Old Testament Verses
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God creates...
In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth.
Genesis 1:1
God continues to create on the Earth.
God continues to create on the Earth.
And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.”
Genesis 1:11
And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.”
Genesis 1:20
And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds... livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.”
Genesis 1:24
God creates a man and a wonderful place for him to live.
Then the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person. Then the LORD God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man he had made. The LORD God made all sorts of trees grow up from the ground—trees that were beautiful and that produced delicious fruit. In the middle of the garden, he placed the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:7-9
God makes a rule that has consequences if not followed.
God makes a rule that has consequences if not followed.
But the LORD God warned him, “You may freely eat the fruit of every tree in the garden, except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you eat its fruit, you are sure to die.”
Genesis 2:16-17
God knew that the man needed a female companion, so He also creates a woman.
God knew that the man needed a female companion, so He also creates a woman.
So, the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the LORD God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the opening. Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man.
Genesis 2:21-22
After a time of peaceful existence with their God, Adam & Eve listen to Satan and disobey God.
After a time of peaceful existence with their God, Adam & Eve listen to Satan and disobey God.
“You won’t die!” the serpent replied to the woman. “God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil.” The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful, and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So, she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too.
Genesis 3:4-6
God confronts Satan.
"And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.”
Genesis 3:15
In Genesis 3:15, God let's Satan know that there will be consequences for misleading Eve. Satan deceived Eve and this caused Adam and Eve to go against God's will and commit the first sins. God tells Satan that there will be friction and separation between those who go against God’s will and those who truly love, trust, follow and obey Jesus. Though the heel of Jesus is figuratively bruised when Jesus dies on the cross, the evil thoughts and ideas that are brought about and followed up on by Satan and those that don't follow Jesus will be crushed and defeated by the wonderful truth that will be revealed through the death of Jesus on the cross and His subsequent resurrection to new life. Humanity's disobedience problem is addressed immediately through this wonderful and telling verse in Genesis and we are introduced to Jesus very early in the Bible.
God is perfectly fair, so there are consequences when His rules are disobeyed. We need to realize how much the first sin and every sin after that is a major offense to our Creator.
Then the LORD God said, “Look, the human beings have become like us, knowing both good and evil. What if they reach out, take fruit from the tree of life, and eat it? Then they will live forever!” So, the LORD God banished them from the Garden of Eden, and he sent Adam out to cultivate the ground from which he had been made.
Genesis 3:22b-23
The human race begins to multiply.
Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the Lord.” Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel.
Genesis 4:1-2a
God teaches Adam's son, Cain, about our sin nature.
God teaches Adam's son, Cain, about our sin nature.
So, the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.”
Genesis 4:6-7
But the sin nature shown to us by Adam and Eve quickly shows itself again.
One day Cain suggested to his brother, “Let’s go out into the fields.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother, Abel, and killed him.
Genesis 4:8
The human race continues to grow, and communities develop.
The human race continues to grow, and communities develop.
When Adam was 130 years old, he became the father of a son who was just like him—in his very image. He named his son Seth. After the birth of Seth, Adam lived another 800 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:3-4
The sinning continues and God responds to evil on His Earth.
The sinning continues and God responds to evil on His Earth.
The LORD observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil. So, the LORD was sorry he had ever made them on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. And the LORD said, “I will wipe this human race I have created from the face of the earth. Yes, and I will destroy every living thing—all the people, the large animals, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and even the birds of the sky. I am sorry I ever made them.” But Noah found favor with the LORD.
Genesis 6:5-8
God speaks to Noah and humanity is given another chance.
God speaks to Noah and humanity is given another chance.
When everything was ready, the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the boat with all your family, for among all the people of the earth, I can see that you alone are righteous. Take with you seven pairs—male and female—of each animal I have approved for eating and for sacrifice and take one pair of each of the others. Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird. There must be a male and a female in each pair to ensure that all life will survive on the earth after the flood. Seven days from now I will make the rains pour down on the earth. And it will rain for forty days and forty nights, until I have wiped from the earth all the living things I have created. So, Noah did everything as the LORD commanded him.
Genesis 7:1-5
God saves righteous Noah and his family from the worldwide flood.
God saves righteous Noah and his family from the worldwide flood.
Noah was 600 years old when the flood covered the earth. He went on board the boat to escape the flood—he and his wife and his sons and their wives.
Genesis 7:6-7
The rain stops and the earth is repopulated through Noah's family.
The rain stops and the earth is repopulated through Noah's family.
Noah was now 601 years old. On the first day of the new year, ten and a half months after the flood began, the floodwaters had almost dried up from the earth. Noah lifted back the covering of the boat and saw that the surface of the ground was drying.
