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).

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