Category: Bible Stories

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The Ass’s Jawbone

When I tell This little tale About a man Swallowed by a whale, My tongue gets tangled In what I say, It won’t come out The proper way. I’ll hurry on I mustn’t delly; Jonah was in The whale of a belly. Oh dear, not belly I knew I’d fail. He spent three days In […]

Burden

His neighbor was important And he knew all the elite. He was always quick to brag About someone he would meet. He told Simon of the stars That he hobnobbed with each day, That when he went to eat out, How they wouldn’t let him pay. Simon was a common man Who worked hard for […]

Job

Poor, poor, old Job, he had a wonderful life With lots of land and a beautiful wife. He owned all the cattle on a hundred hills With big barns and houses and meadows and fields. Then one beautiful day, we don’t know why, God went out for a walk with old Mister Sly. Now Job […]

The Banquet

I didn’t want to tell her, Because she thinks that I’m too soft. I knew that when she found out, I’d be sleeping in the loft. The rooms have both been empty And our business has been slow. We really need to rent them, Because we really need the dough. Our nicest room was upstairs […]

Two Trees

God planted two trees in the garden; One was The Tree of Eternal Life. Eve chose the other, Worldly Knowledge, Which resulted in her pain and strife. One tree in God’s heavenly garden Would have granted immortality. The other, Tree of Worldly Knowledge, Great suffering for humanity. Eve’s temptation was to be God-like, Enticed by […]