What is your favorite Bible quote?

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You don't have to be Christian to play!

(In fact, I'm an atheist, myself.)

I'll start with my own personal favorite.

They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not rise up against nation. Nor shall they study war any more.

Here's some Christians illustrating the meaning of this prophesy from Isaiah 2:4.

I think that they do a pretty good job, with poise, grace, humor, and a red tricycle and garden mattock:

What's your favorite Bible quote?

[VanillaRhapsody]

1. Matthew 6:

English Standard Version

But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

More Christians should pay attention to it,,,

[nichomachus]

2. My favorite

But my brother Esau is an hairy man and I am a smooth man.

[muriel_volestrangler]

16. ...

[immoderate]

3. Let there be light.

--imm

[edhopper]

4. this

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

It gives the bible that Lord of the Rings/Ancient Myth feel, placing it were it belongs

[merrily]

52. bear children. Otherwise, it read like moms enabling pedophile giants

[edhopper]

54. I don't think it means daughters as in

children, but the women of mankind, breeding with this race of giants.
Like the elf/dwarf romance in the current Hobbit movies.

[merrily]

56. I think you missed my point. It's "bear children," not "bare children."

One refers to childbirth, the other to naked kids. (I would not have been a spelling nazi, but for the overtone or pedophiles.)

When I was in elementary school, the asst. football coach was our substitute teacher one day I guess the lesson plan for the day called for a spelling bee. The word he gave me was one of those words, and the sentence he gave me was "Please ____ with me while I leave the room." I spelled b-e-a-r. He told me I was wrong. It was b-a-r-e.

An adult teacher telling a little kid "Bare with me while I leave the room" could land the teacher in jail. But, I was too obedient to authority as a kid to mention that. So, I took the unfair loss in silence.

What a jerk I was!

[edhopper]

61. Okay, got it, funny

the quote was a copy/paste so I didn't spellcheck.

[Mariana]

67. It's "bare childen".

Bare is the past tense of bear.

[merrily]

68. LOL!

[cbayer]

5. Mine

1 Corinthians 13:4-7New International Version (NIV)

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

[NRaleighLiberal]

8. I've heard that used at many weddings.

a really nice verse for sure. I decided to take a whack at rich religious hypocrites in my choice!

[cbayer]

14. It's a nice one to remind yourself of from time to time...

since I sometimes forget what love is really about.

[No Vested Interest]

48. Love is patient, etc. - Used at my son's wedding

10 days ago. Useful reminder.

[livingonearth]

6. From Proverbs 3:27

"Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it."

[NRaleighLiberal]

7. the camel/eye of the needle one that is so conveniently ignored these days

Matthew 19:24 (thanks, Google!) - "Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."

Guess that leaves the Vatican peeps (along with so many others, including essentially all of our politicians) out of the deal.

So it really will be heaven without all of those pols!

[Hoppy]

9. Blessed are the cheese makers.

[Applan]

28. what's so special about the cheesemakers?

Eh?

[bvf]

44. Actually

it refers to anyone who works with dairy products.

Don't take it so literally.

[Applan]

69. who asked you big nose?

[merrily]

60. The whole Sermon on the Mount is rather neat.

[msongs]

10. Truth 1:1 - April fools nt

[Smarmie Doofus]

11. Pride goeth before a fall. n/t

[Maedhros]

12. Matthew 21:17

"And he left them and went out of the city, into Bethany, and he lodged there."

[phil89]

59. Yeah. Think about it.

nt

[artemis starwolf]

13. Romans chapter 12. the whole thing

I'm not a Christian any longer, but this chapter still resonates with me as the best synopsis I've ever seen on how to live your life. Don't let yourself be changed by the world. Don't think more of yourself than it is necessary to think; that is, not too much but not too little. Be thankful for your gifts, and use them to your best ability, but don't envy others their gifts, because we are all needed. Love others and show them honor. Work hard at whatever you do. Be hospitable and generous. Show empathy. Don't be too proud, but appreciate simple things. Be peaceable with everyone, and don't try to get revenge on your enemies, but shame them with your better nature. Do not let yourself be conquered by evil, but keep conquering evil with good. This verse once got me through a divorce with grace and dignity, and has guided my life ever since.

