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I suggest a nationwide reading of the Holy Scriptures during the period from Thanksgiving Day to Christmas. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

The Bible, Holy writings. — Lailah Gifty Akita

We have numerous examples of perseverance in the scriptures, in secular history, and in our own experiences. — Joseph B. Wirthlin

I have read the bible, seen its errors and perfections, but the bits of lie contained therein has contaminated the truth. — Michael Bassey Johnson

The word of God is a light that penetrates the human spirit. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Any manipulation of the Scriptures to make them speak peace
to the natural man is evil and can only lead to ruin. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

Scriptures and creeds may come to seem incredible, but faith will still go dancing on. — Sydney Carter

When scriptures are used as the Lord has caused them to be recorded, they have intrinsic power that is not communicated when paraphrased. — Richard G. Scott

Keep strong and affirm the Scriptures daily. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Nowhere in the Hebrew Scriptures does it say that God is omnipotent. — Tony Campolo

From the holy scriptures, heaven-sent lift will be found for heaven-sent duties. — Russell M. Nelson

In the Buddhist scriptures, it said many births cause suffering, so Buddhism is not against family planning. — Mechai Viravaidya

No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures. — John Bunyan

Just as money is not real, consumable wealth, books are not life. To idolize scriptures is like eating paper currency. — Alan W. Watts

What good can the scriptures do to a man who has no sense of his own? Of what use is as mirror to a blind man? — Chanakya

Some extremists take elements of the sacred scriptures out of context. — Cat Stevens

It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide. — Desiderius Erasmus

A man who would interpret the scriptures must have the spiritual discipline. — Mahatma Gandhi

For how can we adopt those things which we do not find in the holy Scriptures? — Ambrose

I like the character of Moses. He is the first disunionist we read of in the Jewish Scriptures. — Frances Harper

May our conscience be renewed by the WORD of GOD. — Lailah Gifty Akita

My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ. — Bono

For many things were shown,
Recorded and written down.
But what is God to do,
When His Word you do renounce? — Kari L. Greenaway

Submission to the Scriptures is submission to God. Rebellion against the Scriptures is rebellion against God — Kevin DeYoung

Daily mediate the Holy Scriptures. — Lailah Gifty Akita

True Christians delight to read the Scriptures, because they tell them about their beloved Savior. — J.C. Ryle

If Christians read Holy Scripture, they will grow in the Knowledge of Christ. And be filled with the grace of God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

God's will concerning financial prosperity and abundance is clearly revealed in the Scriptures. — Gloria Copeland

Mediation on the Scriptures will renew your mind. — Lailah Gifty Akita

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

When you really dive into the scriptures it says the kingdom of heaven is inside you. You can feel that because of the way Christ dropped it. — Killah Priest

You can never really know the scriptures until you're willing to be changed by them. — Brother Yun

Newspapers have become more important to the average man than the scriptures. — Mahatma Gandhi

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 majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the gospel has its influence on my heart. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

To be given to the study of the scriptures is to discover more principles — Sunday Adelaja

Close Scrutiny of the scriptures reveals that the kingdom was the only message Jesus preached — Sunday Adelaja

The sovereignty of scriptures of all religions must come to an end if we want to have a united integrated modern India. — B.R. Ambedkar

To merely search the Scriptures is to come to the tree of knowledge; to contact the Lord through the Word is to come to the tree of life. — Witness Lee

If you should read, begin with Holy Scriptures. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I desperate desire to read the Holy Scriptures is spirituality of the soul. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Those who are lacking in bhakti (devotion), lacking in faith, are ill qualified to interpret the scriptures. — Mahatma Gandhi

Explain the Scriptures by the Scriptures. — Clement Of Alexandria

If we are pawns in the middle of this heavenly battle to hurt the Lord, we need the Scriptures for a weapon. — Raven H. Price

I believe in supremacy of God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

This is fellowship: sharing with one another what God is teaching through the Scriptures, and this is an important part of true community. — Jerry Bridges

Where the Scriptures speak, we speak; where the Scriptures are silent, we are silent — Thomas Campbell

Not by accident, you may be sure, do the Christian Scriptures make the father of knowledge a serpent - slimy, sneaking and abominable. — H.L. Mencken

A humble man who lives a spiritual life, when he reads the Holy Scriptures, while relate all things to himself and not to others. — Mark The Evangelist

By withholding the knowledge of [the Scriptures] from children, we deprive ourselves of the best means of awakening moral sensibility in their minds. — Benjamin Rush