Genesis 8:13
The sons of Noah who came out of the boat with their father were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham is the father of Canaan.) From these three sons of Noah came all the people who now populate the earth.
Genesis 9:18-19
God now chooses a people group to help Him proclaim His holy and perfect will, via the Bible. A people group that would feel the results of obeying God and/or disobeying God. A people group that would contain the ancestry of our Lord and Savior, Jesus.
God begins His proclamation with Abram, who He later names Abraham.
God now chooses a people group to help Him proclaim His holy and perfect will, via the Bible. A people group that would feel the results of obeying God and/or disobeying God. A people group that would contain the ancestry of our Lord and Savior, Jesus.
God begins His proclamation with Abram, who He later names Abraham.
The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you. I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.” So, Abram departed as the LORD had instructed, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran. He took his wife, Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all his wealth—his livestock and all the people he had taken into his household at Haran—and headed for the land of Canaan.
Genesis 12:1-5
“And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; indeed, and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.”
Genesis 17:19
I have singled him out so that he will direct his sons and their families to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just. Then I will do for Abraham all that I have promised.”
Genesis 18:19
God blesses Abraham and Sarah with a son.
God blesses Abraham and Sarah with a son.
The LORD kept his word and did for Sarah exactly what he had promised. She became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. This happened at just the time God had said it would. And Abraham named their son Isaac.
Genesis 21:1-3
God blesses Isaac with twins.
God blesses Isaac with twins.
When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean. Isaac pleaded with the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was unable to have children. The LORD answered Isaac’s prayer, and Rebekah became pregnant with twins.
Genesis 25:20-21
So, when her days were fulfilled for her to give birth, indeed there were twins in her womb. And the first came out red. He was like a hairy garment all over; so, they called his name Esau. Afterward his brother came out, and his hand took hold of Esau’s heel; so, his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
Genesis 25:24-26
God let's Jacob know that His promise to Abraham will continue through him.
God let's Jacob know that His promise to Abraham will continue through him.
Now that Jacob had returned from Paddan-Aram, God appeared to him again at Bethel. God blessed him, saying, “Your name is Jacob, but you will not be called Jacob any longer. From now on your name will be Israel.” So, God renamed him Israel. Then God said, “I am El-Shaddai— ‘God Almighty.’ Be fruitful and multiply. You will become a great nation, even many nations. Kings will be among your descendants! And I will give you the land I once gave to Abraham and Isaac. Yes, I will give it to you and your descendants after you.”
Genesis 35:9-12
There is a famine in the land and God sends Jacob and his family to Egypt.
There is a famine in the land and God sends Jacob and his family to Egypt.
So, Jacob set out for Egypt with all his possessions. And when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac. During the night God spoke to him in a vision. “Jacob! Jacob!” he called. “Here I am,” Jacob replied. “I am God, the God of your father,” the voice said. “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make your family into a great nation. I will go with you down to Egypt, and I will bring you back again. But you will die in Egypt with Joseph attending to you.” So, Jacob left Beersheba, and his sons took him to Egypt. They carried him and their little ones and their wives in the wagons Pharaoh had provided for them. They also took all their livestock and all the personal belongings they had acquired in the land of Canaan. So, Jacob and his entire family went to Egypt— sons and grandsons, daughters and granddaughters—all his descendants.
Genesis 46:1-7
The people of Israel settled in the region of Goshen in Egypt. There they acquired property, and they were fruitful, and their population grew rapidly. Jacob lived for seventeen years after his arrival in Egypt, so he lived 147 years in all.
Genesis 47:27-28
A new King comes to power in Egypt and the descendants of Jacob become slaves.
A new King comes to power in Egypt and the descendants of Jacob become slaves.
He said to his people, “Look, the people of Israel now outnumber us and are stronger than we are. We must make a plan to keep them from growing even more. If we don’t, and if war breaks out, they will join our enemies and fight against us. Then they will escape from the country.” So, the Egyptians made the Israelites their slaves. They appointed brutal slave drivers over them, hoping to wear them down with crushing labor. They forced them to build the cities of Pithom and Rameses as supply centers for the king.
Exodus 1:9-11
God introduces Himself to Moses and Moses returns to Egypt.
God introduces Himself to Moses and Moses returns to Egypt.
