Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Bible Memory Verses

#1:
In the beginning,
God created
the heavens
and the earth.
(Genesis 1:1)

#2:
The Lord God said to the serpent,
“I will put enmity between you and the woman,
between your seed and her seed;
he shall bruise your head,
and you shall bruise his heel.”
(Genesis 3:15)

#3: Hear, O Israel:
The LORD our God is one LORD.
(Deut 6:4)
Bonus points if you can write it in Hebrew
(transliterated into English):
Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad.

#4:
The LORD bless you and keep you:
The LORD make his face to shine upon you,
and be gracious to you:
The LORD lift up his countenance upon you,
and give you peace.
(Numbers 6:24-26)

#5:
I am the LORD your God,
who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
out of the house of bondage.
You shall have no other gods before me. (Exodus 20:2-3)

#6:
In those days there was no king in Israel;
every man did what was right in his own eyes.
(Judges 21:25)

#7:
And the LORD came and stood forth,
calling as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!"
And Samuel said,
"Speak, for thy servant hears." (1 Samuel 3:10)

#8:
But the LORD said to Samuel,
"Do not look on his appearance
or on the height of his stature,
because I have rejected him;
for the LORD sees not as man sees;
man looks on the outward appearance,
but the LORD looks into the heart."
(1 Sam 16:7)

#9:
Have mercy on me, O God,
according to thy steadfast love;
according to thy abundant mercy
blot out my transgressions.
(Psalm 51:1)

#10:
Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
and do not rely on your own insight.
In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make straight your paths.
Be not wise in your own eyes;
fear the LORD,
and turn away from evil.
(Proverbs 3:5-7)

#11: Now the word of the LORD came to me saying,
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born I consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet to the nations."
(Jeremiah 1:4-5)

#12: A new heart I will give you,
and a new spirit I will put within you;
and I will take out of your flesh the heart of stone
and give you a heart of flesh.
(Ezekiel 36:26)

#13: But he was wounded for our transgressions,
he was bruised for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that made us whole,
and with his stripes we are healed.
(Isa 53:5)

#14: The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases,
his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
great is thy faithfulness.
(Lamentations 3:22-23)

#15: When Israel was a child,
I loved him,
and out of Egypt I called my son.
(Hosea 11:1)

#16: For from the rising of the sun to its setting
my name is great among the nations,
and in every place incense is offered to my name,
and a pure offering;
for my name is great among the nations,
says the LORD of hosts. (Malachi 1:11)

#17 (for final): Psalm 23, King James Version
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
he leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul:
he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil: for thou art with me;

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thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:
thou anointest my head with oil;
my cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.