Poetry & Prose: Holy Books Rap

Do you know the names of the books of the Bible in order?

They can be a challenge to learn. I have a special song that I use in my Sunday school class to

teach my students the names of the books of the Bible. They love it and it definitely does its job! I have students who learned this song in my class 10 or more years ago (Yes, I know that I’m giving away hints to my age) and still tell me that they sing this song to themselves so they can find a book in the Bible.

What is this fascinating song?

Holy Books Rap.

Yes, it’s a rap song. Here are the lyrics:

Chorus:

These are the Holy Books!

Tell me their names and I’ll take a second look!

This is his holy word!

Tell this message

Til all have heard!

Verse 1:

Genesis, Exodus,

Leviticus, Numbers,

Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges,

I’ll tell you the truth

About the book of Ruth,

On to 1st & 2nd Samuel,

1st & 2nd Kings,

1st & 2nd Chronicles,

all those things

Lead to Ezra, Nehamiah,

Esther, and Job,

I wanna go to heaven in a righteous robe,

Singin’ Psalms, Proverbs,

Ecclesiastes, Solomon’s Song

And the prophets are these:

Isaiah, Jeremiah

And “J’s” Lament,

Ezekiel, then Daniel to the lions went.

Hosea, Joel, and Amos’ tale,

Obadiah, Jonah in the belly of the whale,

Micah, Nahum, and Habakkuk’s cry,

Zephaniah, Haggai, then Zechariah.

The last Old Testament books reveal

That Malachi points to a brand new deal!

Chorus (1 time)

Verse 2:

Matthew, Mark, Luke, & John,

The story of Jesus

And then move on

To Acts & the letters of Paul,

Romans, 1st & 2nd Corinthians all.

Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians,

And move on to 1st & 2nd Thessalonians.

1st Timothy, 2nd Timothy,

Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James,

2 books from Peter,

And John’s all 3,

Jude the dude,

And Revelation you’ll see,

That these are written

That you might believe

That Jesus is the Christ,

And his grace receive!

Chorus (2 times)

If you would like to learn this song and use it to help you find your way through God’s word, here’s a link to the audio file.

I encourage and challenge you to learn this song. You’ll be glad you did!

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