The Ministry of the Twelve

The Twelve Apostles - Matthew 10 1 And when he had called to him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. 2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are ...

Take Up Your Cross and Follow Me

Fearing God Alone – Matthew 10 26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. 27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak you in light: and what you hear in the ear, that preach you on ...

Saul's Conversion on the Damascus Road

Saul's Damascus Road Conversion (Acts 9:1-16) Sweet Publishing/FreeBibleimages.org/CC BY-SA 3.0 1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, 2 And desired of him letters to Damasc...

Matthew 1:18-25 - The Birth of Jesus

  The Birth of Jesus (Matthew 1:18-25) Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just ma...

God Blessed Job Double: Job 42:10-17

God Blesses Job (Job 42:10-17) And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his ...

The Lord Rebukes Job’s Friends: Job 42:7-9

The Lord Rebukes Job's Friends (Job 42:7-9) Job prays for his three friends7 And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends: for you h...

Job Laments His Birth: Job 3

(Job 3:1-26) 1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. 2 And Job spoke, and said, 3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. 4 Let that day be darkness; let not God rega...

Jonah’s Anger at the Lord’s Compassion: Jonah 4:1-11

  Jonah's Anger at the Lord's Compassion (Jonah 4:1-11) 1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. 2 And he prayed to the LORD, and said, I pray you, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fle...

Ninevites’ Sincere Repentance Wins Jehovah God’s Mercy: Jonah 3:5-10

Nineveh Repents (Jonah 3:5-10) true repentance of the Ninevites5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. 6 For word came to the king of Nineveh, and he arose...

Jonah Preaches to the Ninevites That God Will Destroy Them: Jonah 3:1-4

Sweet Publishing / FreeBibleimages.org / CC BY-SA 3.0 Jonah Preaches to the Ninevites (Jonah 3:1-4) 1 And the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the preaching that I bid yo...

Jonah Cast Into the Sea and Swallowed by a Big Fish: Jonah 1:11-17, 2:1-10

Jonah Cast Into the Sea and Swallowed (Jonah 1:11-17) 11 Then said they to him, What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us? for the sea worked, and was tempestuous. 12 And he said to them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall...

Jonah Sent to Nineveh, Flees to Tarshish: Jonah 1:1-10

Sweet Publishing/FreeBibleimages.org/CC BY-SA 3.0 Jonah Sent to Nineveh, Flees to Tarshish (Jonah 1:1-3) 1 Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wicked...

Joshua 2: Rahab Welcomes the Spies

Rahab Welcomes the Spies - Joshua 2 1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there. 2 And it was told the king of...

Joshua 3: The Crossing of the Jordan

The Crossing of the Jordan - Joshua 3 1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over. 2 And it came to pass after three days, that the of...

The Camp at Gilgal

The Camp at Gilgal 19 And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. 20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. 21 And he spoke to ...

The Walls of Jericho

Sweet Publishing/FreeBibleimages.org / CC BY-SA 3.0 The Walls of Jericho - Joshua 6 1 Now Jericho was straightly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. 2 And the LORD said to Joshua, See, I have given into your hand J...

Joshua 1: God Commissions Joshua

Sweet Publishing/FreeBibleimages.org/CC BY-SA 3.0 God Commissions Joshua - Joshua 1 1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, 2 Moses my servant is d...

Joshua 7: The Sin of Achan

Israel Defeated at Ai - Joshua 7 1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindl...

Joshua 8: The Conquest of Ai

The Conquest of Ai - Joshua 8 1 And the LORD said to Joshua, Fear not, neither be you dismayed: take all the people of war with you, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land: 2 And y...

Joshua 9: The Deceit of the Gibeonites

The Deceit of the Gibeonites - Joshua 9 1 And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the...

Five Kings War against Gibeon

Five Kings War against Gibeon Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeo...

Joshua's Charge to Leaders

Joshua's Charge to Leaders And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their head...

Job’s Confession and Repentance: Job 42:1-6

Job Submits Himself to God 1 Then Job answered the LORD, and said, 2 I know that you can do every thing, and that no thought can be withheld from you. 3 Who is he that hides counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things t...

