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Bible (ASV) 01: Genesis


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"Genesis (Greek: "birth", "origin") is the first book of the Hebrew Bible, and the first of five books of the Penta…

Bible (ASV) 19: Psalms


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"Psalms is a book of the Hebrew Bible included in the collected works known as the Writings. Psalms were written by various writers, i…

Bible (ASV) NT 01: Matthew


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The Gospel of Matthew (Greek: Κατά Μαθθαίον or Κατά Ματθαίον, Kata Maththaion or Kata Matthaion; literally, "according to Matthew"…

Bible (ASV) 20: Proverbs


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Proverbs, a book of the Old Testament, is a collection of pithy Biblical sayings. It is wisdom literature by multiple authors, including Sol…

Bible (ASV) NT 04: John


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The Gospel of John, (literally, According to John; Greek, Κατά Ιωαννην, Kata Iōannēn) is the fourth gospel in the canon of the New Testament…

Bible (ASV) NT 06: Romans


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The Epistle to the Romans is one of the letters of the New Testament canon of the Christian Bible. In the words of N.T. Wright, the Book of …

Bible (ASV) NT 02: Mark


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The Gospel of Mark is a Gospel of the New Testament. It narrates the life of Jesus from John the Baptist to the Ascension, but it concentrat…

Bible (ASV) NT 03: Luke


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The Gospel of Luke is a synoptic Gospel, and the third and longest of the four canonical Gospels of the New Testament. The text narrates the…

Bible (ASV) NT 27: Revelation


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The Book of Revelation, also called Revelation to John or Apocalypse of John, (literally, apocalypse of John; Greek, Αποκαλυψις Ιωαννου, Apo…

Bible (ASV) NT 05: Acts


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The Acts of the Apostles is a book of the Bible, which now stands fifth in the New Testament. Acts tells the story of the Early Christian ch…

Bible (ASV) 02: Exodus


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"Moses leads the Hebrews out of Egypt and through the wilderness to the Mountain of God: Mount Sinai. There Yahweh, through Moses, give…

Bible (ASV) NT 09: Galatians


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The Epistle to the Galatians is a book of the New Testament. It is a letter from Paul of Tarsus to a number of early Christian communities i…

Bible (ASV) NT 19: Hebrews


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The Epistle to the Hebrews (abbr. Heb for citations) is one of the books in the New Testament. Though traditionally credited to the Apostle …

Bible (ASV) NT 20: James


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The Epistle of James is a book in the Christian New Testament. The author identifies himself as James (James 1:1), traditionally understood …

Bible (ASV) NT 07: 1 Corinthians


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The First Epistle to the Corinthians is a book of the Bible in the New Testament. 1 Corinthians is a letter from Paul of Tarsus and Sosthene…

Bible (ASV) NT 10: Ephesians


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Described by William Barclay as the "Queen of the Epistles," the Epistle to the Ephesians is one of the books of the Bible in the …

Bible (ASV) 23: Isaiah


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"The Book of Isaiah (Hebrew: ספר ישעיה‎) is a book of the Bible traditionally attributed to the Prophet Isaiah, who lived in the second…

Bible (ASV) 09: 1 Samuel


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The Books of Samuel (Hebrew: Sefer Sh'muel ספר שמואל) are part of the Tanakh (part of Judaism's Hebrew Bible) and also of the Christian Old …

Bible (ASV) 27: Daniel


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The Book of Daniel (דניאל), originally written in Hebrew and Aramaic, is a book in both the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) and the Christian Old Test…

Bible (ASV) 21: Ecclesiastes


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Ecclesiastes (or The Preacher) is the twenty-first book of The Bible. The author of this book is unknown but is considered by many biblical …

Bible (ASV) 18: Job


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The Book of Job (American Standard Version) is presented in forty-two chapters and is one of the Old Testament Wisdom Books. The narrative c…

Bible (ASV) NT 23: 1 John


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The First Epistle of John is a book of the Bible New Testament, the fourth of the catholic or "general" epistles. It was written i…

