How does that one go again?
Do unto others...
as you would have them do unto you (Luke 6:31)
He had super strength and super long hair, but when one of those went so did the other. Later on he also lost his eyesight, because of extramarital problems with women
Samson (he also had a wife that got killed and visited a prostitute before meeting Delilah, which is news to me and mildly interesting)
If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man. (Judges 16:17b)
Everything was great at first, my husband started complaining that he was missing something from his side and I said that I could be his side piece and that cheered him up. Everything was great until the talking snake got here, and he made me eat the fruit
Eve
Then the Lord God said to the woman (Eve), “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
(Genesis 3:13)
Where did the Lord confuse people by giving them new languages?
The tower of Babel
That is why it was called Babel because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
Genesis 11: 9
Yahweh
Jehoshaphat!
jk it's God (I AM)
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son..
that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16
She's got goat hair, sheep for teeth, an ivory tower for a nose, pomegranate temples, doves for eyes, and is statured like a palm tree
The Shulammite/Solomon's love interest
(NOT putting the scripture references for these lol)
And there I was, stood across from this rebellious tree. I was hungry, and yet this plant had the gall to stand there, twiddling its thumbs, not producing any figs. What did it think I was there for, entertainment value?
Jesus
The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs.
Mark 11:12-13
In the New Testament, who was struck mute to stop spreading doubt?
Zechariah
And now you (Zechariah) will be silent and not able to speak until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words (Luke 1:20)
Moshe
Moses (Drawn from the water)
If anyone slaps you on the right cheek
turn to them the other cheek also. (Matt 5:39b)
This preacher had a "thorn in the flesh" that God's grace was sufficient for, and an unidentified illness that caused the readers to want to trade their eyes for his to lighten his load
Paul
I can testify that, if you could have done so, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me (Galatians 4:15)
I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. (2 Cor 12:7)
Sooo, turns out I'm such a good grappler that the guy I wrestled had to cheat and messed up my hip... LAME
(haha, get it guys? I'm so funny)
Jacob
So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. (Gen 32:24-25)
Which book of the bible is half written in a language that is neither Hebrew nor Greek? (+a high 5 for the language)
Daniel 2:4b-7:28 is written in Aramaic
Rivqah
Rebecca (to tie firmly or secure)
For the wages of sin is death...
but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23
He was dropped as a child and was crippled for the rest of his life, but God had mercy on him and gave him favor through a promise to his dad
Mephibosheth
Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in both feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she hurried to leave, he fell and became disabled. His name was Mephibosheth (2 Sam 4:4)
I asked a guy to curse Israel for me, and he said no. I offered him money and he still said no because God or something. THEN, here's the best part, I'm riding into town on my donkey, AND THIS THING STARTS TALKING, AHORA MI BURRITO HABLAN!!!
Balaam
When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, it lay down under Balaam, and he was angry and beat it with his staff. Then the Lord opened the donkey’s mouth, and it said to Balaam, “What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?” (Numbers 22:27-28)
In the book of Revelation, How long do the two witnesses prophesy for? (+2 high 5's for the first person to say what happens to those who try to harm them)
1260 days or 42 months
And I will appoint my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.
Rev 11:3
Hevel
Abel (breath, vapor, vanity, short time/moment)
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life;
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever. (Psalm 23:6)
This servant of the high priest was doing his job and swiftly lost an ear for it!
Malchus
And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. But Jesus answered, “No more of this!” And he touched the man’s ear and healed him. (Luke 20:50-51)
The Lord was good to us and I am pleased to report that we made it out of danger safely through a window! We were protected from evil men by a woman of God, we'll be sure to repay her kindness one day. Lord, bless her children and her children's children
Joshua's spies
So she let them (the spies) down by a rope through the window, for the house she lived in was part of the city wall. (Joshua 2:15)
(technically both David and Paul were let down to safety through windows, could be acceptable answers however they went alone)
In the Old Testament, which word caused thousands of people to die when misspoken? (I ran outta high 5's, my hands are kinda tired)
Shiboleth
...the men of Gilead asked him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he replied, “No,” they said, “All right, say ‘Shibboleth.’ ” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce the word correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. Forty-two thousand Ephraimites were killed at that time. (Judges 12:5-6)
Yeshayahu
Isaiah (Yahweh is salvation)