The Calling of Abram

The Calling of Abram - Genesis 12 1 Now the LORD had said to Abram, Get you out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father's house, to a land that I will show you: 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make ...

Abram and Lot Part Ways

Abram and Lot Part Ways - Genesis 13 1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. 2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. 3 And he went on his journeys from the south even...

God's Covenant with Abram

God's Covenant with Abram - Genesis 15 1 After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am your shield, and your exceeding great reward. 2 And Abram said, LORD God, what will you give me, seeing I go childle...

Sarah, Hagar and Ishmael

Sarah, Hagar and Ishmael - Genesis 16 1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bore him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 2 And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing: I pray you, go in to my maid; it...

Abram Named Abraham

Abram Named Abraham - Genesis 17 1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be you perfect. 2 And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply y...

The Covenant of Circumcision

The Covenant of Circumcision - Genesis 17 9 And God said to Abraham, You shall keep my covenant therefore, you, and your seed after you in their generations. 10 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you; Every man...

Abraham's Celestial Visitors

Abraham's Celestial Visitors - Genesis 18 1 And the LORD appeared to him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, see, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet...

Abraham Begs for Sodom

Abraham Begs for Sodom - Genesis 18 16 And the men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. 17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; 18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely b...

Lot Welcomes the Angels

Lot Welcomes the Angels - Genesis 19 1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; 2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in...

Lot Flees to Zoar

Lot Flees to Zoar - Genesis 19 12 And the men said to Lot, Have you here any besides? son in law, and your sons, and your daughters, and whatever you have in the city, bring them out of this place: 13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them ...

Story of Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot and Lot's Wife

The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah - Genesis 19 24 Then the LORD rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which gre...

The Birth of Isaac: Genesis 21:1-8

1 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had spoken. 2 For Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. 3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born to him...

The Offering of Isaac

The Offering of Isaac – Genesis 22 1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said to him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. 2 And he said, Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and get you into the lan...

Story of Isaac – A Wife for Isaac

A Wife for Isaac – Genesis 24 1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. 2 And Abraham said to his oldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray you, your hand under my thigh:...

Jacob and Esau

Jacob and Esau – Genesis 25 19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac: 20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian. 21 And...

Isaac Blesses Jacob

Jacob’s Deception – Genesis 27 1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his oldest son, and said to him, My son: and he said to him, Behold, here am I. 2 And he said, Behold now, I am ol...

Jacob Flees to Laban

Jacob Flees to Laban – Genesis 28 1 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him, You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. 2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and take you a wife ...

Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel

Jacob Meets Rachel – Genesis 29 1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. 2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, see, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered th...

Jacob’s Children

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah – Genesis 29 31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren. 32 And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD has looked on my affli...

Story of Jacob – Jacob Prospers, Jacob Flees From Laban

Jacob Prospers – Genesis 30 25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country. 26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served you, and let me go: for yo...

Korah’s Rebellion Causes the Earth to Swallow Up Him and All His Followers

Korah’s Rebellion (Numbers 16:1-22) 1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: 2 And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the child...

Moses Sends 12 Spies to Canaan

Spies Sent to Canaan (Numbers 13:1-16) 1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 Send you men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall you send a man, every one a ruler among the...

Moses Breaks the Tablets

Moses Breaks the Tablets (Exodus 32:15-35) 15 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. 16 And the ...

The Israelites Worship the Golden Calf

The Golden Calf (Exodus 32:1-6) 1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that b...

Noah Builds the Ark – Bible Stories

Noah’s Favor with God (Genesis 6:8-12) But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The...

The Tower of Babel – Bible Stories – Genesis 11:1-9

The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9) Sweet Publishing/FreeBibleimages.org/CC BY-SA 3.0 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they d...

Noah’s Sons – Bible Stories – Genesis 9

Noah’s Sons (Genesis 9:18-19) And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth covered. Noah’s Shame and Canaan’s Curse (Ge...