One day Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock far into the wilderness and came to Sinai, the mountain of God. There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from the middle of a bush. Moses stared in amazement. Though the bush was engulfed in flames, it didn’t burn up. “This is amazing,” Moses said to himself. “Why isn’t that bush burning up? I must go see it.” When the LORD saw Moses coming to take a closer look, God called to him from the middle of the bush, “Moses! Moses!” “Here I am!” Moses replied. “Do not come any closer,” the LORD warned. “Take off your sandals, for you are standing on holy ground. I am the God of your father - the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” When Moses heard this, he covered his face because he was afraid to look at God. Then the LORD told him, “I have certainly seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their cries of distress because of their harsh slave drivers. Yes, I am aware of their suffering. So, I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and lead them out of Egypt into their own fertile and spacious land. It is a land flowing with milk and honey—the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live. Look! The cry of the people of Israel has reached me, and I have seen how harshly the Egyptians abuse them. Now go, for I am sending you to Pharaoh. You must lead my people Israel out of Egypt.”
Exodus 3:1-10
Pharaoh resists, but God shows that He is sovereign over all.
But I know that the king of Egypt will not permit you to go, except under compulsion. So, I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My miracles which I shall do in the midst of it; and after that he will let you go.
Exodus 3:19-20
God lets the Israelites know the importance of loving Him, trusting Him and passing on the truth.
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. Exodus 6:4-7
God leads the Israelites out of Egypt with assistance from Moses.
The time that the people of Israel lived in Egypt was 430 years. At the end of 430 years, on that very day, all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt. It was a night of watching by the Lord, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; so, this same night is a night of watching kept to the Lord by all the people of Israel throughout their generations.
Exodus 12:40-42
And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night. The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people.
Exodus 13:21-22
God writes down His Ten Commandments and gives them to Moses, so that they can be a guide for the Israelites and a focal point of His Bible.
God writes down His Ten Commandments and gives them to Moses, so that they can be a guide for the Israelites and a focal point of His Bible.
And God spoke all these words, saying: 'I am the LORD your God.'
ONE: 'You shall have no other gods before Me.'
TWO: 'You shall not make for yourself a carved image.'
THREE: 'You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.'
FOUR: 'Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.'
FIVE: 'Honor your father and your mother.'
SIX: 'You shall not murder.'
SEVEN: 'You shall not commit adultery.'
EIGHT: 'You shall not steal.'
NINE: 'You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.'
TEN: 'You shall not covet your neighbor's possessions."
Exodus 20:1-17
Moses preserves God's Historical writings, and the Bible begins
So, Moses wrote this law and delivered it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel. Deuteronomy 31:9
Moses dies and God picks Joshua to lead the Israelites back to the land God gave them before they went to Egypt to escape famine.
And the LORD commissioned Joshua the son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you shall bring the people of Israel into the land that I swore to give them. I will be with you.”
And the LORD commissioned Joshua the son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you shall bring the people of Israel into the land that I swore to give them. I will be with you.”
Deuteronomy 31:23
Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:5-9
God knows what is best for us. He loves us, but, as we know, there are consequences if people do not obey God.
Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with mockers. But they delight in the law of the LORD, meditating on it day and night. They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season. Their leaves never wither, and they prosper in all they do. But not the wicked! They are like worthless chaff, scattered by the wind. They will be condemned at the time of judgment. Sinners will have no place among the godly. For the LORD watches over the path of the godly, but the path of the wicked leads to destruction.
Psalm 1:1-6
God is merciful even though people continue to sin and disobey.
God is merciful even though people continue to sin and disobey.
O Lord, we and our kings, princes, and ancestors are covered with shame because we have sinned against you. But the Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him. We have not obeyed the Lord our God, for we have not followed the instructions he gave us through his servants the prophets.
Daniel 9:8-10
True wisdom from the Bible...
True wisdom from the Bible...
My child, listen to what I say, and treasure my commands. Tune your ears to wisdom and concentrate on understanding. Cry out for insight and ask for understanding. Search for them as you would for silver; seek them like hidden treasures. Then you will understand what it means to fear the Lord, and you will gain knowledge of God. For the Lord grants wisdom! From his mouth come knowledge and understanding. He grants a treasure of common sense to the honest. He is a shield to those who walk with integrity.
Proverbs 2:1-8
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Oh, how I love your law! It is my meditation all day. Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
Psalm 119:99
True proclamations from the minor prophets...
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”
Isaiah 52:7
Thus says the LORD: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the LORD.”
Jeremiah 9:23-24
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.
Ezekiel 36:26-27
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 6:8
True prophecy from the Bible...
The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers, it is to him you shall listen.
Deuteronomy 18:15
I will tell of the decree: The LORD said to me, you are my son: today I have begotten you.
Psalm 2:7
I know that my redeemer lives. In the end, He will stand upon the earth.
Job 19:25
Therefore, the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.
Isaiah 7:14
For unto us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:6
For He was cut off from the land of the living; For the transgressions of My people, He was stricken. And they made His grave with the wicked; But with the rich at His death, because He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.
Isaiah 53:8
But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village among all the people of Judah. Yet a ruler of Israel, whose origins are in the distant past, will come from you on my behalf.