BOOKS OF THE HOLY BIBLE

OLD TESTAMENT:

The LAW or TORAH –

  • 1. Genesis
  • 2. Exodus
  • 3. Leviticus
  • 4. Numbers
  • 5. Deuteronomy

God parts the Red Sea for Moses and the Jews as they escape from Egypt in the Book of Exodus. Image from freebibleimages.org

HISTORY

  • 6. Joshua
  • 7. Judges
  • 8. Ruth
  • 9. First Samuel
  • 10. Second Samuel
  • 11. First Kings
  • 12. Second Kings
  • 13. First Chronicles
  • 14. Second Chronicles
  • 15. Ezra
  • 16. Nehemiah
  • 17. Esther

Joshua and his troops blowing horns and down come the walls of Jericho in Canaan. Image from freebibleimages.org

WISDOM

  • 18. Job
  • 19. Psalms
  • 20. Proverbs
  • 21. Ecclesiastes
  • 22. Song of Solomon

David was shepherd who wrote Psalms and eventually became King of Israel. Image from freebibleimages.org

 

MAJOR PROPHETS

  • 23. Isaiah
  • 24. Jeremiah
  • 25. Lamentations
  • 26. Ezekiel
  • 27. Daniel

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MINOR PROPHETS –

  • 28. Hosea
  • 29. Joel
  • 30. Amos
  • 31. Obidiah
  • 32. Jonah
  • 33. Micah
  • 34. Nahum
  • 35. Habakkuk
  • 36. Zephaniah
  • 37. Haggai
  • 38. Zechariah
  • 39. Malichi

Minor Prophets are minor only because they wrote less than the Major Prophets. Image from Philip Martin on freebibleimages.org

NEW TESTAMENT:

The GOSPELS:

  • 1. Book of Matthew
  • 2. Book of Mark
  • 3. Book of Luke
  • 4. Book of John

Matthew, Mark, Luke and John as symbolized in the Small Stained Glass Windows at Christ Lutheran Church

BOOK OF ACTS – The Early Church

  • 5. Book of Acts – by St. Luke

ST. PAUL’S EPISTLES

  • 6. Romans
  • 7. First Corinthians
  • 8. Second Corinthians
  • 9. Galatians
  • 10. Ephesians
  • 11. Philippeans
  • 12. Colassians
  • 13. First Thessilonians
  • 14. Second Thessilonians
  • 15. First Timothy (to Timothy)
  • 16. Second Timothy (to Timothy)

OTHER EPISTLES 

  • 17. Titus
  • 18. Philemon
  • 19. Hebrews
  • 20. James
  • 21. First Peter
  • 22. Second Peter
  • 23. First John
  • 24. Second John
  • 25. Third John
  • 26. Jude

PROPHECY:

  • 27. Revelations – by St. John