Scripture Quotes
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The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tablets yet unbroken: The word by seers or sibyls told, In groves of oak or fanes of gold, Still floats upon the morning wind, Still whispers to the willing mind. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
For we can affirm with a good conscience that we have, after reading the Holy Scripture, applied ourselves and yet daily apply ourselves to the extent that the grace of the Lord permits to inquiry into and investigation of the consensus of the true and purer antiquity. (Quote by - Martin Chemnitz)
We must not only read the Scriptures, but we must make their rules of life our own. (Quote by - Hosea Ballou)
I therefore became very melancholy and highly troubled. No Scripture could comfort me, though I was quite well versed in it. (Quote - Jacob Boehme)
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. (Quote by - Bible)
One day at least in every week, The sects of every kind Their doctrines here are sure to seek, And just as sure to find. (Quote by - Augustus de Morgan)
As a man can drink water from any side of a full tank, so the skilled theologian can wrest from any scripture that which will serve his purpose. (Quote - Bhagavad Gita)
And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere Free from corruption, or entire, or clear, Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire In all things which our needful faith require. (Quote by - John Dryden)
The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout him, for he cannot bear scorn. (Quote - Martin Luther)
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. (Quote - Bible)
Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. (Quote by - Bible)
The truths of the Scriptures are so marked and inimitable, that the inventor would be more of a miraculous character than the hero. (Quote by - Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
I suppose what's unique about our presentation is the amount of Scripture that kids get. (Quote by - Willie Aames)
Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand. (Quote - Mark Twain)
How glad the heathens would have been, That worship idols, wood and stone, If they the book God had seen. (Quote by - Isaac Watts)
Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? / But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. (Quote - Bible)
I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. (Quote by - Bible)
For you see this scripture fulfilled this day and therefore I desire you as you tender the Lord and the church and commonwealth to consider and look what you do. (Quote by - Anne Hutchinson)
A true servant of God will never teach a false doctrine. He will never deny new revelation. He never will tell you that the canon of scripture is full, or that the New Testament is the last revelation ever intended to be given to man. (Quote by - Orson Pratt)
If it squares with the Scripture, then let's go. If it's in conflict with the Scripture, then it's heresy. (Quote by - Randall Terry)
Out from the heart of nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Scripture suggests that the elements in space were created for the benefit of earth, while evolution suggests that earth is an insignificant speck in vast space. (Quote by - Walter Lang)
According to Scripture, God is incomprehensible yet knowable, absolute yet personal. (Quote - Herman Bavinck)
His studie was but litel on the Bible. (Quote by - Geoffrey Chaucer)
Scripture makes it clear to me that there is an obligation to speak out on behalf of those being persecuted. (Quote by - Frank R. Wolf)
We search the world for truth; we cull The good, the pure, the beautiful, From all old flower fields of the soul; And, weary seeker of the best, We come back laden from out quest, To find that all the sages said Is in the Book our mothers read. (Quote by - John Greenleaf Whittier)
Hence that dread and amazement with which as Scripture uniformly relates holy men were struck and overwhelmed whenever they beheld the presence of God men are never duly touched and impressed with a conviction of their insignificance until they have. (Quote by - John Calvin)
A stream where alike the elephant may swim, and the lamb may wade. (Quote by - Gregory I)
Therefore we examine with considerable diligence the consensus of the true, learned, and purer antiquity, and we love and praise the testimonies of the fathers which agree with the Scripture. (Quote by - Martin Chemnitz)
Revealed religion first informed thy sight, and reason saw not till faith sprung to light. (Quote by - John Dryden)
Sanctification is not to be understood here as a separation from ordinary use or consecration to some special use, although this meaning is often present in Scripture, sometimes referring to outward and sometimes to inward or effectual separation. (Quote by - William Ames)
Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant would drown. (Quote by - Matthew Henry)
Though troubles assail And dangers affright, Though friends should all fail And foes all unite; Yet one thing secures us, Whatever betide, The scripture assures us, The Lord will provide. (Quote by - John Newton)
Original sin, therefore, appears to be a hereditary, depravity and corruption of our nature, diffused through all the parts of the soul, rendering us obnoxious to the divine wrath and producing in us those works which the scripture calls 'works of. (Quote by - John Calvin)
There have been no sects in the Christian world, however absurd, which have not endeavoured to support their opinions by arguments drawn from Scripture. (Quote by - Laurence Sterne)
Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries! Happiest they of human race, To whom God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way: And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. (Quote by - Sir Walter Scott)
The Lord knows that I could not open scripture; he must by his prophetical office open it unto me. So after that being unsatisfied in the thing, the Lord was pleased to bring this scripture out of the Hebrews. (Quote by - Anne Hutchinson)
But Thy good word informs my soul How I may climb to heaven. (Quote by - Isaac Watts)
It was a common saying among the Puritans, "Brown bread and the Gospel is good fare." (Quote by - Matthew Henry)
For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward. (Quote - Bible)
The devil can site scripture for his own purpose! An evil soul producing holy witness is like a villain with a smiling cheek. [Merchant Of Venice]. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
Many things there be in the scripture, which have a carnal fulfilling, even there where they be spoken or done; and yet have another spiritual signification, to be fulfilled long after in Christ and his kingdom, and yet never known till the thing be done. (Quote by - William Tyndale)
