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Books of the Bible
for Crossword Solvers
Common Crossword Answers & Clues
Being familiar with the books of the bible is part of the staple diet of the serious crossword solver. So on this page, I've listed all the books (in their traditional order of appearance in the Bible), along with a range of clues that have appeared in crossword puzzles having a book title as an answer...
Old Testament
Below is a list of the books of the bible in the Old Testament, along with some typical crossword clues for each title...
Torah or Pentateuch
- GENESIS
- Creation
- Book before Exodus
- It recounts the Fall
- Opening
- It starts in seven days
- EXODUS
- Book in which the first Passover occurred
- LEVITICUS
- Whence the phrase "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself"
- Book of laws
- NUMBERS
- DEUTERONOMY
Historical Books
- JOSHUA
- Book after Deuteronomy
- JUDGES
- RUTH
- Whence the line "Whither thou goest, I will go"
- Book named for a woman
- Book after Judges
- It begins "In the days when the judges ruled..."
- Judges' successor
- SAMUEL 1&2
- One of two Old Testament books
- Prophet who anointed Saul
- Whence the phrase "God save the King"
- KINGS 1&2
- Whence Ahab's story
- Part of the Old Testament
- CHRONICLES 1&2
- EZRA
- Author of the Books of Chronicles, by tradition
- Book before Nehemiah
- Book concerned with the end of the Babylonian captivity
- Book after II Chronicles
- Biblical prophet
- Old Testament book
- Book that details the reign of Cyrus
- Book that tells of the rebuilding of the Temple of Jerusalem
- Book of Artaxerxes
- It begins "In the first year of Cyrus"
- Biblical scribe
- NEHEMIAH
- Book after Ezra
- ESTHER
- Book recited during Purim
- Purim heroine
- Espoused of Ahasuerus, in the Bible
- Book before Job
- Old Testament book
- Job antecedent
- Book that says "Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes"
- Book of the Bible in which the word "God" never appears
- It begins "In the days of Ahasuerus..."
- Queen of Persia, in the Bible
- Feast of Lots book
- Book after Nehemiah
Wisdom Books
- JOB
- Biblical figure who says to God "Make me understand how I have erred"
- Old Testament book
- Psalms preceder
- Biblical symbol of patience
- Book after Esther
- PSALMS
- Book with 150 chapters
- Whence the line "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet"
- Writings by David
- Set of 150
- Book after Job
- Book of 150 songs
- PROVERBS
- Whence the line "A soft answer turneth away wrath"
- Whence the phrase "Wisdom is better than rubies"
- ECCLESIASTES
- SONG OF SOLOMON
- Bible book (1977)
- Book before Isaiah
Major Prophets
- ISAIAH
- Book after Song of Solomon
- Book before Jeremiah
- Book of phrophecies
- Second-longest Bible book
- Whence the line "For unto us a child is born"
- JEREMIAH
- Book before Lamentations
- Old Testament book
- LAMENTATIONS
- EZEKIEL
- "God strengthens" in Hebrew
- Old Testament prophet
- DANIEL
- He was caset into the lion's den by Nebuchadnezzar
- Book after Ezekiel
- Book before Hosea
- Old Testament survivor
- Biblical oneirocritic
Minor Prophets
- HOSEA
- Book after Daniel
- Book in which desruction of Samaria is foreseen
- Old Testament prophet
- Whence the line "They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind"
- God commanded him to marry a harlot
- Book before Joel
- Old Testament book
- Prophet whose name means "salvation"
- 8th-century B.C. prophet
- Follower of Daniel
- Book of prophecies
- Hebrew prophet
- JOEL
- Follower of Hosea
- Book before Amos
- Biblical prophet
- AMOS
- Book after Joel
- Book before Obadiah
- Old Testament book
- Hebrew prophet
- Biblical shepherd-turned-prophet
- Biblical book
- 8th-century B.C. preacher
- Old Testament prophet
- Biblical prophet
- Book of prophecies
- Biblical sheep-farmer
- Judean prophet
- OBADIAH
- Old Testament prophet
- Book after Amos
- Hebrew prophet
- JONAH
- Biblical prophet thrown overboard by his shipmates
- Lunch for a whale, in a Bible story
- One with a whale of a story?
- One with a fish story?
- Old Testament book
- MICAH
- Book containing a prediction of the coming of the Messiah
- Book after Jonah
- He prophesied the destruction of Jerusalem
- Book before Nahum
- NAHUM
- Prophet who predicted the destruction of Nineveh
- Old Testament book
- Biblical prophet
- Old Testament prophet
- A Minor Prophet
- HABAKKUK
- ZEPHANIAH
- HAGGAI
- ZECHARIAH
- One of the Minor Prophets
- MALACHI
- Last of the Minor Prophets
- Old Testament ender
New Testament
Below is a list of the books of the bible in the New Testament, along with some typical crossword clues for each title...
The Gospels
MATTHEW
Whence the phrase "Blessed are the poor in spirit"
MARK
Luke preceder
LUKE
The prodigal son is found in it
Gospel writer
New Testament book
An apostle
Book before John
Patron saint of physicians
JOHN
New Testament figure
The History
- ACTS
- Predecessor of Romans
- New Testament book
- Book after John
- Follower of John
- Book ascribed to Luke
- Whence the line "It is more blessed to give than to receive"
- ___ of the Apostles
- Gospels follower
- It relates the conversion of St. Paul
The Epistles
- ROMANS
- Epistle of the New Testament/DD>
- CORINTHIANS 1&2
- GALATIANS
- EPHESIANS
- PHILIPPIANS
- COLOSSIANS
- THESSALONIANS 1&2
- TIMOTHY 1&2
- TITUS
- Book before Philemon
- PHILEMON
- HEBREWS
- Book before James
- JAMES
- Name shared by two apostles
- Book after Hebrews
- PETER 1&2
- JOHN 1,2&3
- New Testament figure
- JUDE
- Penultimate book of the Bible
- REVELATION
- Whence the phrase "I am Alpha and Omega"
Where to from here?
Your job now is to use the clues given on this page to guide you in determining which aspects of the books of the Bible you should memorize.
Clearly the order of the books of the bible is important to learn (i.e. there are lots of clues of the form 'The book before...' or 'The book after...'), but there are other common clue formats too (such as the first line and/or famous lines from each book).
More Common Crossword Answers,,,
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