Bible & Scripture word search word list

53 words, hand-picked to fit a 15×15 grid. Free to use in any puzzle you make, including ones you sell.

The button opens the free generator with this theme selected. It draws 15 words per puzzle and can make hundreds of different puzzles from this list without repeating a set — a 100-puzzle book comes to 124 pages at 6 × 9.

The list

• Altar
• Angel
• Apostle
• Baptism
• Blessing
• Chapel
• Choir
• Communion
• Congregation
• Covenant
• Creation
• Cross
• Crucifixion
• Devotion
• Disciple
• Exodus
• Faith
• Fellowship
• Forgiveness
• Genesis
• Gospel
• Grace
• Heaven
• Hymn
• Manger
• Mercy
• Ministry
• Miracle
• Missionary
• Nativity
• Parable
• Pilgrimage
• Prayer
• Prophet
• Proverbs
• Psalm
• Pulpit
• Redeemer
• Resurrection
• Revelation
• Righteous
• Sabbath
• Sanctuary
• Savior
• Scripture
• Sermon
• Shepherd
• Steeple
• Tabernacle
• Testament
• Trinity
• Wisdom
• Worship

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Crossword clues for every word

The same list with a plain-language clue for each word — written for the crossword type, and free to use in a grid you build yourself. Copy the lines as they are (word — clue) into the generator's own-list box and it makes the crossword for you.

• Altar — Table at the front of a church used in worship
• Angel — Winged figure atop the tree
• Apostle — One of the twelve closest followers of Jesus
• Baptism — Ritual of immersion or sprinkling with water
• Blessing — Grace said before the meal
• Chapel — Small church
• Choir — Group that sings during a service
• Communion — Ritual sharing of bread and wine
• Congregation — Body of people gathered for worship
• Covenant — Solemn agreement between God and people
• Creation — The making of the world, as told in Genesis
• Cross — Symbol of the crucifixion
• Crucifixion — Execution by nailing to a wooden frame
• Devotion — Loyal love
• Disciple — Follower who learns from a teacher
• Exodus — Old Testament book about leaving slavery in Egypt
• Faith — Trust or belief without proof
• Fellowship — Friendly association among believers
• Forgiveness — Letting go of a wrong done to you
• Genesis — First book of the Old Testament
• Gospel — One of the four accounts of the life of Jesus
• Grace — Unearned favor or kindness
• Heaven — Dwelling place of God, in many faiths
• Hymn — Song of praise sung in worship
• Manger — Feeding trough used as a cradle in the nativity story
• Mercy — Compassion shown instead of punishment
• Ministry — Work carried out in service of a faith
• Miracle — Event that seems to defy natural law
• Missionary — Person sent to spread a faith abroad
• Nativity — Scene of the birth in the stable
• Parable — Short story that teaches a moral lesson
• Pilgrimage — Journey made to a sacred place
• Prayer — Words spoken to God
• Prophet — Person believed to speak for God
• Proverbs — Old Testament book of short wise sayings
• Psalm — Sacred song or poem, often from a biblical book
• Pulpit — Raised stand a preacher speaks from
• Redeemer — One who saves or buys back
• Resurrection — Rising from the dead
• Revelation — Final book of the New Testament
• Righteous — Morally upright, acting justly
• Sabbath — Day set aside for rest and worship
• Sanctuary — Sacred, protected place
• Savior — One who rescues or delivers
• Scripture — Sacred writings of a religion
• Sermon — Talk given to instruct or inspire a congregation
• Shepherd — One who tends and guides a flock of sheep
• Steeple — Tall tapering tower on a church
• Tabernacle — Portable place of worship used by the ancient Israelites
• Testament — One of the two main divisions of the Bible
• Trinity — Belief in Father, Son and Holy Spirit as one
• Wisdom — Good judgment built from knowledge and experience
• Worship — Reverence and devotion shown to God

A puzzle made from it

Medium difficulty: across, down and diagonals, nothing backwards. Every word appears exactly once — the generator checks the finished grid rather than assuming. Solutions are in the book, not on this page.