Bible (ASV) NT 11: Philippians


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The Epistle to Philippians (or just Philippians) is a book included in the New Testament of the Bible. It is a letter from St. Paul to the c…

Bible (ASV) NT 08: 2 Corinthians


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The Second Epistle to the Corinthians is a book in the New Testament, written by Paul the Apostle. In this book, sometimes called Paul's Sto…

Holy Bible (ASV), Complete


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What can be said? It's the ASV Bible, copyrighted 1901 by Thomas Nelson & Sons. I have previously recorded the New Living Translation …

Bible (ASV) NT 21: 1 Peter


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The First Epistle of Peter is a book of the New Testament. It has traditionally been held to have been written by Saint Peter the apostle du…

Bible (ASV) NT 22: 2 Peter


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The Second Epistle of Peter is a book of the New Testament of the Bible. According to the epistle itself, it was written by the apostle Pete…

Bible (ASV) NT 12: Colossians


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The Epistle to the Colossians is a book of the Bible New Testament. The book is a letter from Paul to the church in Colossae.

Bible (ASV) 10: 2 Samuel


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“The Books of Samuel (Hebrew: Sefer Sh’muel ספר שמואל) are part of the Tanakh (part of Judaism’s Hebrew Bible) and also of the Christian Old…

Bible (ASV) 05: Deuteronomy


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"Deuteronomy (Greek: Δευτερονόμιον, "second law") or Devarim (Hebrew: דְּבָרִים‎, literally "things" or "words…

Bible (ASV) 08: Ruth


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During the time of the Judges when there was a famine, an Israelite family from Bethlehem - Elimelech, his wife Naomi, and their sons Mahlon…

Bible (ASV) NT 25: 3 John


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The New Testament Third Epistle of John (often referred to as 3 John) is the 64th book of the Bible. Written in the form of an epistle, it i…

Bible (ASV) 07: Judges


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"The Book of Judges (Hebrew: Sefer Shoftim) is a book of the Bible originally written in Hebrew. It appears in the Tanakh and in the Ch…

Bible (ASV) 22: Song of Solomon


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The Song of Songs is the twenty-second book of The Bible and was authored by Solomon. In some translations, this book is entitled The Song o…

Bible (ASV) NT 24: 2 John


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The Second Epistle of John (normally just called 2nd John or 2 John) is a book of the Bible New Testament. It is the 63rd book of the Bible,…

Bible (ASV) NT 13: 1 Thessalonians


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The First Epistle to the Thessalonians, also known as the First Letter to the Thessalonians, is a book from the New Testament of the Christi…

Bible (ASV) 32: Jonah


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In the Hebrew Bible, the Book of Jonah is the fifth book in a series of books called the Minor Prophets. Unlike other prophetic books howeve…

Bible (ASV) NT 16: 2 Timothy


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The Second Epistle to Timothy is one of the three Pastoral Epistles, written by Paul, and is part of the canonical New Testament. It may hav…

Bible (ASV) NT 15: 1 Timothy


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The First Epistle to Timothy is one of the three Pastoral Epistles, written by Saint Paul and part of the New Testament of the Bible. It con…

Bible (ASV) 18: Job (version 2)


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God permits "Satan," or in some translations "the adversary" or "the accuser," to put the virtue of Job to the…

Bible (ASV) NT 14: 2 Thessalonians


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The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians, also known as the Second Letter to the Thessalonians, is a book from the New Testament of the Chris…

Bible (ASV) 35: Habakkuk


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Practically nothing is known about Habakkuk's personal history, except for what can be inferred from the text of his book, which consists of…

Bible (ASV) 21: Ecclesiastes (version 2)


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"Ecclesiastes is a wisdom book of the Old Testament. The author represents himself as the son of David, and king over Israel in Jerusal…

Bible (ASV) 30: Amos


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"The Book of Amos is one of the books of the Nevi'im (Hebrew: "prophets") and of the Christian Old Testament. Amos is one of …

