Key Bible Passages

Old Testament

God creates the universeGenesis 1:1
God creates AdamGenesis 2:7
God creates EveGenesis 2:20
Garden of EdenGenesis 3
Cain and AbelGenesis 4
Noah and the floodGenesis 6
God’s covenant with NoahGenesis 9:1
Tower of BabelGenesis 11:1
Abraham’s callGenesis 12:1
God’s covenant with AbrahamGenesis 15
Destruction of Sodom and GomorrahGenesis 18:16
Isaac’s birthGenesis 21:1
Near-sacrifice of IsaacGenesis 22:1
Marriage of IsaacGenesis 24
Birth of Jacob and EsauGenesis 25:19
Esau sells his birthright to Jacob for foodGenesis 25:27
Jacob and Rebekah’s deception of IsaacGenesis 27:1
Jacob’s ladder visionGenesis 28:10
Jacob wrestles with an angel and has his named changed to IsraelGenesis 32:24
Israel’s trouble in the landGenesis 34-35, 37
Three burials: Deborah, Rachel and IsaacGenesis 35
Joseph’s sold by his brothers for twenty pieces of silverGenesis 37
Israel diesGenesis 49
Moses as a babyExodus 2:1
Moses kills an Egyptian, goes to Midian and gets a wifeExodus 2:11
Burning bush – God speaks to MosesExodus 3:1
Egypt’s nine plaguesExodus 7:14
Tenth plague against Egypt threatenedExodus 11
The Passover institutedExodus 12:1
The Passover communicatedExodus 12:21
Tenth plague against Egypt inflictedExodus 12:29
The Exodus – God’s deliverance of IsraelExodus 12:31
Crossing the Red seaExodus 14
The Ten CommandmentsExodus 20:1
The Golden calfExodus 32
Spies sent to CanaanNumbers 13:1
City of JerichoJoshua 6
Deborah and BarakJudges 4
GideonJudges 6:1
SamsonJudges 13:1
Samson and DelilahJudges 16:4
RuthRuth 1:1
Samuel’s birthI Samuel 1
Hannah’s prayer to the LordI Samuel 2:1
David chosen by GodI Samuel 16:1
David and GoliathI Samuel 17
David anointed king of JudahII Samuel 2:1
David anointed king of IsraelII Samuel 5:1
David and BathshebaII Samuel 11
God is displeased with DavidII Samuel 12:1
Solomon anointed kingI Kings 1:28
God’s first appearance to SolomonI Kings 3:2
God’s second appearance to SolomonI Kings 9:1
Queen of ShebaI Kings 10:1
God is angry with SolomonI Kings 11
Elijah and the prophets of BaalI Kings 18:17
Elijah taken to heavenII Kings 2:1
Job afflicted by SatanJob 1:1
God speaks to JobJob 38:1
God blesses JobJob 42:10
Ezekiel’s vision of dry bonesEzekiel 37:1
Daniel and the king’s foodDaniel 1:1
Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego in the furnaceDaniel 3
Daniel put in the lions denDaniel 6
Jonah in the belly of the fishJonah 1:1

New Testament Bible stories

Birth of John the BaptistLuke 1
Birth of Jesus ChristMatthew 1:1, Luke 1:26, Luke 2:1
Temptation of JesusMatthew 4:1, Luke 4:1
Sermon on the mountMatthew 5:1
Jesus Christ calming the stormMatthew 8:23, Mark 4:35, Luke 8:22
Jesus Christ feeding five thousandMatthew 14:15, Luke 9:12
Transfiguration of Jesus ChristMark 9:2, Luke 9:28
Jesus Christ’s entry into JerusalemMatthew 21:1, Mark 11:1, Luke 19:29
Cleansing the temple of money changersMatthew 21:12, Luke 19:45
The Last supperMatthew 26:14, Mark 14:12, Luke 22:8, John 13:1
Jesus before Pilate and crucifixionMatthew 27:11, Mark 15:1, Luke 23:1, John 18:28
Empty tomb and appearancesMatthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 20:1
AscensionLuke 24:51, Acts 1:1
Paul’s conversionActs 9:1