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Stories from the Bible

Discover stories from the Bible and where they are found and fit into the overall story of the Bible!  This simple Bible story index will help you navigate and put into context the most familiar Bible stories.

Bible stories are true stories about real people and a real and living God.  Bible characters interacted with God in daily life, and so can we.  They teach us Who God is and what He is like.  Through them we come to know Him better, and He wants to be known!

Find out how they all fit together with a quick one page summary for one seamless story of redemption each pointing to Jesus - both Old and New Testaments.


"For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope."

Romans 15:4

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Quick Bible Overview

You may have not grown up in church or you may have only heard people refer to a guy named David who killed a giant. You may have no clue who this Esther is people talk about or you may wonder what any of these Old Testament Bible stories have to do with Jesus anyway?

And that's okay!

Or you may have grown up learning the stories from the Bible, but they have become just that stories, and you need a fresh wind blown into them.

We hope either way you'll take a look at these Bible stories for adults!

One great place to start is on Youtube with The Bible Project - 

The Bible is divided into two sections called "Testaments."  The Old Testaments points forward to Jesus Christ using 39 books.  The New Testament begins with the birth of Jesus and continues on through His life and the beginning of the Church using 27 books.

Here is how these are arranged into groups to help you navigate:

Books of Bible Chart2

Stories from the Bible

"Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come."

1 Corinthians 10:11

The Old Testament

Genesis 

Genesis is the first book in the Bible and contains so many of the most familiar stories from the Bible.  Here are ten and where they are found:

  1. Story of Creation - Genesis 1-2
  2. Adam & Eve - 
  3. Cain & Able -
  4. Noah - 
  5. Tower of Babel -
  6. Abraham & Sarah -
  7. Issac -
  8. Jacob & Esau -
  9. Joseph

Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

The next four books of the Bible which complete the first section called the Pentateuch or Law contain the stories of Moses and the Israelites leaving Egypt and wandering 40 years in the desert.  The most famous stories from the Bible within these books include:


  1. Baby Moses in a Basket
  2. Ten Plagues & Red Sea
  3. Ten Commandments
  4. Twelve Spies
  5. A Talking Donkey

Historical Books

The next twelve books of the Bible are labeled as Books of History.  These include:  Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther.

  1. Joshua & Battle of Jericho 
  2. Rahab
  3. Gideon
  4. Deborah
  5. Samson
  6. Ruth
  7. Samuel
  8. Saul
  9. David & Goliath
  10. Solomon & Two Mothers
  11. Josiah
  12. Elijah on Mt. Carmel
  13. Naaman
  14. Esther

Books of Poetry & Wisdom

  1. Job

Major Prophet Books

  1. Daniel
  2. Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego

Minor Prophet Books

  1. Jonah

The New Testament

The Gospels

The New Testament stories from the Bible begin in the four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.  All four share the story of the life of Jesus; yet each is unique in perspective and purpose.

The following are the some of the most familiar stories from the Bible found in these four books:

  1. Birth of John the Baptist
  2. Birth of Jesus
  3. The Wisemen
  4. Simeon & Anna
  5. Jesus in the Temple at 12 Years Old
  6. Jesus' Baptism
  7. Jesus Calls His Disciples
  8. Jesus Calms the Storm
  9. Jesus Walks on Water
  10. Jesus Feeds Thousands


Bible Stories for Children

These free Bible stories for children include stories for very young children through older kids with lessons and discussion topics for family devotions or church small groups.

Access audio, printable and video Bible stories as well as where each is located in the Bible text and how to help kids put them all together in a Bible timeline.

Help kids engage with Bible text in a way that will impact them now and in the years to come.

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