The Great Flood – Bible Stories – Genesis 7-8

The Duration of the Flood (Genesis 7:17-24) And the flood was forty days on the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly on the earth; and the ark went on t...

Noah Builds the Ark – Bible Stories

Noah’s Favor with God (Genesis 6:8-12) But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. T...

Cain and Abel – Bible Story

Cain and Abel (Genesis 4:1-7) And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in proces...

Expulsion from the Garden of Eden – Bible Stories

The Serpent’s Deception (Genesis 3:1-7) Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, Yes, has God said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said to the serpent, ...

The Creation of Man and Woman – Bible Stories

The Creation of Man (Genesis 2:4-7) These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of th...

The Creation of the World – Bible Stories

The Beginning(Genesis 1:1-2) In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters. The First Day: Light(Genesis 1:...

Satan Once More Tempts Job: Job 2:1-10

Job Loses His Health (Job 2:1-10) Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD. And the LORD said to Satan, From where come you? And Satan answered ...

Job Loses His Children and Property: Job 1:13-22

Job Loses his Children and Property (Job 1:13-22) And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house: And there came a messenger to Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding b...

Satan Tempts Job for the First Time: Job 1:6-12

Satan’s First Attack (Job 1:6-12) Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. And the LORD said to Satan, From where come you? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to an...

Job’s Character and Wealth: Job 1:1-5

Job’s Character and Wealth (Job 1:1-5) There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters. His substance also wa...

Joseph Is Sold by His Brothers – Bible Story

Joseph’s Dreams (Genesis 37:1-11) And Jacob dwelled in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers; and the lad was with t...

Moses Strikes the Rock – Bible Story

Water From the Rock (Exodus 17:1-7) And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to d...

Abraham Offers Isaac

Abram Named Abraham (Genesis 17:1-8) And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be you perfect. And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply ...

The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah – Bible Story

Abraham Begs for Sodom (Genesis 18:16-33) And the men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; Seeing that Abraham shall surely bec...

Exodus 10 – The Eighth Plague: Locusts

The Eighth Plague: Locusts Exodus 10:1-20 And the LORD said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might show these my signs before him: And that you may tell in the ears of your son, and of your so...

Exodus 14 – Parting the Red Sea

Pharaoh Pursues the Israelites (Exodus 14:1-14) And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall you encamp by the sea. F...

The Covenant of the Rainbow

The Covenant of the Rainbow – Genesis 9 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, and on every fowl of the air, on al...

Jonah 2 – Jonah’s Prayer

Jonah’s Prayer Jonah 2:1-10 Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly, And said, I cried by reason of my affliction to the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and you heard my voice. For you had cast me into t...

Job 2 – Job Loses his Health and Job’s Three Friends

Job Loses his Health Job 2:1-10 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD. And the LORD said to Satan, From where come you? And Satan answered th...

The Story of Noah: Noah And the Ark – Bible Story

The Wickedness of Man (Genesis 6:5-7) And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved...

God’s Covenant with Noah – Bible Story

The Covenant of the Rainbow (Genesis 9:1-17) And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, and on every fowl of the air,...

Moses and the Ten Commandments – Bible Story

Israel at Mount Sinai (Exodus 19:1-17) In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai. For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, ...

Exodus: The Isrealites Leave Egypt – Bible Story

The Exodus Begins (Exodus 12:37-42) And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children. And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. A...

God’s Covenant with Abram – Bible Story

Genesis 12:14-18 And the LORD said to Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now your eyes, and look from the place where you are northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: For all the land which you see, to you will I give it, and t...

The Call of Abraham – Bible Story

The Call of Abraham (Genesis 12:1-9) Now the LORD had said to Abram, Get you out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you: And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make you...

Numbers 16 – Korah, Dathan, and Abiram and 250 Leaders

Korah’s Rebellion (Numbers 16:1-22) Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of...

Exodus 16 – Manna and Quail from Heaven

Manna and Quail from Heaven (Exodus 16:1-21) And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their depart...