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Bible-Based – verses or chapter from the Bible in Song
A few pop tunes are based on direct references to verses in the Bible.
- Ecclesiastes - Chapter 3, verses 1-8
- Genesis
- Matthew 5 - The Beatitudes
(Blessings from the Sermon on the Mount)
- New Testament
- Matthew 4:1-11
- Revelations
(To Everything) Turn, Turn, Turn - The Byrds (Pete Seger)
Ecclesiastes - Chapter 3, verses 1-8
Probably one of the most famous songs from the 60s that is widely know to have originated from the Bible.
A Distant Hum - Howard Jones
Genesis (the creation)
A seldom heard but unusually brilliant song about God, the creation of the earth and man's strange disconnect and indifference.
Blessed - Simon and Garfunkel
>Matthew 5 -The Beatitudes (blessings from the Sermon on the Mount)
Matthew 5- Sermon on the Mount: "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth..."
Superman - Michael Sembello
Pretty powerful song! Micheal Sembello is best known among musicians as one of the core artists who worked with Stevie Wonder. Of course among the the general public he is known primarily for the 1983 hit single "Maniac". Superman was included on the album.
Save Me - Dave Matthews
This song was based off the verse in the Bible Matthew 4:1-11, where Jesus and the Devil are in the desert and Jesus' faith and fate are being tested. Matthew 4:1-11- "Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry."
Goin' By The Book - Johnny Cash
Revelations
Goin' By The Book is a dark and doom-laden tune about how man will end up self destructing.