Famous Old Testament Scriptures
Genesis 1-3 (Creation & Garden of Eden)
Genesis 6-9 (Noah & the Ark)
Genesis 12 (God’s promise to Abram/Abraham)
Exodus 1-15 (The Exodus story)
Exodus 20:1-17 (The Ten Commandments)
Joshua 24:14-16 (“Choose whom you will serve”)
Judges 16 (Samson & Delilah)
1 Samuel 3:1-10 (The call of Samuel)
Isaiah 9:2-9 (People in darkness, seen great light)
Isaiah 40:27-31 (On Eagles wings)
Isaiah 52:13-53:12 (The Suffering Servant)
Isaiah 61:1-3 (Lord has filled me with his spirit)
Jeremiah 1:4-10 (The call of Jeremiah)
Lamentations 3:19-24 (The Lord’s unfailing love is sure as the sunrise)
Ezekiel 37:1-14 (Valley of dry bones)
Job (A long look at the problem of when bad things happen to good people)
Psalms 8, 23, 27, 46, 51, 90, 100, 103, 121, 139, 150, and many others!
Proverbs (the whole book is full of wise and thought-provoking sayings…the “bumper stickers” of the Bible)
Ecclesiastes 3 (“a time for everything”)
Story of Ruth (The story of a faithful woman)
Story of Jonah (The Bible’s biggest “fish” story!)
Daniel 3 (Daniel and friends in the fiery furnace)
Daniel 6 (Daniel and friends in the Lion’s den)
Hosea 11:8 (“My love for you is too strong…”)
Amos 5:18-24 (“Let justice flow like a stream…”)
Micah 4:1-4 (“Hammer their swords into plows…”)
Micah 6:1-8 (“What he requires of us…”)
Famous New Testament Scriptures
(All four gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, & John are full of “famous” events!)
Matthew 1-2, Luke 2:1-20 (Jesus’ birth stories)
Matthew chapters 5-7 (Sermon on the Mount)
Matthew 11:25-30 (Come to me, I’ll give you rest)
Mark 12:28-34 (The Greatest Commandment)
Luke 15:11-32 (The Prodigal Son Story)
Luke 22:14-20 (The Last Supper)
John 1:1-14 (The Word became flesh)
John 3:16 (on signs at ballgames!)
John 8:1-11 (Let the one without sin throw the first stone)
John 11 (Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead)
Jesus’ death & resurrection (at end of each gospel)
Acts 2 (the coming of the Holy Spirit)
Romans 5 (How we are put right with God)
Romans 8:31-39 (Nothing separates us from God)
1 Corinthians 13 (love chapter)
Ephesians 4:1-16 (The unity of the body of Christ)
Ephesians 6:10-20 (Put on the whole armor of God)
James (practical applications of our Christian faith)
1 John 4:7-21 (God is love)
Revelation 3:20 (I stand at the door and knock)
Revelation 21:1-8 (Jesus the Alpha and Omega)
Jeffrey Rasche 