The bible is full of unique and strange verses you may not know even existed. I have made a fun list of these unique quotes for all to enjoy.

Have you ever seen an animal like this one?

Job 41

¹ "Can you pull in the leviathan ^[a] with a fishhook
or tie down his tongue with a rope?

² Can you put a cord through his nose
or pierce his jaw with a hook?¹⁸ His snorting throws out flashes of light;
his eyes are like the rays of dawn.

¹⁹ Firebrands stream from his mouth;
sparks of fire shoot out.

²⁰ Smoke pours from his nostrils
as from a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.

²¹ His breath sets coals ablaze,
and flames dart from his mouth.

Jesus cursed a fig tree because he was hungry and it was empty

Matthew 21

¹⁸Early in the morning, as he was on his way back to the city, he was hungry. ¹⁹Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, "May you never bear fruit again!" Immediately the tree withered.

It was Solomon who said it not me!

Proverbs 21

¹⁹ Better to live in a desert
than with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife.

God has angels and a flaming sword gaurding the Garden of Eden

Genesis 3

²³ So the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. ²⁴ After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side ^[e] of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.

Pick up snakes, drink deadly poison you'll be okay

Mark 16

¹⁵He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. ¹⁶Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. ¹⁷And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; ¹⁸they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well."

The clothing part seems weird

Leviticus 19

¹⁹ " 'Keep my decrees.
" 'Do not mate different kinds of animals.
" 'Do not plant your field with two kinds of seed.
" 'Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material.

Don't mock a bald prophet

2 Kings 2

²³From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some youths came out of the town and jeered at him. "Go on up, you baldhead!" they said. "Go on up, you baldhead!" ²⁴ He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths. ²⁵ And he went on to Mount Carmel and from there returned to Samaria.

Seems like a strange law

Deuteronomy 23

¹"^(A)No one who is emasculated or has his male organ cut off shall enter the assembly of the LORD.

These are just a few of the interesting things you can find if you study the Bible. These versus seem funny or strange. It is interesting to read the weird stuff that is in the Bible, but they must be read in context to really make any sense.

Wayne Ansell