Sampling of Book Titles Inspired by Bible Verses

My dissertation supervisor told me that the Bible and Shakespeare were the two most-used sources for book titles. How many of these biblical phrases do you recognize?

Absalom, Absalom!

William Faulkner

2 Samuel 19:4

An Acceptable Time              

Madeleine L'Engle     

Psalms 66:13

A Time to Kill                        

John Grisham            

Ecclesiastes 3:3

Behold the Man                     

Michael Moorcock      

John 19:5

Butter In a Lordly Dish           

Agatha Christie        

Judges 5:25

I Sat Down and Wept            

Elizabeth Smart         

Psalm 137:1

Clouds of Witness                  

Dorothy L. Sayers       

Hebrews 12:1

Consider the Lilies                 

Iain Crichton Smith    

Matthew 6:28

East of Eden                           

John Steinbeck           

Genesis 4:16

Fear and Trembling             

Søren Kierkegaard    

Philippians 2:12

The Golden Bowl                   

Henry James                

Ecclesiastes 12:6

The House of Mirth                

Edith Wharton            

Ecclesiastes 7:4

I Will Fear No Evil                  

Robert A. Heinlein     

Psalms 23:4

If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem   

William Faulkner       

Psalms 137:5

In a Glass Darkly                    

Sheridan Le Fanu       

I Corinthians 13:12

Jacob Have I Loved                 

Katherine Paterson    

Romans 9:13

The Last Enemy                     

Richard Hillary            

I Corinthians 15:26

Lilies of the Field                   

William E.  Barrett    

Matthew 6:28

The Little Foxes                     

Lillian Hellman            

Song of Songs 2:15

Many Waters                         

Madeleine L'Engle     

Song of Songs 8:7

The Millstone                         

Margaret Drabble      

Matthew 18:6

Moab Is My Washpot            

Stephen Fry                

Psalms 60:8

The Moon by Night                

Madeleine L'Engle     

Psalms 121:6

The Needle's Eye                   

Margaret Drabble      

Matthew 19:24

Noli Me Tangere                    

José Rizal                   

John 20:17

Number the Stars                  

Lois Lowry                  

Psalms 147:4

Quo Vadis                             

Henryk Sienkiewicz    

John 13:36 (Vulgate translation)

A Scanner Darkly                    

Philip K. Dick              

I Corinthians 13:12

Stranger in a Strange Land    

Robert A. Heinlein     

Exodus 2:22

The Sun Also Rises                

Ernest Hemingway    

Ecclesiastes 1:5

The Violent Bear It Away      

Flannery O'Connor     

Matthew 11:12 (Douay translation)

The Way of All Flesh             

Samuel Butler            

Joshua 23:14 (Wesley's notes translation)

The Wealth of Nations          

Adam Smith               

Isaiah 61:6

The Wings of the Dove          

Henry James              

Psalms 55:6

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