Favourite Religous passage

[Removed_user_012521]

Yeah so post your favourite passage from your holy book (such as the Bible or the Quaran).

My personaly favourite is Psaml 23 (David's the guy who did this one)

"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; 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"

[Shadows]

My favorite passage is from Samuel 21:9. About David and Goliath
The priest replied, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want it, take it; there is no sword here but that one."
David said, "There is none like it; give it to me."

It inspires me to fight on in any challange I do throughout the day. It is from a story in which the little guy defeats the big guy even though the big guy had defeated many many more able opponents.

[Sétanta]

Psalm 27:
1 The LORD is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the strongholda of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid?

2 When evildoers assail me
to devour my flesh--
my adversaries and foes--
they shall stumble and fall.

3 Though an army encamp against me,
my heart shall not fear;
though war rise up against me,
yet I will be confident.

[Removed_user_012521]

Yeah the Psalms are particularly poetic.


Psalm 62 : 3

God alone is my Rock and Salvation
My Secure hieght; I shall never fall.

[Shadows]

I gotta tell you though, I'm not a big religious guy, in fact I hardly ever go to church. I went to church a lot last summer, of course I was going on a missions trip with tha churches youth group. Despite that all, I just like to read the stories in the Bible, they are interesting to me, and hearing a good preist/father/whatever tell those stories is also interesting to me. But the whole lets get up on sundays and get dressed up and go the churc thing is a bit to muchr me.

[Removed_user_012521]

Same here. I don't go to Church except only on Holy Days but I pray every night, I just don't see the point in going to Church, should our relation with God be so Uniform?

[RZZZA]

"20:10 If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death. "

Thats a gem.

"20:13 If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death."

I live my life by that one. Homosexual kill count: 23

"7:1-2 When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations . . . then you must destroy them totally. Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy."

Thats a good one too

"I also gave them over to statutes that were not good and laws they could not live by; I let them become defiled through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn—that I might fill them with horror so they would know that I am the LORD."

God is soooo adorable.

[Removed_user_012521]

Yes those are some very meaningfull passages RZZZA. I thank you for shedding some light on some of the lesser known but equaly poetic and important verses in the Bibal.

Those passages wouln't happens to have a book huh? Perhaps Numbers?

[RZZZA]

Yes those are some very meaningfull passages RZZZA. I thank you for shedding some light on some of the lesser known but equaly poetic and important verses in the Bibal.

Those passages wouln't happens to have a book huh? Perhaps Numbers?

*shrug* beats me. When I touch the bible, my skin gets singed. I got that off the internet. If you dont think internet sources are reliable, well, theyre about as reliable as any bible you'd find today.

[Musha]

"20:10 If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death. "

Thats a gem.

"20:13 If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death."

I live my life by that one. Homosexual kill count: 23

"7:1-2 When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations . . . then you must destroy them totally. Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy."

Thats a good one too

"I also gave them over to statutes that were not good and laws they could not live by; I let them become defiled through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn—that I might fill them with horror so they would know that I am the LORD."

God is soooo adorable.

If i did'nt want to get banned i would respond to that

[stop-3]

I'm bucking the trend in this thread (even though I'm a god/bible basher mesen) by quoting a bit of the bible that really is very good. Ecclesiastes, or The Preacher;

'Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh ; but the earth abideth foreaver. The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence all the rivers come, thither they return again. All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it : the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done : and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there anything whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that come after.'

missing a couple verses, it goes on;

'I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. That which is crooked cannot be made strait: and that which is wanted cannot be numbered. I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly : I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief : and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.'

[Confederate Soldier]

Same here. I don't go to Church except only on Holy Days but I pray every night, I just don't see the point in going to Church, should our relation with God be so Uniform?

I’m pretty well the same. I used to go all the time but as I got older and read the Holy Bible for myself I started to differ on what they were preaching. It just didn’t seem to me that it was the same thing that I had just read. And as I still got older I could see them pushing there political thoughts first and Gods word second. If I want an political debate ill turn on Fox News.

I have many. Though I do agree that Psalm 23. It is a great one that can keep a man going even in bad times.

[Farnan]

Here is one I really like:

1 Samuel 16:7 -- "But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." (This is while the LORD was directing Samuel to annoint David as king, and Samuel saw a guy that looked kinglike and wanted to annoit him).

