What Bible Story is your favorite, the one that teaches you best how to live your own life?

Question

Thanks everyone. I'll let the community choose the answer most appreciated.

Answer 1

The "Good Samaritan".

One should not let differences of race nor creed stop one from doing what is right.

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Answer 2

Ecclesiastes 12

1 Remember your Creator
in the days of your youth,
before the days of trouble come
and the years approach when you will say,
"I find no pleasure in them"-

2 before the sun and the light
and the moon and the stars grow dark,
and the clouds return after the rain;

3 when the keepers of the house tremble,
and the strong men stoop,
when the grinders cease because they are few,
and those looking through the windows grow dim;

4 when the doors to the street are closed
and the sound of grinding fades;
when men rise up at the sound of birds,
but all their songs grow faint;

5 when men are afraid of heights
and of dangers in the streets;
when the almond tree blossoms
and the grasshopper drags himself along
and desire no longer is stirred.
Then man goes to his eternal home
and mourners go about the streets.

6 Remember him—before the silver cord is severed,
or the golden bowl is broken;
before the pitcher is shattered at the spring,
or the wheel broken at the well,

7 and the dust returns to the ground it came from,
and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

8 "Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher.
"Everything is meaningless!"
The Conclusion of the Matter

9 Not only was the Teacher wise, but also he imparted knowledge to the people. He pondered and searched out and set in order many proverbs. 10 The Teacher searched to find just the right words, and what he wrote was upright and true.

11 The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails—given by one Shepherd. 12 Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them.
Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body.

13 Now all has been heard;
here is the conclusion of the matter:
Fear God and keep his commandments,
for this is the whole duty of man.

14 For God will bring every deed into judgment,
including every hidden thing,
whether it is good or evil.

Answer 3

I like the story of Jezebel. She was a priestess in her own religion, and was persecuted, tortured, and killed by the followers of the Biblical god. This makes her a martyr to her faith.

I know I'd never have the bravery to stand up in the face of persecution like she did. Then again, my choice (telling them whatever they wanted to hear until I could escape) would mean I would live to fight another day.

Answer 4

Ruth
As a young widow, instead of going back to her original family, she went to a foreign land, Israel with her mother in law. She labored in the fields to glean food for her and her mother to eat, and she was submissive to her mother in law's wise direction. Because of her dedication, faithfulness, and hard work, Ruth was blessed with a righteous husband, became the great grandmother of King David, and is recognized as a godly woman even now.
"Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go, I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me."--Ruth 1:16-17
To me, it is a reminder of the importance of faithfulness to our family and our commitments over our own comfort, and also an example of how God turned a bleak situation around to become something good.

Answer 5

It's not really a story, it's the tribute to the "Wife of Noble Character". There is so much to it that has helped me change my life for the better.

It was really empowering as well, realizing all the things women are charged with doing ... it opened my eyes to how God really sees women :)

Answer 6

My favourite bible story is the one about the beginning... when god made adam and eve but when eve ate off of the forbidden tree by eating the forbidden fruit because she listened to Satan threw a snake. This helps me on how to live my life because I know not to listen to talking snakes. =)

Answer 7

I love the story of Job, and Joseph too.
I can in some way identify with Job.

Answer 8

I like the story of Esther. Whatever our gifts and talents are, (hers was her beauty) we have a choice in life whether or not to use them for good or for evil.

Answer 9

Argh, somebody beat me to posting my favorite Bible quote, the "baldhead" story.

Well if I'd have to pick another one, I'd go with Cain & Able. As a punishment for killing his brother, Cain gets to move out of his parents' place, gets a tattoo, and gets hooked up with nookie.

Answer 10

As a true-blood 'athesit' baby killer I live by psalms 137:9