Scripture Quotes
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Scripture Quotes & Sayings
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I suggest a nationwide reading of the Holy Scriptures during the period from Thanksgiving Day to Christmas.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Go figure out what this Scripture means: 'I'm after mercy, not religion.' I'm here to invite outsiders, not coddle insiders.
— Eugene H. Peterson
The resurrection of Jesus is rooted in history, grounded in scripture and confirmed in experience.
— Nicky Gumbel
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken hear; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Pslam 34.18
— Laurie Alice Eakes
To lay down one's life for the truth.
— Juvenal
Sincere Christians can disagree about the details of Scripture and theology - absolutely.
— Billy Graham
From the holy scriptures, heaven-sent lift will be found for heaven-sent duties.
— Russell M. Nelson
For Jesus, Scripture is powerful, decisive, and authoritative because it is nothing less than the voice of God.
— Kevin DeYoung
I like the character of Moses. He is the first disunionist we read of in the Jewish Scriptures.
— Frances Harper
The man who, despite the teaching of Scripture, tries to pray without a Savior, insults the deity.
— Charles Spurgeon
If Scripture were to describe the downfall of an empire in the style adopted by political historians, the common people would not be stirred.
— Baruch Spinoza
People want black-and-white answers, but Scripture is rainbow arch across a stormy sky.
— Sarah Bessey
If your creed and Scripture do not agree, cut your creed to pieces, but make it agree with this book.
— Charles Spurgeon
When we are filled with the Spirit of God, obeying God, in His will and quoting Scripture, Satan will be defeated.
— Billy Graham
Most songs come from being attentive. Attentive to life, attentive to scripture, attentive to your heart. Pay attention!
— Matt Redman
If Christians read Holy Scripture, they will grow in the Knowledge of Christ. And be filled with the grace of God.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The word of God gives comfort.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The Church no more gave us the New Testament canon than Isaac Newton gave us the force of gravity.
— J.I. Packer
Some have exalted religious fasting beyond all Scripture and reason; and others have utterly disregarded it. - JOHN WESLEY
— Richard J. Foster
God's will concerning financial prosperity and abundance is clearly revealed in the Scriptures.
— Gloria Copeland
Intimate knowledge of God is possible if we habitually search His Holy Scriptures & translate what we find into obedience.
— George Muller
Scrutamini scripturas (Let us look at the scriptures). These two words have undone the world.
— John Selden
The scriptures are one of our greatest treasures. They contain God's instructions to His people from the beginning of time.
— L. Tom Perry
Men treat God's sovereignty as a theme for controversy, but in Scripture it is matter for worship.
— J.I. Packer
We must think ourselves empty when coming to the text of scripture and read ourselves full.
— Alistair Begg
Well, I - you know, the scripture says that God works by faith. And you have to have faith. You have to have trust in God so that God can work.
— Victoria Osteen
Zen is a special transmission outside the Canonical Scriptures; it does not depend upon texts.
— Robert Linssen
The moment you come to a passage of scripture and say, "Oh, I know this one already," you're in deep trouble.
— Howard G. Hendricks
The scripture that God used to save me was Isaiah 7.14, which today is still my favourite verse in the Bible.
— Gloria Gaynor
Let the man who would hear God speak read Holy Scripture.
— Martin Luther
If Scripture teaches the imputation of sin, we should not stumble when we find it affirming the imputation of righteousness.
— Arthur W. Pink
Jesus Christ never died for our good works. They were not worth dying for. But he gave himself for our sins, according to the Scriptures.
— Martin Luther
Lady Wisdom will be your close friend; and Brother Knowledge will be your pleasant companion.
— Anonymous
You don't read scripture, scripture reads you.
— Mike Glenn
If you don't have time to pray and read the scriptures, you are busier than God ever intended you to be.
— Matthew Kelly
The lives of the saints are the hermeneutical key to Scripture.
— Stanley Hauerwas
Explain the Scriptures by the Scriptures.
— Clement Of Alexandria
Those who are lacking in bhakti (devotion), lacking in faith, are ill qualified to interpret the scriptures.
— Mahatma Gandhi
The majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the gospel has its influence on my heart.
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
They that pray in the family do well; they that pray and read the Scriptures do better; but they that pray, and read, and sing do best of all.