[Warren Stupidity]

15. So many choices!

But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head..." 1 Corinthians 11:5

or perhaps:

How blessed will be the one who seizes your young children and pulverizes them against the cliff! Psalm 137: 9

or then again:

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
1 timothy 2:12

or:

Slaves, in reverent fear of God submit yourselves to your masters, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh. 1 Peter 2:18

or:

Next we headed for the land of Bashan, where King Og and his army attacked us at Edrei. But the LORD told me, 'Do not be afraid of him, for I have given you victory over Og and his army, giving you his entire land. Treat him just as you treated King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon.' So the LORD our God handed King Og and all his people over to us, and we killed them all. We conquered all sixty of his towns, the entire Argob region in his kingdom of Bashan. These were all fortified cities with high walls and barred gates. We also took many unwalled villages at the same time. We completely destroyed the kingdom of Bashan, just as we had destroyed King Sihon of Heshbon. We destroyed all the people in every town we conquered – men, women, and children alike. But we kept all the livestock for ourselves and took plunder from all the towns. Deuteronomy 3:1-7

or:

When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are. If she does not please the man who bought her, he may allow her to be bought back again. But he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract with her. And if the slave girl's owner arranges for her to marry his son, he may no longer treat her as a slave girl, but he must treat her as his daughter. If he himself marries her and then takes another wife, he may not reduce her food or clothing or fail to sleep with her as his wife. If he fails in any of these three ways, she may leave as a free woman without making any payment. Exodus 21

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17. I'm surprised to see this particular list of favorites on DU.

[Warren Stupidity]

43. It is such a great book! So many insights! Such guidance on how to live

n the world circa 600 BCE (O.T) or 200 CE (N.T).

[bravenak]

64. Those are among my favorites too.

I read the Life Application Bible when I was 15, cover to cover. With my mother and my sister.
I am an Atheist, my sister believes in 'spirituality' and 'reincarnation', and my mother just believes the universe is god and it died in the big bang. The bible really ruined religion for me. Sad. My mom still talks about selling me sometimes and we laugh about how many silver pieces i'm worth now.

[handmade34]

18. John 21:15-17 (KJV)

Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.

He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

no rational reason for it, but this moves me

[The Blue Flower]

36. But I say unto thee, not in Florida

nt

[handmade34]

41. ....

[Agnosticsherbet]

19. 4:5 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

And this one is considered to be about oral sex.

4:16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. (4:16) "Come ... blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits."

[JEFF9K]

20. Matthew ...

22:17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?

22:18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?

22:19 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.

22:20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?

22:21 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.

All money belongs to the government. Good for arguing with conservatives about taxation!

[JEFF9K]

21. My LEAST favorite:

KINGS II

18:27 But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

[rug]

26. That sounds like the SoP for this Group.

[hrmjustin]

22. Jesus wept!

[rug]

24. What's happened now?

[hrmjustin]

25. lol. I think it is the shortest verse in the bible.

[rug]

27. That's what I heard.

No cheating, what's the last word of the Christian Bible?

[hrmjustin]

29. Something about not adding and taking away from these books.

I think it ends eith come Lord Jesus.

[rug]

31. Amen.

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. Amen.

The part you mentioned comes just before.

[hrmjustin]

33. The good old Amen.

[rug]

37. Sing it over!

[hrmjustin]

38. You can always tell the difference between an Anglican and A Roman Catholic by the way they say Amen

[rug]

39. Hah! I hadn't heard that one.

I always thought it was the Vicar's wife rolling her eyes in the front pew.

[hrmjustin]

42. Yes that would also be a dead giveaway.

[rug]

23. John 20:25

So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in his side, I will not believe.”

[muntrv]

30. Matthew 6:6.

http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-6.htm

[The Blue Flower]

32. Let us not grow weary in well-doing

...for in due season we shall reap if we do not lost heart.

But I must add that anyone who says the Bible is the greatest or even a laudatory road map for a good life simply hasn't read it.

[JeffHead]

34. In the beginning.

Then it all goes off the rails after that.

