Hymns from scripture
Hymns based on John 14
John 14 has given hymn writers words for 10 hymns in this library, by writers including Thomas Moore; Thomas Hastings, Andrew Reed and Thomas Rawson Taylor. Each is listed below with the lines that echo the chapter and the verses they draw on, quoted from the World English Bible, a public-domain modern translation.
The verse these hymns return to most is John 14:1: ““Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.”
Hymn writers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries knew their Bibles almost by heart, and they wove its phrases into their lines — sometimes as a close paraphrase, as in the metrical psalms, and sometimes as a single image carried into a new setting. Reading the verse beside the line shows what the writer had in mind, and often why a hymn was chosen to be sung alongside a particular reading.
- Come, Ye Disconsolate — Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish;John 14:16–17 · John 14:26
- Holy Spirit, Light Divine — Holy Ghost, with light divine,John 14:16–17
- I'm But a Stranger Here — I'm but a stranger here,John 14:1–7
- When Peace, Like a River — When peace,like a river, attendeth my way,John 14:27–28
- A Child of the King — My Father is richJohn 14:1–6
- I Know Not Why God's Wondrous Grace — I know not why God's wondrous graceJohn 14:5–11
- The Comforter Has Come — O, spread the tidings round,John 14:16
- Hark! The Sound of Holy Voices — Hark! the sound of holy voices,John 14:1–4
- Moment By Moment — Dying with Jesus, by death reckoned mine;John 14:18–20
- Jesus Came, the Heavens Adoring — Jesus came, the heavens adoring,John 14:18