— Matthew Henry
The central purpose of all scripture is to fill our souls with faith in God the Father and in His Son, Jesus Christ.
— D. Todd Christofferson
People change but I'm so glad...Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.Hebrews 13:8
— Amanda Penland
Scripture is a book about going to Heaven. It's not a book about how the heavens go.
— Galileo Galilei
All scripture was written for us, and for our learning ; but they are not all addressed to us, or written concerning us.
— E.W. Bullinger
Newspapers today have almost replaced the Bible, the Koran, the Gita and other religious scriptures.
— Mahatma Gandhi
There is scarcely one figure in the entire Hebrew scripture we would want our children to emulate.
— Harvey Cox
Quoting Scripture leads you to the fountain, but only if you plunge in and come up wet will I know that you are a Christian.
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
God's approval should be your standard for success.
— Jim George
The scripture is clear that we have a capacity for love because of God's love for us
— Sunday Adelaja
The only things that really need to be accomplished in the home are daily scripture study and prayer and weekly family home evening.
— Linda S. Reeves
The Bible isn't a storybook with many heroes. No, there's only one hero in Scripture: the Son, the Lamb, the Savior, the King, the Redeemer - Jesus.
— Paul David Tripp
Both my study of Scripture and my career in entertaining children have taught me to cherish them.
— Walt Disney
The sacred Scriptures grow with the one who reads them.
— Gregory The Great
Pray all the time, read all the scriptures in the world, and worship all the gods there are ... but unless you realize the Truth, there is no freedom.
— Swami Vivekananda
Because I am committed to the truth of Scripture, I must try to understand what Scripture says, even if it transcends my own experience.
— Craig S. Keener
What are ye orbs? The words of God? the Scriptures of the skies?
— Philip James Bailey
Put tradition first, and scripture will be muzzled and faded. Put scripture first, and tradition will come to new life. Better
— N. T. Wright
We are guilty of idolatry every time we think about God in any way other than the way Scripture portrays Him.
— Barbara Hughes
No verse of Scripture yields its meaning to lazy people.
— Arthur W. Pink
It is vital to see ourselves as part of an ongoing journey started by our heroes in the Scriptures.
— Alan Hirsch
We don't go to Scripture for permission to do what we think is best, but for direction to do what He says is best.
— David Platt
Christ is known rightly nowhere but in Scripture. If
— John Calvin
What I know of the divine
science and holy scripture,
I learnt in the woods and fields. — Bernard Of Clairvaux
science and holy scripture,
I learnt in the woods and fields. — Bernard Of Clairvaux
Scripture speaks of a holiness which we have in Christ before God and a holiness which we must strive after.
— Jerry Bridges
Scripture ... does not derive its authority from the fact that we use it, not even when we use Scripture in faith.
— G. C. Berkouwer
I hate it when she quotes Scripture. Who can talk back to the Bible?
— Adrian Fogelin
God has been described by all the scriptures of the world as protector and saviour of the sinner.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Read the Scripture to renew your mind.
Mediate on the Scripture to nourish your soul.
Affirm the Scripture to revive your spirit — Lailah Gifty Akita
Mediate on the Scripture to nourish your soul.
Affirm the Scripture to revive your spirit — Lailah Gifty Akita
I remembered something my mother used to say. "The devil can quote scripture." "And in a pleasing voice," Mrs. Shoplaw agreed moodily.
— Stephen King
All the distinctive features and superiority of our republican institutions are derived from the teachings of Scripture.
— Edward Everett
How the mighty have fallen (2 Sam 1.19)
— Bible English New International Version
There is a big gap between what we read in Scripture about the Holy Spirit and how most believers and churches operate today.
— Francis Chan
One thing I realized from my quick read through Scripture was that Christians were to live in community with other believers.
— Jimmy Turner
You need not bring life to the scripture. You should draw life from the scripture.
— Charles Spurgeon
Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
— St. Jerome
I would love God even if he damned me, because he was so gracious to others.
— Charles Haddon Spurgeon
No Scripture comes from any Supreme Creator.
— Abhijit Naskar
The response to stress is not less time in God's Word, but more.
— Dillon Burroughs
for when any one understands this Epistle, he has a passage opened to him to the understanding of the whole Scripture.
— John Calvin