What is your favorite book in the bible and why?
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I think my favorate is Proverbs.It makes a lot of sense & is very practical.
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My absolute favorite story in Genesis is the story of Joseph, where his brothers sell him into slavery and he ends up becoming the top person in Egypt right underneath Pharaoh.  The best part of the story is when his brothers come to Egypt to get food for their family, and Joseph ends up telling them who he is and that he forgives them of everything that they did to him.  It takes a strong man of God to do something like that.  I admire him for that.
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Book Of Genesis\n\nGarden of Eden. Satan v God
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Note: The word "Bible" comes from the Koine Greek word "biblios" and it simply means the same as the word "book" in English. Nowhere in the Bible do we find the word "Bible." However, it is interesting to note the word "kitab" (Bible in Arabic) appears many times in the Quran, referring to the Bible and the People of the Book (Jews and Christians). \n\nLet me begin by saying that the King James "version" of the Bible is in English. There was no English language until the year 1066 AD when the Normans invaded the Saxxons. Therefore the English Bible cannot be anything like what any of the prophets spoke or understood, as it did not exist in their times.\n\nNext, my grandfather, who was a devout and wonderful Christian man gave a gift of the Holy Bible to my sisters and I almost fifty years ago. It was an authorized version of the Bible, being The Revised Standard Version of the Bible which was a revised version of the American Standard Version, published in 1901, which was a version of the King James Version, published in 1611, which was revised and corrected for the first time in 1612, etc. I was very much impressed with the easier to read text and clarification of some of the wording which was presented in this version and began to read the Bible on a daily basis for hours at a time. The removal of the Elizabethton English terms, phrases and expressions made the Bible a more accessible and understandable and intimate Book for me. But that is not all the RSV did for me and many others, as well.\n\nMy love and respect  for the Word of God increased the more that I spent time reading and understanding the message. The Bible became my most prized and respected book in my life. I often turned to it throughout the rest of my life in times of joy, happiness, sadness, troubles and pain. It was my compass, my road map, my weather vane and my friend. However, there were still some problems with this IMPROVED VERSION of the Holy Bible. It began to disturb and concern me to the extent that I made consultation with my father, who was also an ordained minister and student of the Bible since childhood. Based on his research and background in the origin and sources for modern day Christianity, I began to go deeper into the problems which had plagued my thinking and faith since childhood.\n\nI prayed to Almighty God and then found the answers to some of the problems were spelled out very clearly in the very beginning of the exact same book.  I have that book lying in front of me on my desk as I write this article and would like to quote to you from some of the PREFACE page iii and iv: \n\n"The King James Version has with good reason been termed 'the noblest monument of English prose.' Its revisers in 1881 expressed admiration of 'its simplicity, its dignity, its power, its happy turns of express... the music of its cadences, and the felicities of its rhythm.' It entered, as no other book has, into the making of the personal character and the public institutions of the English-speaking peoples. We owe to it an incalculable debt."\n\n"Yet the King James Version has grave defects. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the development of Biblical studies and the discovery of many manuscripts more ancient than those upon which the King James Version was based, made it manifest that these defects are so many and so serious as to call for a revision of the English translation. The task was undertaken, by authority of the Church of England, in 1870. The English Revised Version of the Bibles was published in 1881-1885; and the American Standard Version, its variant embodying the preferences of the American scholars associated in the work, was published in 1901."\n\n"Because of the unhappy experience with unauthorized publications in the two decades between 1881 and 1901, which tampered with the text of the English Revised Version in the supposed int
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Ok, i got 2 good ones. The story aboout Balaal and the talking donkey at Numbers 22; 28- 35\nAlso Absalom getting stuck in the tree from his hair at 2 Samuel 18; 9\n\nHere's some more doozies;  Jacob dressing up and getting hairy like Esau in Genesis 27; 15 - 40\nIsraelites disobeying Moses about the manna provision and getting worms in their food at Exodus 16; 19 and 20\nMy personal favorite is Exodus 32; 24 where Aaron is explaining to Moses how he took the jewelry from the people , threw it into the fire , and the golden calf happened to come out on its own. What he really did is mentioned at verse 4.
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I do, I love every book, every chapter and every verse.  His word is true and sharper than a two edge sword.  I love his word, it lives in me.
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My favorite is Hebrews 4:16:  "Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need."  This verse is my favorite, because it is so comforting.  It reminds me that even during hard times, I'm not alone, and that God is always there.
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I have many, many Bibles and often use them to compare scriptures which I'm studying.  But for reading and teaching I prefer a modern language text, and one that is TRANSLATED (from original Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic) as opposed to one that is a VERSION.  My two favorites are The New World Translation and the American Standard Bible.  Also I prefer ones that have footnotes and cross references, which I use a great deal.
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Favorite book: A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving (the movie loosely based on this book, called "Simon Birch," is not very good, however).\n\nFavorite movie: The Godfather. Interestingly, the book for the Godfather is also a great read.
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I have 4 bibles. My favorite is the original KJV, with study helps.\nThe NIV is second favorite.
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Bible means book. The word book was in the "holy book" lots of times.
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We all cut and choose in the Bible- most of us couldn't hang with most of Deuteronomy, for instance.  The Holy Spirit leads us to know what is right for us and what isn't.  A lot of the Bible- The Book of Job, the parables of Jesus-are presented as fiction in the first place, and are meaningful anyway.
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Bible has proved itself to be the best book on earth. It produced western civilization which is far above all others in the world. Many, many Bible prophecies have been fulfilled to the letter.\n\nIn the Beginning God created heavens and earth.\nGod gives you air to breathe and sunshine to enjoy.\nGod gives you water to drink and food to eat.\nGod gives you a wonderful body and sound mind, to live.\nGod loves you, and you are precious to Him.\nSon of God died on the Cross to save us from condemnation.\nJesus’ love is boundless and everlasting.\nWe have the hope of Heaven through Jesus.\nLife therefore has fantastic and glorious future!
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Well I never slag on my BIBLE its everything I need to know on life and its my rule book. I haven't read it in whole but read great parts in my life and I'm still reading it. interpreting words through dictionary's which mean totally different from what I'm understanding, I'm learning everyday!
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Yes, I have read the whole Bible, and much of it repeatedly.  Almost every time I read it I either am enriched by something I may have already learned years ago, or I learn something new and am enriched by that.  \n\nI discovered that preceding my reading with a quick prayer to God that He help me see or understand whatever it is that He wants me to see or understand, He does that, and I learn and benefit even more.\n\nI agree with the following quotes:\n\n"The Bible is the chief moral cause of all that is good, and the best corrector of all that is evil, in human society; the best book for regulating the temporal concerns of men, and the only book that can serve as an infallible guide to future felicity."  - Noah Webster\n\n"A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education."  - Theodore Roosevelt\n\nI have also read many books about the Bible and which make reference to the Bible in the areas of history, archeology, astronomy, creation vs. evolution, sociology, etc.\n\nI wouldn't trade the Bible and its wisdom for all the money in the world.  That's how much it means to me in my daily life.
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Yup I do and its funny in a weird sort of way how people will adapt what is in the Bible to suit their own needs. The book hasnt changed in a few thousand years I doubt its going to any time soon. Its all a matter of personal interpretation I guess but it shouldnt change every time you read it or speak about it to someone if you are a person of your convictions then it will stay the same.
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I prefer the King James Version because I believe it to be the most correct. \n\nOne of my favorite scriptures is:\n\nJames 1:5 "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him."