# Favorite Bible Verse **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 4, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bible-verse/475667 "2008-12-04T13:35:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bible-verse/475667/1 "2008-12-04T13:35:29Z")
I have long been partial to the 23rd Psalm (the Lord is my shepherd), but have recently reread the 4th Chapter, 7th verse of the Second Book of Timothy: “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith” Any favorites? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bible-verse/475667/2 "2008-12-04T14:20:59Z")
6 “With what shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? 7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?” 8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:6-8 ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bible-verse/475667/3 "2008-12-04T14:59:49Z")
I like the previously missing\* front page of the bible that reads; “To my Darling Candy; All characters portrayed within this book are Fictitious, and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.” 😉 \*From the Red Dwarf BBC TV series ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bible-verse/475667/4 "2008-12-04T15:01:36Z")
“For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” 2 Corinthians 12:10, I have it tattooed on my leg (the verse not the text) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bible-verse/475667/5 "2008-12-04T15:03:14Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > I like the previously missing\* front page of the bible that reads; > > “To my Darling Candy; > All characters portrayed within this book are Fictitious, and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.” 😉 > > \*From the Red Dwarf BBC TV series I know you’re trying to be cute but that’s kind of threadshitting, isn’t it? Just about as nice as coming into a discussion about the best rap songs and saying “ALL RAP SUCKS!” Not cool. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bible-verse/475667/6 "2008-12-04T15:11:10Z")
“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.” (Philipians 4:8) And for its poetry: “Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them like a garment.” (Psalm 73:6) ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bible-verse/475667/7 "2008-12-04T15:27:48Z")
John 11;35 Jesus wept. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bible-verse/475667/8 "2008-12-04T15:32:11Z")
Isaiah 40: 31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bible-verse/475667/9 "2008-12-04T15:34:31Z")
John 15:13 ‘Greater love hath no man than this: that a man lay down his life for his friends.’ ---
**Author:** ![Jelymag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jelymag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jelymag)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bible-verse/475667/10 "2008-12-04T15:34:44Z")
The 91st Psalm. 1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” 3 Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. 4 He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. 5 You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, 6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. 7 A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. 8 You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked. 9 If you make the Most High your dwelling— even the LORD, who is my refuge- 10 then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent. 11 For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; 12 they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. 13 You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent. 14 “Because he loves me,” says the LORD, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. 15 He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. 16 With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation." ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bible-verse/475667/11 "2008-12-04T15:36:08Z")
1 Timothy 2:12 Do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent. Or Ezekiel 23:20 There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bible-verse/475667/12 "2008-12-04T15:49:54Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > Ezekiel 23:20 > > There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses. What sort of emissions testing did they have on horses back in the Iron Age anyway? ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bible-verse/475667/13 "2008-12-04T15:51:38Z")
Daniel 12:23 “For those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sun, and the righteous the stars, forever and ever.” ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bible-verse/475667/14 "2008-12-04T15:52:08Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > What sort of emissions testing did they have on horses back in the Iron Age anyway? Apparently enough to tell the difference between how much comes out of a donkey as compared to a horse. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bible-verse/475667/15 "2008-12-04T16:00:36Z")
Joshua 1:9 “Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.” I don’t normally use the KJV but that just happens to be the version I know this verse in. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bible-verse/475667/16 "2008-12-04T16:02:45Z")
“I tell you the truth,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am.” John 8:58 ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bible-verse/475667/17 "2008-12-04T16:03:05Z")
This should be the official Bible Verse of the SDMB! Proverbs 16:16, King James Version. “How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!” ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bible-verse/475667/18 "2008-12-04T16:05:50Z")
Or the Ezekiel 25:17 verse immortalized by Jules Winnfield. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bible-verse/475667/19 "2008-12-04T17:46:57Z")
Romans 8:35-3935Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36As it is written, ‘For your sake we are being killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered.’ 37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bible-verse/475667/20 "2008-12-04T17:59:39Z")
“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.” Revelation 21:6 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bible-verse/475667.md?page=2)