'

[PapaHog]

Too many to list however here is where I hang my hat.

Psalms 23:1 "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want."

[Grantspastor]

Tough to narrow it down to even a dozen...but it's hard to think of one more amazing than John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son...."

[butwhymalemodels]

Lately I've been amazed by Revelation 8:11..."When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour."

The breaking of each of the previous six seals unleashed horrors nearly beyond belief on the earth. And when He opens the seventh seal, the whole of heaven holds its breath in anticipation. Heaven - a racous, noisy place of never-ending communion and worship with God, falls silent in wonder and apprehension of what God will unleash in His wrath with the breaking of the seventh seal.

--It always makes me think of the scene from "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" where Frodo and Sam are climbing the hidden staircase into Mordor and the kingdom falls eerily silent before the signal to march to war is sent into the air.--

[iwnnafish]

Feel free to list more that one, too

[JDarr]

Matthew 4:19-20 "Jesus said, Follow me and I'll make you fishers of men, and immediately they left their nets and followed Him."

I love knowing what's important.
JD

[Norski]

Revel: 3/20
Behold I stand at the door and knock, if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I well come into him/her and eat with him/her and he with me.

And

Revel 3/21

He who conquers, I will grant him/her to sit with me on my throne.

[in 'em]

"All things work together for the glory of those who love God."

This verse so powerfully speaks in the world of tragedy we live in today. And not just tragedies of death, but all those things that are "signs of the times" as we near the end. It could be today or in 100+ years, but it's getting closer as our world gets worse and worse every day.

I'm glad I have a hope that goes beyond this world and that Heaven will be better by far...and that God will work all things together for us who love Him...maybe not in this life, but we will see victory over Satan sooner than we can fathom.

[slamminsalmon]

Okay, sorry this will be so long. I think this section of scripture really touches me because of what I came out of when God intervened in my life. Often we need to slow down and be aware of the "rat race" we sometimes get sucked in to like the rest of the world. Many things we "want" and labor hard after to get are called by Solomon a "striving after the wind". Sometimes we forget to have a perspective that is eternal. We get so focused here on earth and forget that it isn't our home...and then when I come to my senses and realize how I am living I usually feel humbled and stripped bare before my God. How sweet grace is! I love Solomon's words here: he had it all, refused no earthly pleasure, worked for all kinds of gain...and it had NO VALUE. Amen Solomon, and thank you Lord Jesus!

Ecclesiastes 2

The Vanity of Self-Indulgence

1I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy yourself." But behold, this also was vanity. 2I said of laughter, "It is mad," and of pleasure, "What use is it?" 3I searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine—my heart still guiding me with wisdom—and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the few days of their life. 4I made great works. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself. 5I made myself gardens and parks, and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees. 6I made myself pools from which to water the forest of growing trees. 7I bought male and female slaves, and had slaves who were born in my house. I had also great possessions of herds and flocks, more than any who had been before me in Jerusalem. 8I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I got singers, both men and women, and many concubines, the delight of the children of man.
9So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me. 10And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil. 11Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

[slamminsalmon]

I also have really been enjoying this scripture. It is a good one to hold to in a time where man thinks so highly of himself. The more we know the more we are convinced God is dead and we somehow hold the key to control the universe which God has hanging in HIS balance. We are so foolish!


1 Corinthians 1
Christ the Wisdom and Power of God

18For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19For it is written,

"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart."
20 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. 22For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, 23but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, 24but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

[slamminsalmon]

Okay all you men with incredible God-fearing wives will say amen to this...

Proverbs 31


10 An excellent wife who can find?
She is far more precious than jewels.
11The heart of her husband trusts in her,
and he will have no lack of gain.
12She does him good, and not harm,
all the days of her life.
25 Strength and dignity are her clothing,
and she laughs at the time to come.
26She opens her mouth with wisdom,
and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
27She looks well to the ways of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
28Her children rise up and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
29"Many women have done excellently,
but you surpass them all."
30 Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
31Give her of the fruit of her hands,
and let her works praise her in the gates.

[slamminsalmon]

This is a great post!

This scripture was shocking to me when I first read it. I always was warned about Sodom and Gomorrah and their sins of...well...you know. But I was not told about these sins! This is a bit of a reality check every time I read it.


Ezekiel 16:49-50

49Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy. 50They were haughty and did an abomination before me. So I removed them, when I saw it.