In the divine Scriptures, there are shallows and there are deeps; shallows where the lamb may wade, and deeps where the elephant may swim. — John Owen

The Scriptures were written with built-in tension between texts and its resultant theology. — James MacDonald

Renew your mind daily by reading the Holy Scriptures. — Lailah Gifty Akita

We stumble in sin, when we fail to read the scriptures. — Lailah Gifty Akita

From no source has the author drawn more conspicuously than from the sacred Scriptures. From all these extracts from the Bible I make no apology. — William Holmes McGuffey

Both gospels employ the term "Son of God" exactly as it is used throughout the Hebrew Scriptures: as a royal title, not a description. — Reza Aslan

For all other writings should point to the Scriptures, as John pointed to Christ; when he said, "He must increase, but I must decrease." [John 3:30] — Martin Luther

The scriptures recommend love and service to the enlightened to develop purity. — Frederick Lenz

Honestly, when I read the Scriptures, I really believe the Lord puts a heart in us when we become believers. — Francis Chan

Love the holy Scriptures, and wisdom will love you. — Mindy Withrow

Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ. — St. Jerome

O Lord, Thy Word, strengthens my spirit. — Lailah Gifty Akita

No Scripture comes from any Supreme Creator. — Abhijit Naskar

A man's life of any worth is a continual allegory, and very few eyes can see the mystery of his life, a life like the scriptures, figurative. — John Keats

While we need to look deeply into the Scriptures Jesus knew, we needn't look beyond them for things that aren't there. — Ann Spangler

I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments, and demonstrations. — Galileo Galilei

Why do [TEMPLES] beautify and shine? Because as the scriptures say, 'truth shineth,' and temples contain truth and eternal purpose; so do you. — Neill F. Marriott

Your honesty, Your love, Your compassion should come from your inner being, not from teachings and scriptures. — Rajneesh

The sacred Scriptures grow with the one who reads them. — Gregory The Great

We are limited by our visual, physical senses; yet from the Scriptures we can readily conclude that heaven is indeed not distant at all. It is nearby. — Paul P. Enns

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

Start believing the Word of God over our feelings. The truth always overrides our feelings. Find the truth in the scriptures. — Joyce Meyer

The Truth is first rejected. Then finally accepted. — Lailah Gifty Akita

What are ye orbs? The words of God? the Scriptures of the skies? — Philip James Bailey

The conferring and comparing of Scriptures is an excellent means of coming to an acquaintance with the mind and will of God in them. - JOHN OWEN — Joel R. Beeke

Do not give your most cherish dreams.
Dreams are scriptures.
Dreams are possibilities.
Dreams always come true. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Is there any certainty like the Truth? — Lailah Gifty Akita

To be clear to the scriptures is to be clear to the original plan of creation — Sunday Adelaja

It is vital to see ourselves as part of an ongoing journey started by our heroes in the Scriptures. — Alan Hirsch

The Holy Scriptures were not given
to us that we should enclose
them in books, but that we should
engrave them upon our hearts. — John Chrysostom

When you read the sacred Scriptures, or any other book, never think how you read, but what you read. — John Philip Kemble

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 origins of Indian classical music, not unlike their western counterparts, lie in the Vedas, the ancient Hindu scriptures of 2,000 years ago. — Tariq Ali

Newspapers today have almost replaced the Bible, the Koran, the Gita and other religious scriptures. — Mahatma Gandhi

If thou trusteth to the book called the Scriptures, thou trusteth to the rotten staff of fables and falsehood. — Thomas Paine

If we read the Scriptures, God will shine in our heart. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The Holy Scriptures lead us to God and open the path to the knowledge of God. — Saint John Chrysostom

We can grow so accustomed to being spoon-fed the Word of God that we sometimes forget how to examine the Scriptures for ourselves. — Beth Moore

Self-realization is the object of the Gita, as it is of all scriptures. — Mahatma Gandhi

God's word; Holy Writings. — Lailah Gifty Akita

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

Zen is a special transmission outside the Canonical Scriptures; it does not depend upon texts. — Robert Linssen

I meditate on God's life and I read the scriptures. I read something about Him, go through it and spend a lot of time by myself. — Jim Caviezel

So all through the Scriptures you will find that when believing prayer went up to God, the answer came down. — D.L. Moody

God has been described by all the scriptures of the world as protector and saviour of the sinner. — Mahatma Gandhi

My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns. — James G. Watt

Now Heaven and Earth are older than the temples, and older than the Scriptures. — Eden Ahbez

The book of books, the storehouse and magazine of life and comfort, the holy Scriptures. — George Herbert