Another good one that helped me through a hard time:

Revelations 7:15-17 -- "Therefore,

they are before the throne of God
and serve him day and night in his
temple;
and he who sits on the throne will
spread his tent over them.
Never again will the hunger;
never again will they thirst.
The sun will not beat upon them,
nor any scorching heat.
For the Lamb at the center of the
throne will be their shepherd;
he will lead them to springs of living
water.
And God will wipe away every tear
from their eyes."
(A description of what happens to Christians after they die, a sort of pre-heavan..(heavan, or New Jewerusalem, is not made till the Apocolypse))

There are others I'll post soon..

[Tigran of Sasoun]

Revelations
6:1 I saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder, "Come and see!"

6:2 And behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow. A crown was given to him, and he came forth conquering, and to conquer.

6:3 When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come!"

6:4 Another came forth, a red horse. To him who sat on it was given power to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another. There was given to him a great sword.

6:5 When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come and see!" And behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a balance in his hand.

6:6 I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, "A choenix of wheat for a denarius, and three choenix of barley for a denarius! Don't damage the oil and the wine!"

6:7 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature saying, "Come and see!"

6:8 And behold, a pale horse, and he who sat on it, his name was Death. Hades followed with him. Authority over one fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword, with famine, with death, and by the wild animals of the earth was given to him.

6:9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had.

[AngryTitusPullo]

" Woe to you O Earth and Sea for the devil sends the beasts with wrath. Let him who hath understanding reckons the number of the beasts, for it is a human number. It's number is six hundred and sixty six..."

[Ummon]

"You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you."

"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect."

"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 important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 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? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?"

"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 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, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

And from a completely different religious set.

I consider the positions of kings and rulers as that of dust motes.

I observe treasures of gold and gems as so many bricks and pebbles.

I look upon the finest silken robes as tattered rags.

I see myriad worlds of the universe as small seeds of fruit, and the greatest lake in India as a drop of oil upon my foot.

I perceive the teachings of the world as the illusions of magicians.

I discern the highest conception of emancipation as a golden brocade in a dream, and view the holy path of the illuminated ones as flowers appearing in one's eyes.

I see meditation as a pillar of a mountain, nirvana as a nightmare of daytime.

I look upon the judgments of right and wrong as the serpentine dance of a dragon, and the rise and fall of belief as traces left by the four seasons.

And then again:

The tao that can be told
is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named
is not the eternal Name.

The unnamable is the eternally real.
Naming is the origin
of all particular things.

Free from desire, you realize the mystery.
Caught in desire, you see only the manifestations.

Yet mystery and manifestations
arise from the same source.
This source is called darkness.

Darkness within darkness.
The gateway to all understanding.

[Turbo]

This is my favorite verse. It is from the Wisdom of Solomon
The perfect wife: Chapter 31:10-31:

"A good wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life... Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land... Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her... Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised."

[Ardeur]

For me, its a tie between Galatians 5:16-26:

So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.

The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.

I'm particularly fond of the last paragraph.

And then my other favorite, Mark 16:16

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

The plan of salvation at its clearest.

[Ecclesiastes]

Here are mine.

1 The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem:

2 "Meaningless! Meaningless!"
says the Teacher.
"Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless."

3 What does man gain from all his labor
at which he toils under the sun?

4 Generations come and generations go,
but the earth remains forever.

5 The sun rises and the sun sets,
and hurries back to where it rises.

6 The wind blows to the south
and turns to the north;
round and round it goes,
ever returning on its course.

7 All streams flow into the sea,
yet the sea is never full.
To the place the streams come from,
there they return again.

8 All things are wearisome,
more than one can say.
The eye never has enough of seeing,
nor the ear its fill of hearing.

9 What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun.

10 Is there anything of which one can say,
"Look! This is something new"?
It was here already, long ago;
it was here before our time.

11 There is no remembrance of men of old,
and even those who are yet to come
will not be remembered
by those who follow.

12 I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 I devoted myself to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid on men! 14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

15 What is twisted cannot be straightened;
what is lacking cannot be counted.

16 I thought to myself, "Look, I have grown and increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me; I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge." 17 Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.

18 For with much wisdom comes much sorrow;
the more knowledge, the more grief.

Jesus said: I am the light that is over them all. I am the All; the All has come forth from me, and the All has attained unto me. Cleave a (piece of) wood: I am there. Raise up the stone, an ye shall find me there.

[Jesus The Inane]

God is light. There is no darkness in Him. Those who claim to be with Him, and yet are in Darkness, are lying.