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
Daniel in the Lion’s Den in Babylon. Image from freebibleimages.org
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
