a-verse-a-book Project

I had this idea a few months ago.  I wanted to help my daughters dig a little deeper in the Bible.  They already know a lot of the stories and we have already read through a couple of Children’s Bibles with them (my new favorite HERE), but I wanted to help them look at the different books of the Bible and understand how each book is uniquely inspired and opens us up to new insights.

Hence the “a-verse-a-book PROJECT”.  I wanted to come up with one verse for each book of the Bible that I could share with them, talk about, and possibly even memorize together.  I wanted each verse to represent something about that specific book, something we could talk about, and something that would stay with them.  Below is my working attempt at it.  I have pulled a verse (some are multiple verses and some are partial verses) from each book of the Bible from the NRSV (still often my go-to choice) and listed them for you to peruse at your leisure.

AND THIS IS WHERE YOU COME IN!! I would love for this to be the beginning of a conversation.  I have selected these verses, but do not pretend to think this is the best selection that it could be.  What suggestions do you have?  Any seem an odd choice to you?  Any favorites verses of yours missing?  I would welcome your feedback and comments as I seek to make this list new-and-improved and post an updated version later on …

• Genesis 28:15 – Know that I am with you and will keep you wherever you go
• Exodus 2:24 – God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
• Leviticus 19:2 – You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.
• Numbers 6:24-26 – 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.
• Deuteronomy 6:4-5 – Hear, O Israel: The LORD is our God, the LORD alone. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.
• Joshua 1:9 – I hereby command you: Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.
• Judges 8:23 – Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the Lord will rule over you.”
• Ruth 1:16 – Where you go, I will go; Where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God.
• 1 Samuel 3:10 – Now the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”
• 2 Samuel 7:9 – I have been with you wherever you went
• 1 Kings 2:2 – I am about to go the way of all the earth. Be strong, be courageous
• 2 Kings 19:15 – O LORD the God of Israel, who are enthroned above the cherubim, you are God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.
• 1 Chronicles 16:8 – O give thanks to the Lord, call on his name, make known his deeds among the peoples.
• 2 Chronicles 13:10 – But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not abandoned him
• Ezra 3:11 – and they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the LORD, “For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever toward Israel.”
• Nehemiah 8:10 – do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.
• Esther 4:14 – Who knows? Perhaps you have come to royal dignity for just such a time as this.
• Job 1:21 – the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord
• Psalms 119:11 – I treasure your word in my heart, so that I may not sin against you
• Proverbs 3:5-6 – 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.
• Ecclesiastes 3:1 – For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven
• Song of Songs 8:6 – Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death, passion fierce as the grave.
• Isaiah 40:1 – Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God.
• Jeremiah 29:11 – For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the LORD, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.
• Lamentations 3:22-23 – The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
• Ezekiel 36:26 – A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
• Daniel 2:20 – Blessed be the name of God from age to age, for wisdom and power are his.
• Hosea 11:1 – When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
• Joel 2:13 – Return to the LORD, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and relents from punishing.
• Amos 5:24 – But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream.
• Obadiah 15 – For the day of the Lord is near against all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you; your deeds shall return on your own head
• Jonah 2:1 – Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish
• Micah 6:8 – what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
• Nahum 1:7 – The Lord is good, a stronghold in a day of trouble; he protects those who take refuge in him
• Habakkuk 3:18 – yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will exult in the God of my salvation.
• Zephaniah 3:17 – The LORD, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing
• Haggai 2:5 – according to the promise that I made you when you came out of Egypt. My spirit abides among you; do not fear.
• Zechariah 7:9 – Thus says the LORD of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another;
• Malachi 4:2 – But for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings.

• Matthew 28:19-20 – Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,  and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.
• Mark 1:15 – The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.
• Luke 4:18-19 – The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor.  He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.
• John 10:10 – I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
• Acts 1:8 – But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
• Romans 12:2 – Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God
• 1 Corinthians 14:1 – Pursue love and strive for the spiritual gifts,
• 2 Corinthians 5:17 – So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!
• Galatians 5:22-23 – By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.
• Ephesians 2:8 – For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God
• Philippians 4:4 – Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.
• Colossians 3:12 – As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 – Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you
• 2 Thessalonians 3:3 – But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
• 1 Timothy 4:12 – Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
• 2 Timothy 4:7 – I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
• Titus 3:5 – he saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy,
• Philemon 17 – So if you consider me your partner, welcome him as you would welcome me.
• Hebrews 13:8 – Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
• James 2:17 – So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.
• 1 Peter 4:8 – Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.
• 2 Peter 3:9 – The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance.
• 1 John 4:19 – We love because he first loved us
• 2 John 6 – And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments
• 3 John 4 – I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
• Jude 20-21 – But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit; keep yourselves in the love of God; look forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.
• Revelation 21:3 – See, the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them as their God; they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them