[TygrBright]

35. Matthew 25:40

"For that, which thou has done unto the least of these, my people, thou has done unto me."

wistfully,
Bright

[PassingFair]

70. +1

If this was rule 1 for Christians, I might like more of them.

[hrmjustin]

40. Matthew 28:6-8

…6"He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying. 7"Go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead; and behold, He is going ahead of you into Galilee, there you will see Him; behold, I have told you." 8And they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy and ran to report it to His disciples.…

[malokvale77]

45. I love that one...

But I think my favorite would be Psalms 23. It is beautiful poetry.

BTW, i am an atheist myself.

[AtheistCrusader]

46. Genesis 3:14, because there's a species of snake that can fly, so the god of the bible either doesnt

exist, or he's a totally impotent piece of shit.

[No Vested Interest]

49. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdon of heaven;

Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the land;
Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted;
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall have their fill;
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy;
Blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall see God;
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God;
Blessed are they who suffer persecution for justice' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

[Goblinmonger]

50. It appears that you are a Biblical literalist who believes that the...

...Bible quotes that you toss around are self-explanatory.

They aren't to me, even if they are to Biblical literalists.

For those that don't get the reference.

Wondering when you are going to call all those that posted Biblical quotations without context or explanation fundamental Biblical literalists?

[cbayer]

51. Oops, never mind. I see why the link doesn't work for me.

[Goblinmonger]

55. That's kind of weird that you can't.

Even when someone links to a specific post by a person I have on ignore, the specific link usually takes me to that post. Odd that it wouldn't work with a sub-thread started by someone on ignore. Oh, well. One of the mysteries of the intertubes, I guess.

[cbayer]

58. It just takes me to my OP. It does not take me to the post.

I'm not sure why your links would work differently.

[merrily]

53. Fun thread, stone space. Thanks. Can't pick just one, but

The third book of John, Chapter 1, verse 2 (KJV) is very sweet (and poetic):

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

I like the bit about everything boiling down to loving God and loving your neighbor as yourself and the bits about fixing your own faults and not judging others.

I don't know how things like that could possibly have gone so terribly awry.

And, now, a fun bit from the OT. (Yes, that's right: a fun bit from the OT)


Proverbs 17:22King James Version (KJV)

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

[Ink Man]

57. Treasures in Heaven.

Matthew 6:24-34
24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[e]?

28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

[libodem]

66. I was going to say that one

About the lillies in the field but I had no idea about the chapter and verse. Thanks.

[edhopper]

62. blessed are the cheesmakers

[RoBear]

63. Phillipians 1:7

I have you in my heart.

[LeftishBrit]

65. If the Apocrypha counts, I like the moral advice of Ecclesiasticus 4

My son, defraud not the poor of his living, and make not the needy eyes to wait long.

2 Make not an hungry soul sorrowful; neither provoke a man in his distress.

3 Add not more trouble to an heart that is vexed; and defer not to give to him that is in need.

4 Reject not the supplication of the afflicted; neither turn away thy face from a poor man.

5 Turn not away thine eye from the needy, and give him none occasion to curse thee:

6 For if he curse thee in the bitterness of his soul, his prayer shall be heard of him that made him....

79 Deliver him that suffereth wrong from the hand of the oppressor; and be not fainthearted when thou sittest in judgment. ...

20 Observe the opportunity, and beware of evil; and be not ashamed when it concerneth thy soul.

21 For there is a shame that bringeth sin; and there is a shame which is glory and grace.

22 Accept no person against thy soul, and let not the reverence of any man cause thee to fall.

23 And refrain not to speak, when there is occasion to do good, and hide not thy wisdom in her beauty.

24 For by speech wisdom shall be known: and learning by the word of the tongue.

25 In no wise speak against the truth; but be abashed of the error of thine ignorance.

26 Be not ashamed to confess thy sins; and force not the course of the river.

27 Make not thyself an underling to a foolish man; neither accept the person of the mighty.

28 Strive for the truth unto death, and the Lord shall fight for thee.

29 Be not hasty in thy tongue, and in thy deeds slack and remiss.

30 Be not as a lion in thy house, nor frantick among thy servants.

31 Let not thine hand be stretched out to receive, and shut when thou shouldest repay.

[struggle4progress]

71. "Love is the fulfillment of the law"