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BIBLIOGRAPHY for 2025
Welcome to the Bibliography page for the Talantul în Negot Bible contest. Here you will find the essential chapters and verses you need to study and memorize for both branches of the contest.
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MEMORIZATION
Memorize & recite all of PHILIPPIANS (4 chapters)
English: NIV translation
Romanian: Memorarea Scripturii
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BIBLE KNOWLEDGE / CLASSIC
Romanian: Clasic
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2nd – 3rd grade: Deuteronomy, 1 John
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4th – 5th grade: Deuteronomy, Ephesians
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6th – 7th grade: Deuteronomy, Romans
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8th – 9th grade: Deuteronomy, Romans, 1 Corinthians
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10th – 11th grade: Deuteronomy, 1 Corinthians, Job Ch. 23-42
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12th gr - age 44: Deuteronomy, 1 Corinthians, Job Ch. 23-42
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Adults age 45+ : Deuteronomy, 1 Corinthians, Job Ch. 23-42
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**ALL readings and tests based on NIV translation in English and the 2006, Oradea updated Cornilescu in Romanian**
In addition to the above, each age category needs to learn 10 verses:
2nd - 3rd grade:
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Leviticus 19:11 - Do not steal. Do not lie. Do not deceive one another.
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Jeremiah 29:12 - Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
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Exodus 15:3 - The LORD is a warrior; the LORD is his name.
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Matthew 11:28 - Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
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Psalms 9:9 - The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
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Isaiah 12:5 - Sing to the LORD, for he has done glorious things; let this be known to all the world.
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John 6:35 - Then Jesus declared, I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
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Philippians 1:9 - And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight
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Galatians 6:10 - Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.
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Proverbs 15:16 - Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great wealth with turmoil.
4th - 5th grade:
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Leviticus 25:17 - Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God. I am the LORD your God.
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Jeremiah 20:13 - Sing to the LORD! Give praise to the LORD! He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of the wicked.
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Luke 6:40 - The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.
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Job 11:13 - Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him,
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2 Thessalonians 3:3 - But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.
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1 Timothy 4:7 - Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales; rather, train yourself to be godly.
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Colossians 3:15 - Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.
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Hebrews 11:3 - By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
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Psalm 65:1 - Praise awaits you, our God, in Zion; to you our vows will be fulfilled.
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Proverbs 16:7 - When the LORD takes pleasure in anyone’s way, he causes their enemies to make peace with them.
6th - 7th grade:
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1 Timothy 1:16 - But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life.
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Isaiah 43:25 - I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.
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Matthew 28:19 - Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
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2 Corinthians 2:14 - But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere.
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James 1:22 - Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
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Luke 19:38 - Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!
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Philippians 2:4 - Not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
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Colossians 3:1 - Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
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Psalm 89:1 - I will sing of the LORD’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.
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Proverbs 8:11 - For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her.
8th - 9th grade:
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Mark 11:24 - Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
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Matthew 12:36 - But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.
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Luke 6:45 - A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
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John 15:16 - You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.
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2 Timothy 2:24 - And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.
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James 1:12 - Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
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Philippians 3:20 - But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
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Colossians 3:3 - For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
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Psalms 86:15 - But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.
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Proverbs 13:22 - A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children, but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.
10th - 11th grade:
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2 Corinthians 5:21 - God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
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Lamentations 3:22-23 - Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
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Matthew 25:13 - Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
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Luke 8:17 - For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open.
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2 Timothy 2:22 - Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
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1 Peter 5:5 - In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”
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Colossians 3:4 - When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
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Revelation 22:14 - Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city.
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Psalm 95:7 - For he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if only you would hear his voice,
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Proverbs 16:8 - Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice.
12th grade - 44 years old:
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Job 12:12-13 - Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding? To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.
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Isaiah 61:1 - The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners.
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James 1:21 - Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.
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1 Peter 1:17 - Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear.
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Matthew 6:26 - Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
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1 Timothy 6:12 - Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
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Revelation 22:17 - The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.
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Acts 26:17-18 - I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
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Psalms 40:5 - Many, LORD my God, are the wonders you have done, the things you planned for us. None can compare with you; were I to speak and tell of your deeds, they would be too many to declare.
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Proverbs 15:17 - Better a small serving of vegetables with love than a fattened calf with hatred.
Adults 45+ :
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Matthew 5:19 - Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
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John 6:54 - Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.
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1 Kings 8:23 - and said: “LORD, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below—you who keep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way.
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1 Peter 3:12 - For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.
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Philippians 3:21 - who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
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1 Timothy 4:1-2 - The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.
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Revelation 22:16 - “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the last churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.”
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Psalms 50:23 - Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me, and to the blameless I will show my salvation.
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Proverbs 22:15 - Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.
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Proverbs 10:22 - The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, without painful toil for it.