[slamminsalmon]

Last one! Sorry I'm hogging the board.
This is one of the more bittersweet passages for me. It is vindicating when people oppose my faith, but it is heart wrenching when I see arrogance of man who so easily reject the Gospel. Deep down everyone, in some way and shape, knows the truth of God...yet suppression of that knowledge is mainstream and so popular. God claims we all know and nobody has excuse!

Romans 1:18-25

God’s Wrath on Unrighteousness

18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things. 24Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

[Redhawk-Driver]

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything through prayer and suplication let your requests be made known to God, and the peace of the Lord will guard your hearts and souls in Christ Jesus.

Sorry, can't remember which book it is from in the New Testement. I don't have my Bible Handy. Think it is from Philipians.

[Redhawk-Driver]

Oh, and you can never go wrong with 2 Corinthians 13:1

[Fish Tales]

1 Timothy 2:5

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus

[12pulls]

Psalm 51 (50 in Septuagint versions). Used in daily prayers by many Christians for close to 2 thousand years.

[bikertrash]

Hey ya"all, I'm fairly new here, but I love the lord for what he has done for me and mine.
There are many verses,..Many books,.... that I love. 66 to be sure..... But my favorite 2 are "For I can do anything with the help of Christ who gives me the strength I need" (Philippians 4:13) NLT.
My second is for all the vegans out there...."He saw the sky open, and somthing like a large sheet was let down by its four corners. In the sheet were all sorts of animals, reptiles, and birds. Then a voice said to him, "Get up Peter; kill and eat them". (Acts 10. 11-13.) NLT.
tight lines,
BT

[samiam]

Over the past few years I've meditated on Philippians 4:8 more than any other verse. Maybe it was to pick me up from out of depression, or to jerk my thoughts back on the moral high road. Also when relishing the good things in life, of course.

Philippians 4:8 (NIV) Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

Preach it, Paul!

[benny boy]

This is my first time looking into the angler's chapel and man what a find. I have apparently overlooked this, but a verse that always makes me feel good when I am down or struggling is in Phillipians most know it but it always feels good to hear it again, I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me!!!

[brshooter]

Luke 22:19

Then he took the bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body, which will be given for you; do this in memory of me."

[Tinman]

"And a second is like it, that you love your neighbor as yourself" Matt 22:39

[SharkbaitHoHaHa]

Revaltion 1:8

8"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f76mSbNnFQ4

Alpha and Omega:

1 : the beginning and ending 2 : the principal element


This show's me that God was here at the Beginning and he will forever will be. THE ALMIGHTY:

having or regarded as having great power or importance


He has great Power and he has great importance in my life.

This also show's that I can always know that he is there for me at all times.

[Amp]

One of my Favorite verses from the Holy Bible is Psalm 23:4
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

[DAB]

Psalms 23

[Poindexter]

1To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
10I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
11He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
12I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
15That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
17I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
18I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
19For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
21Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? 22Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

[Mtnbd]

Isaiah 40 especially vs29-31
29 He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength.

30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 31 but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

[ORtrapper]

Now therefore please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me.

Genesis 27:3

It is hard to narrow it down to just one, but when scripture reads like that, it is hard not to mention!

[garbageman]

My favorite verse is Romans 5:8....

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

I love this verse because it took me about 25 years to finally give my life over to the Lord. But He had died for ALL my sins (past and present) way before I asked him to.

A follow up verse: Romans 10:9:

That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord", and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved! AMEN

I pray that all would believe upon him!
Thanks for the thread!

[Deeman]

Although there are so many favorite verses that it is impossible to pick one, this passage never ceases to jolt me when times are tough and I question Gods plan and where I am in it: Job chap.38:2 through the end of chap.42. Beginning in Vs 3. Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me. 4. Where were you when ...................? If at the end you can still question God about anything you need to read it again. Look at the language, Where, Who, When, Have you, Can you, What is, Do you. It always reminds me just who has control and why I can rest in ease with whatever stage or place I am.

[XPO]

Col 1:25 I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness-- 26 the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the saints. 27 To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

[iluvcatfish]

There's a lot to choose from, but this one has always stuck in mind.

Hebrews 13:2, "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares."

[Here Fishyfishy]

Not an exact bible verse, but a reminder I put in my truck yesterday.

That nothing will happen today that God and I can't deal with together.

[rob allen]

Jesus Claims to be God.

"I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am"

John 8-58