After a long, impartial enquiry of the truth, and after much and earnest calling upon God, to give unto me the spirit and revelation in the knowledge of Him, I find myself obliged, both by the principles of reason and Scripture, to embrace the opinion I now hold forth. (Quote by - John Biddle)
The Bible is a book of faith, and a book of doctrine, and a book of morals, and a book of religion, of especial revelation from God. (Quote by - Daniel Webster)
This truth of the gathering together of God's children is in Scripture seen realised in various localities, and in each central locality the Christians resident therein composed but one body: Scripture is perfectly clear on that head. (Quote by - John Nelson Darby)
And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man? / Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. (Quote - Bible)
An incorrect genre judgment will lead one far astray in interpreting Scripture. (Quote by - Ron Rhodes)
But, when Scripture makes a clear distinction between the act of creation and the process of preservation, we cannot accept the idea of a progressive creation process. (Quote by - Walter Lang)
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. (Quote by - Bible)
The history of every individual man should be a Bible. (Quote by - Novalis)
A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams. (Quote by - Umberto Eco)
No man can in any measure resemble the scripture saints. (Quote by - Charles Simeon)
He'd believe anything provided it's not in Holy Scripture. (Quote - Douglas Feaver)
So we're all right, an' I, for one, Don't think our cause'll lose in vally By rammin' Scriptur' in our gun, An' gittin' Natur' for an ally. (Quote by - James Russell Lowell)
We must be both more conservative and more liberal than most students of Christian worship: conservative in holding exclusively to God's commands in Scripture as our rule of worship, and liberal in defending the liberty of those who apply those comma. (Quote by - John Frame)
However, I am willing to hear what you can produce from Scripture in favor of any kind of slavery. (Quote by - Samuel Hopkins)
One would think that a system loaded with such gross and vulgar absurdities as Scripture religion is could never have obtained credit; yet we have seen what priestcraft and fanaticism can do, and credulity believe. (Quote by - Thomas Paine)
But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty of its own; and in this respect the original Bible stands very high as a monument of sublime poetry and of artistic prose. (Quote by - Lafcadio Hearn)
But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. (Quote - Bible)
The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are those which are felt to be preeminently musical. (Quote by - William Shenstone)
The Resistance is a moral certainty, not a poetic one. The true poet never uses words in order to punish someone. His judgment belongs to a creative order; it is not formulated as a prophetic scripture. (Quote by - Salvatore Quasimodo)
To substitute Scripture for the self-revealing Spirit is to put the dead letter in the place of the living Word. (Quote by - Sebastian Franck)
Each of our children during their high school years went to 'early morning seminary' - scripture study classes that met in the home of a church member every school day morning from 6:30 until 7:15. (Quote by - Clayton Christensen)
Men cannot make Scripture conform to their lifestyle; they must make their lifestyle conform to Scripture. (Quote by - Edwin Louis Cole)
No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture. (Quote by - Learned Hand)
The majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the gospel has its influence on my heart. (Quote by - Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
The important thing is not the finding, it is the seeking, it is the devotion with which one spins the wheel of prayer and scripture, discovering the truth little by little. If this machine gave you the truth immediately, you would not recognize it,. (Quote by - Ursula K. LeGuin)
History is the devil's scripture. (Quote by - Lord Byron)
Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache. (Quote by - Tertullian)
Greater even than the pious man is he who eats that which is the fruit of his own toil; for Scripture declares him twice blessed. (Quote by - The Talmud)
For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. (Quote - Bible)
More people are troubled by what is plain in Scripture than by what is obscure. (Quote by - Roy L. Smith)
The illumined record of celestial truth. (Quote by - Hosea Ballou)
What Jerry has done, in a masterful way, is go through and select portions of the Scripture and put words in Jesus' mouth that are legitimate because they already appear in the Bible. (Quote by - Tim LaHaye)
Well, of course it was a very trying time for me, and fortunately I had a lot of people who were supportive. A lot of people who were writing and calling and saying they were praying for me. Some people sent me Scripture, and that helped. (Quote by - Anita Hill)
Most wondrous book! bright candle of the Lord! Star of Eternity! The only star By which the bark of man could navigate The sea of life, and gain the coast of bliss Securely. (Quote by - Robert Pollok)
The reason why I buy into the Democratic Party more than the Republican Party is because there are over 2,000 verses of Scripture that deal with responding to the needs of the poor. (Quote by - Tony Campolo)
A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic like the sun, It gives a light to every age, It gives, but borrows none. (Quote by - William Cowper)
Compare Scripture with Scripture. False doctrines, like false witnesses, agree not among themselves. (Quote by - William Gurnall)
Starres are poore books, and oftentimes do misse; This book of starres lights to eternal blisse. (Quote by - George Herbert)
Nobody ever outgrows scripture; the Book widens and deepens with our years. (Quote by - Charles H. Spurgeon)
We account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy. I find more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history whatever. (Quote by - Sir Isaac Newton)
I have read it through many times; I now make a practice of going through it once a year. It is a book of all others for lawyers, as well as divines; and I pity the man who cannot find in it a rich supply of thought and rule for conduct. (Quote by - Daniel Webster)
All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it becomes sinful and contradicts the rule of Scripture when it is conceived upon slight and inadequate provocation, and when it continues long. (Quote - Wilson Mizner)
