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King James Version Favorites


A treasury of more than 100 of the most memorable selections from the most influential book in the English language
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King James Version Favorites

I want you to enjoy the King James Bible.
   
The Bible is God’s Word. It’s “a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path,” the psalmist said. But the Bible was written in Hebrew, Greek, and a few portions in Aramaic, and so it must be translated into English.
   
Fortunately for us, the King James Bible was written in a unique period in the development of the English language. “The times were alive, effervescent. English was in the throes of discovering itself. The late Elizabethan age was an age of linguistic sizzle,”  says David Teems in his biography of James.
   
As a result, in addition to the life-changing power of the stories and message of the Bible in its original languages, the words of the King James Bible have a poetic majesty that has never been duplicated. “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.”  We may not say it that way today, but there’s a power there – a power because it’s the Word of God and a power because of the way it’s written.

These 107 passages were chosen
  • because a passage tells a familiar story, such as the parable of the Good Samaritan

  

  • because we are familiar with the beauty of a passage’s language, such as the “love chapter” in I Corinthians – “And now abideth faith, hope, charity (love) these three; but the greatest of these is charity.”
  • because a passage has influenced our culture, such as Isaiah’s “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given,” which is sung in Handel’s “Messiah.
   
Also included are the first chapter of the Bible (“In the beginning God created the haven and the earth.”) and the last (“The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.”)
   
These 107 passages were written to be heard. To read them silently is to miss part of their unique power. So find a quiet place where you will be able to read out loud the words, “Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.”
   
When you do, you will hear God’s Word spoken by you and to you in the most influential and important words ever written in the English language.

Just click on the reference below and you will go to a page with those verses from the King James Version.
Genesis 1:1–2:3 (abridged)           
Genesis 2:7, 18-25            
Genesis 3:1-19
Genesis 22:1-14              
Exodus 20:1-17            
Numbers 6:22-27            
Deuteronomy 6:1-9        
Joshua 1:1-9            
Ruth 1:11-18                
I Samuel 3:1-10        
II Samuel 12:1-15 (abridged)
I Kings 10:1-10            
I Kings 18:1, 17-39 (abridged)
I Kings 19:9-13        
Job 19:13-26 (abridged)
Psalm 1            
Psalm 8                
Psalm 19 (abridged)
Psalm 23            
Psalm 24                
Psalm 51               
Psalm 91                  
Psalm 100            
Psalm 103:1-14            
Psalm 121                
Psalm 139 (abridged)
Psalm 150                
Proverbs 3:1-18; 4:7  
Proverbs 6:6-11, 16-23
Proverbs 31:10-31           
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8        
Song of Solomon 4:1-7
Isaiah 2:1-5    
Isaiah 6:1-10                
Isaiah 9:2-7   
Isaiah 40:1-9   
Isaiah 53:1-12           
Isaiah 55:1-13   
Jeremiah 18:1-12
Ezekiel 37:1-14 (abridged)
Daniel 3:1-28 (abridged)   
Daniel 5:1-31 (abridged)   
Joel 2:28-32
Amos 3:1-8
Micah 4:1-5
Habakkuk 2:2-4, 18-20
Matthew 4:1-11            
Matthew 5:1-16            
Matthew 6:5-15            
Matthew 6:25-34            
Matthew 7:1-14            
Matthew 13:1-9            
Matthew 13:24-30        
Matthew 18:1-11            
Matthew 23:23-28, 37-39         
Matthew 24: 3-44 (abridged)        
Matthew 25:1-13            
Matthew 27:45-56            
Matthew 28:8-10, 16-20    
Mark 8:27-38                
Mark 10:2-16                
Mark 12:13-17            
Mark 12:38-44            
Luke 1:26-38                
Luke 1:46-56                
Luke 2:1-20                 
Luke 2:25-33            
Luke 10:25-37                
Luke 15:11-32                    
Luke 16:19-31                
Luke 22:7-8, 14-23   
John 1:1-14                

John 2:1-11
John 3:1-21    
John 4:5-26
John 8:2-11
John 13:2-17
John 14: 1-11
John 15:1-17
John 18:33-19:16 (abridged)    
John 20:1-18    
Acts 1:1-11
Acts 8:26-38
Acts 17:22-34
Acts 26:1-20    
Romans 1:1-3, 14-21
Romans 8:1, 26-39
Romans 12:1-21
I Corinthians 13:1-13
I Corinthians 15:12-22, 25-26
I Corinthians 15:50-58
Galatians 5:16-6:2
Ephesians 6:10-20
Philippians 2:1-11
Philippians 4:4 -13
I Thessalonians 4:13-18
I Timothy 6:6-16
II Timothy 3:12 – 4:5
Hebrews 11:1-12:2 (abridged)    
James 1:12-27
I John 1:3-2:2
I John 2:7-17
I John 4:7-11, 20-5:5
Revelation 3:14-22
Revelation 5:1-14    
Revelation 7:9-17
Revelation 21:1-8
Revelation 21:9-22:21 (abridged)

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