Monday, February 21, 2011

Bible memorisation

Those who can spurt off appropriate bible verses off the top of their heads. Ugh!
I'll admit it... I'm jealous of them.
I look at them in green eyed awe.

Another of my aims this year is to memorise more bible verses or become more familiar with where the parts of the bible i often quote are located.

My strategy is to read some of the following verses on the days when i listen to a famous speech. With these in my mind I'll feel a little less insecure...

Genesis 1:1-3 Genesis 1:27 Genesis 1:31 Genesis 2:18 Genesis 50:20
Deuteronomy 6:4-5 Deuteronomy 30:15-16
Joshua 1:9 Joshua 24:14-15
Judges 21:25
1 Samuel 15:22 1 Samuel 16:7
Psalm 1:1 Psalm 19:1-4a Psalm 37:4 Psalm 46:10
Psalm 51:7 Psalm 117:1-2 Psalm 127:1 Psalm 139:1-4
Proverbs 3:5-6 Proverbs 27:17
Ecclesiastes 3:11 Ecclesiastes 12:13
Isaiah 9:6 Isaiah 40:30-31
Jeremiah 29:10-11 Jeremiah 31:33-34
Ezekiel 36:25-27
Micah 6:8
Habakkuk 1:5
Malachi 2:15 Malachi 3:6

Matthew 4:4 Matthew 4:19 Matthew 5:16 Matthew 7:7-8
Matthew 9:12-13 Matthew 11:28-30 Matthew 19:15-16
Matthew 22:37-40 Matthew 28:19-20
Mark 10:45
Luke 1:1-4 Luke 9:23 Luke 15:31-32 Luke 23:43
John 1:1-5 John 1:14 John 1:29 John 3:3 John 3:16-17
John 4:13-14 John 10:10 John 11:25 John 11:35 John 13:13-14
John 14:5-6 John 14:26 John 16:8 John 19:30 John 20:27-29
John 20:30-31 John 21:25
Acts 1:8
Romans 1:16 Romans 1:19-21 Romans 2:15 Romans 3:23
Romans 5:8 Romans 6:22-23 Romans 8:15-17 Romans 8:22
Romans 8:26 Romans 8:28-29 Romans 8:38-39 Romans 10:9
Romans 10:12-13 Romans 12:1-2 Romans 13:1
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 1 Corinthians 10:11 1 Corinthians 10:13
1 Corinthians 11:1 1 Corinthians 12:12-13 1 Corinthians 15:13-19
2 Corinthians 5:15
Galatians 3:28 Galatians 4:6-7 Galatians 6:7
Ephesians 2:8-9 Ephesians 3:20 Ephesians 4:26-27 Ephesians 4:29
Philippians 2:3-11 Philippians 4:6-7 Philippians 4:8 Philippians 4:13
Colossians 1:15-17 Colossians 3:23-24
1 Thessalonians 2:8
1 Timothy 4:12 1 Timothy 6:10
2 Timothy 3:16-17
Hebrews 4:12 Hebrews 4:14-16 Hebrews 9:27
Hebrews 11:1, 6 Hebrews 12:1-2 Hebrews 13:8
James 3:10-11
2 Peter 1:3 2 Peter 1:16 2 Peter 3:14
1 John 1:1-2 1 John 3:16 1 John 4:1 1 John 4:18-19 1 John 5:13
Revelation 3:15-16 Revelation 3:20
Revelation 21:3-4 Revelation 21:6 Revelation 22:20

On face value, the list looks intimidating (at well over 100 passages). But realistically, a lot of the list is verses that are already loose in my mind, they just need to be better organised.

Are there any that you think i should add to the list?

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