116 Bible Stories

The Bible is full of stories, from Genesis clear to Revelation. Entire books of the Bible are dedicated to telling a specific story. Some of these are stories of good triumphing over evil, while others are heartrending stories that tell of death and destruction. Some stories are funny; some are poignant; and some just make you shake your head.

What is the purpose behind all of these stories? Are they simply fairy tales? Did God supply the stories to break the monotony between genealogies and laws?

There is a purpose for the wide variety of stories. Every Bible story has a purpose—as would be expected of a book inspired by the great and purposeful Almighty God.

Bible stories can make purposes and lessons come to life for all of us.

Bible stories will help people of all ages, and especially parents reading them to their children.

Whether for our education or to encourage us, there is always a reason God placed each story in the Bible. Though some of the stories of the Bible, such as the parables, are illustrations used to teach a lesson, all the examples in this article refer to real-life, historically accurate accounts that God also recorded for our learning.

The Bible has many stories that reveal to us examples of humans trying to live life without God or succumbing to one of many human weaknesses.

Because God is a great, infinite and invisible Being, how do we come to comprehend who He really is? How can we learn about God? How do we know who God is and what He is like?

Some Bible stories are also very encouraging on a personal level.

There is another reason stories are in the Bible—to answer the questions of life. Why is there evil in the world? Why do the good suffer? There are Bible stories that help us more deeply understand the answers to many questions like these.

The many stories in the Bible are given for a reason and a purpose. Whether it’s to encourage us in the hard times or to help us learn a lesson the easy way, God has told us these stories for our eternal benefit.