The Times Famous Passages from the Bible

by Collins, Owen

• ISBN13: 9780007102259
• ISBN10: 0007102259
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd

Table of Contents

Introduction	xv
PART ONE: THE OLD TESTAMENT	1	(120)
Genesis	3	(22)
In the beginning	3	(2)
On the seventh day	5	(1)
God formed man	6	(1)
God planted a garden	6	(1)
I will make him an help meet for him	6	(1)
She took of the fruit	7	(1)
Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him	8	(1)
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord	9	(4)
Let us build us a city and a tower	13	(1)
Abram	14	(2)
Jacob dreamed	16	(1)
Joseph	17	(8)
Exodus	25	(7)
The angel of the Lord appeared unto Moses in a flame of fire	25	(1)
The Lord caused the sea to go back	26	(3)
God spake all these words	29	(1)
The Book of Leviticus	30	(1)
The scapegoat	30	(1)
Love thy neighbour	31	(1)
Numbers	32	(3)
The Lord bless thee	32	(1)
The Lord opened the mouth of the ass	32	(3)
Deuteronomy	35	(2)
These are the commandments	35	(2)
Joshua	37	(2)
Moses my servant is dead	37	(2)
Judges	39	(3)
Samson loved Delilah	39	(3)
Ruth	42	(1)
Whither thou goest, I will go	42	(1)
1 and 2 Samuel	43	(9)
David smote the Philistine	43	(4)
David lamented over Saul and Jonathan	47	(1)
David and Bathsheba	48	(4)
1 and 2 Kings	52	(8)
Give thy servant an understanding heart	52	(2)
Ahab gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel	54	(2)
Naaman was a leper	56	(4)
1 and 2 Chronicles	60	(5)
Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord and spread forth his hands	60	(5)
Ezra	65	(2)
The Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus	65	(2)
Nehemiah	67	(3)
Ezra brought the law before the congregation	67	(3)
Esther	70	(1)
If thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time	70	(1)
Job	71	(2)
My redeemer liveth	71	(1)
The fear of the Lord, that is wisdom	71	(2)
Psalms	73	(6)
The Lord is my shepherd	73	(1)
God is our refuge and strength	74	(1)
Have mercy upon me, O God	75	(1)
Bless the Lord, O my soul	76	(2)
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills	78	(1)
Proverbs	79	(2)
Whoso findeth me findeth life	79	(2)
Ecclesiastes	81	(1)
To every thing there is a season	81	(1)
Song of Solomon	82	(1)
Many waters cannot quench love	82	(1)
Isaiah	83	(5)
I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne	83	(1)
The people have seen a great light	84	(1)
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people	84	(1)
A man of sorrows	85	(2)
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me	87	(1)
Jeremiah	88	(4)
Before I formed thee I knew thee	88	(2)
He shall be as a tree planted by the waters	90	(1)
I will write my law in their hearts	90	(2)
Lamentations	92	(1)
The Lord's mercies are new every morning	92	(1)
Ezekiel	93	(5)
I will feed my flock	93	(1)
A new heart also will I give you	94	(1)
Can these bones live?	95	(1)
The waters issued out of the house	96	(2)
Daniel	98	(9)
These men were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace	98	(3)
Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin	101	(3)
They cast Daniel into the den of lions	104	(3)
Hosea	107	(2)
I drew them with bands of love	107	(1)
I will heal their backsliding	107	(2)
Joel	109	(1)
I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh	109	(1)
Amos	110	(1)
Let judgment run down as waters	110	(1)
Jonah	111	(2)
The Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah	111	(2)
Micah	113	(2)
Beth-lehem Ephratah	113	(1)
Walk humbly with thy God	113	(2)
Habakkuk	115	(1)
The just shall live by his faith	115	(1)
Keep silence	115	(1)
Zechariah	116	(2)
By my spirit	116	(1)
I will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem	116	(1)
Riding upon an ass	117	(1)
Malachi	118	(3)
I will send my messenger	118	(1)
Bring ye all the tithes	118	(1)
I will send you Elijah the prophet	119	(2)
PART TWO: THE NEW TESTAMENT	121	(79)
Matthew	123	(9)
Blessed are the poor in spirit	123	(1)
Bless them that curse you	124	(1)
After this manner pray ye	124	(1)
Take no thought for the morrow	124	(1)
Ask, seek, knock	125	(1)
Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you	126	(1)
The strait gate	126	(1)
Come unto me	126	(1)
A sower went forth to sow	126	(2)
A man which sowed good seed in his field	128	(1)
One pearl of great price	129	(1)
Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?	129	(1)
He shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left	130	(1)
Lo, I am with you alway	131	(1)
Mark	132	(5)
The kingdom of God is at hand	132	(1)
Arise, and take up thy bed	133	(1)
He ordained twelve	133	(1)
Suffer the little children to come unto me	134	(1)
He had great possessions	134	(1)
A ransom for many	135	(2)
Luke	137	(9)
Hail, thou that art highly favoured	137	(1)
My soul doth magnify the Lord	138	(1)
There were shepherds abiding in the field	138	(1)
This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears	139	(1)
A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho	140	(1)
Martha received him into her house	141	(1)
Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee	141	(1)
A certain man had two sons	142	(1)
A man named Zacchaeus	143	(1)
A village called Emmaus	143	(3)
John	146	(14)
In the beginning was the Word	146	(1)
A man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus	147	(1)
I am the bread of life	148	(1)
Rivers of living water	149	(1)
I am the door of the sheep	149	(1)
I am the resurrection, and the life	150	(2)
Jesus took a towel, and girded himself	152	(1)
I am the true vine	153	(1)
The Comforter	154	(1)
Father, the hour is come	155	(1)
They crucified him	156	(2)
The stone taken away from the sepulchre	158	(2)
Acts	160	(9)
A cloud received him out of their sight	160	(1)
When the day of Pentecost was fully come	161	(1)
They stoned Stephen	162	(4)
Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?	166	(2)
Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house	168	(1)
Romans	169	(3)
We have peace with God	169	(1)
There is therefore now no condemnation	170	(1)
Present your bodies a living sacrifice	170	(2)
1 Corinthians	172	(3)
This do in remembrance of me	172	(1)
The greatest of these is charity	173	(1)
We shall all be changed	174	(1)
2 Corinthians	175	(2)
All things are become new	175	(1)
The communion of the Holy Ghost	176	(1)
Galatians	177	(2)
By the works of the law shall no flesh be justified	177	(1)
But the fruit of the Spirit is love	178	(1)
Ephesians	179	(2)
To know the love of Christ	179	(1)
Put on the whole armour of God	180	(1)
Philippians	181	(2)
He humbled himself	181	(1)
Whatsoever things are true	182	(1)
Colossians	183	(1)
Seek those things which are above	183	(1)
1 Thessalonians	184	(2)
Concerning them which are asleep	184	(2)
1 Timothy	186	(1)
Godliness with contentment is great gain	186	(1)
2 Timothy	187	(2)
All scripture is given by inspiration of God	187	(1)
I have kept the faith	187	(2)
Titus	189	(1)
The washing of regeneration	189	(1)
Hebrews	190	(4)
We have a great high priest	190	(1)
Faith is the substance of things hoped for	191	(3)
James	194	(1)
Be swift to hear	194	(1)
1 Peter	195	(2)
As strangers and pilgrims	195	(2)
1 John	197	(1)
Love is of God	197	(1)
Jude	198	(1)
To present you faultless	198	(1)
Revelation	199	(1)
I have the keys of hell and of death	199	(1)
I stand at the door, and knock	200	(1)
God shall wipe away all tears	200