Bible (ASV) 17: Esther


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The book commences with a feast organized by Ahasuerus, initially for his court and dignitaries and afterwards for all inhabitants of Shusha…

Bible (ASV) 28: Hosea


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Hosea was the son of Beeri and a prophet in Israel in the 8th century BCE. He is one of the Twelve Prophets of the Jewish Hebrew Bible, also…

Bible (ASV) NT 26: Epistle of Jude


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The epistle is titled as written by "Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James" NIV. If taken literally this means th…

Bible (ASV) NT 17: Titus


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The Epistle to Titus is a book of the canonic New Testament, one of the three so-called "pastoral epistles" (with 1 Timothy and 2 …

Bible (ASV) NT 18: Epistle to Philemon


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Paul, who is apparently in prison (probably in either Rome or Ephesus), writes to a fellow-Christian Philemon and two of his associates. Pau…

Bible (ASV) 29: Joel


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"The Book of Joel is part of the Jewish Tanakh, and also the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. Joel is part of a group of twelve pr…

Bible (ASV) 39: Malachi


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Malachi (or Malachias, מַלְאָכִי, Malʾaḫi, Mál'akhî) is a book of the Bible Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh, written by the pro…

Bible (ASV) 31: Obadiah


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"The Book of Obadiah is found in both the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, where it is the shortest book, onl…

Bible (ASV) 13: 1 Chronicles


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The Books of Chronicles (Hebrew Divrei Hayyamim, דברי הימים, Greek Paralipomenon, Παραλειπομένων) are part of the Hebrew Bible (Jewish Tanak…

Bible (ASV) 33: Micah


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The book may be divided into three sections: Chapters 1–3 mainly consist of oracles of judgment. Chapters 4–5 of oracles of hope. Chapters 6…

Bible (ASV) 38: Zechariah


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Zechariah’s ministry took place during the reign of Darius the Great (Zechariah 1:1), and was contemporary with Haggai in a post-exilic worl…

Bible (ASV) 16: Nehemiah


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"The Book of Nehemiah, sometimes called the Second Book of Ezra, is a book of the Hebrew Bible. It is historically regarded as a contin…

Bible (ASV) 25: Lamentations


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The Book of Lamentations (Hebrew: אֵיכָה‎, Eikha, ʾēḫā(h)) is a book of the Bible Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh. It is traditionally read …

Bible (ASV) 15: Ezra


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The history of the first return of exiles, in the first year of Cyrus the Great (536 B.C.), till the completion and dedication of the new Te…

Bible (ASV) 22: Song of Solomon (version 2)


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The Song of Songs (Hebrew title שיר השירים, Shir ha-Shirim), is a book of the Hebrew Bible—Tanakh or Old Testament—one of the five megillot …

Bible (ASV) 37: Haggai


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The Book of Haggai is a book of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) and of the Old Testament, written by the prophet Haggai. It was written in 520 BC …

Bible (ASV) 36: Zephaniah


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The superscription of the Book of Zephaniah attributes its authorship to “Zephaniah son of Cushi son of Gedaliah son of Amariah son of Hezek…

Bible (ASV) 34: Nahum


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Nahum prophesied, according to some, in the beginning of the reign of Ahaz (740s BC). Others, however, think that his prophecies are to be r…

Bible Passages Collection 003


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LibriVox recording of Bible Passages Collection 003 with selections from the American Standard Version, King James Version, World English Bi…

Bible Passages Collection 002


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LibriVox recording of Bible Passages Collection 002 with selections from the American Standard Version; King James Version (KJV); World Engl…

Dreams Collection 3 - Stories and Poems


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This is a collection of 20 stories and/or poems, contributed by LibriVox volunteers, pertaining to dreams. - Summary by Michele Fry

The Easter Mystery Of Jesus Christ; A Miscellany Of Readings, Poems, And Hymn T…


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The story of Jesus Christ is a treasure of Western civilization. Understanding that life and story is necessary for a proper understanding …