Scripture Quotations

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

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.

Scripture makes it clear to me that there is an obligation to speak out on behalf of those being persecuted.

To substitute Scripture for the self-revealing Spirit is to put the dead letter in the place of the living Word.

I read the Scriptures at the American Cathedral on Christmas and Easter; that's it. It's a task I love.

I hold onto the Scripture that says, 'Be anxious for nothing, but in all things give thanks.' I'm not saying I don't have problems or that I don't worry, but I try not to be stressed. I manage my anxiety through prayer. Worry shows up on your face, and I don't want that!

No man is to be credited for his mere authority's sake, unless he can show Scripture for the maintenance of his opinion.

The Scriptures were written, not to make us astronomers, but to make us saints.

Men cannot make Scripture conform to their lifestyle; they must make their lifestyle conform to Scripture.

During my days of deepest grief, in all of my shock, sorrow and struggle, I sat at the feet of God. I literally spent hours each day reading God's word, meditating on scripture and praying. I intentionally spent a significant amount of time being still before God.

The men who abandon themselves to the passions of this miserable life, are compared in Scripture to beasts.

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

However, I am willing to hear what you can produce from Scripture in favor of any kind of slavery.

More people are troubled by what is plain in Scripture than by what is obscure.

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.

When I read the statements of Christ, there seems to be this urgency and intensity. I guess that's what I get out of it when I read the tone of the Scriptures, which is very different from the tone of our culture.

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

There's a verse in the Bible says, 'In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.' And what brings me peace is the scripture.

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

My father was a no-nonsense, dedicated, and focused minister, and there was usually a sermon he needed to prepare for or a Scripture he needed to study, and that always came first.

Sometimes I, as a public official, turn to Scripture or hymns - especially hymns, because sometimes we Catholics don't have the Scriptures memorized like we should - to help me explain a public policy position or an idea or to be able to articulate it better when you're talking about justice or mercy or compassion.

I see no room in holy Scripture for any sexual activity outside of matrimony.

I believe very confidently in the truth of Scripture, where it says that there is no authority, no power given to man except as given by God.

When you are in church, it's always good to carry a pen and notepad to jot down the scripture text, reference scriptures, and sermon notes. When you come prepared with notepad and pen, you are able to feed off the scriptures from the sermon throughout the week, while asking God to open up your understanding for a deeper illumination of the word.

My husband is Dutch, and his family, when you sat down to eat food at the table, you never left the table until you ate living bread and drank living water. They never left the table until they'd read Scripture together. So morning, lunch, suppertime, Scripture was always read at the table, and then there was prayer to close.

There were so many outstanding women in scripture that were leaders. And, you know, the organized church sometimes puts boundaries on us that the Bible doesn't.

I am blessed to receive a word from God every day in receiving the scriptures and reading the scriptures. And God speaks through the Bible.

Christians take Scriptures out of context to try to justify or to vindicate retreat and cowardice.

I think evangelicals would do better if they concentrated less on bolstering the formal authority of the Scripture - which I certainly would want to affirm - and more on displaying how biblical texts can shape lives in salutary ways, how they are fruitful texts, how they are texts one can live according to.

All Scripture is equally inspired, but not all Scripture is equally applicable or relevant to every stage of life.

Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures.

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.

If it squares with the Scripture, then let's go. If it's in conflict with the Scripture, then it's heresy.

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.

The scripture is God's plan on how we are to live our lives here and what we are to do to have eternal life.

When you align yourself with God's purpose as described in the Scriptures, something special happens to your life.

Scripture is not inerrant; believers are called to interpret biblical texts in light of tradition and reason.

You have to find that place that is very quiet in your head, and anytime I read it, anytime I come across it, my Bible, the first Scripture in there is Psalms 91.

It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment.

The scripture is filled with examples of genuine masculinity; you could mine David's story for probably a year by itself. And we have to get the masculinity of Jesus back. Not the pale-faced altar boy, but the man that made a weapon and cleared the temple, who boldly cast out demons and calmed the raging sea.

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.

In the Bible, ordination - I don't see that in the Scripture. In the Bible, it's whether you're filled with the Holy Spirit, whether you're anointed by God, whether you're called by God, whether you're obedient to Him. I want to be those things, but I don't see any purpose for me in being ordained.

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.

Compare Scripture with Scripture. False doctrines, like false witnesses, agree not among themselves.

To properly prepare to receive personal revelation, we must repent, ask through prayer, be obedient, search the scriptures, fast, think pure thoughts, and develop a spirit of reverence.

Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.

I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth.

The inspired Scriptures make the clear distinction between false and true riches and make plain the reason why happiness is gained and fully enjoyed only by those who find true riches.

The problem is that those of us who were born into Islam and who don't want to live according to scripture - we don't have what the Jews have, which is a rabbinical tradition that allows you to ask questions. We also don't have the church tradition that the Christians have.

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.

A Christianity that is in conflict with the Scriptures isn't Christianity at all.

I suppose what's unique about our presentation is the amount of Scripture that kids get.

An evangelical is somebody who, first of all, has a very high view of Scripture, believes it's an infallible message from God.

Young people, some of whom are not born into the faith, are being fired up by preachers using basic Islamic scripture and mobilized to wage jihad by radical imams who represent themselves as legitimate Muslim clergymen.

Some extremists take elements of the sacred scriptures out of context.

A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams.

The hard-core Left loves ridiculing Christians who believe scripture that says, 'God created the heaven and the earth.' They say that it's anti-science to believe that an almighty God would do such a thing.

If we focus on loving others the way God does, scripture says that we will be fulfilling His whole law.

The Jesus of the Scripture transcends all nations and calls all nations into judgment.

President Benson's mighty influence is felt in many ways. His timely and inspired counsel to read the precious Book of Mormon brought an added appreciation of this sacred scripture to all who followed his direction.

When I am in situations where I break out of the pattern, it's hard on me. Once you get used to regular scripture study, you miss it if you don't have it. It's like food - you have to have it. I know that I need the scriptures like I need food. I don't miss a regular meal, and I don't miss regular scripture study.

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

Literature, not scripture, sustains the mind and - since there is no other metaphor - also the soul.

Scripture is filled with examples of men and women whom God used late in life, often with great impact - men and women who refused to use old age as an excuse to ignore what God wanted them to do.

I love the melodies in the Old Testament, how preachers highlight them when they read from the Scripture. But I was influenced forever by the New Testament. I love the Beatitudes, informing us that the meek shall inherit the earth.

I believe the scripture says that being gay is a sin.

Sincere Christians can disagree about the details of Scripture and theology - absolutely.

The point I try to make with the kids is, well, scripture tells us that man looks on the outside, but God looks to your heart.

We're not asking anybody here to stop what you're doing. We're asking you to do what you're doing in moderation. There's a scripture that says let your moderation be known unto all men.

The Bible reminds people that the whole of Scriptures addresses the whole of our lives, including our work. We need to be reminded of this every time we open the Bible, so that we experience the hope and power of the gospel in our work every day.

People not only need a gospel-inspired vision of work, but they need a new vision of the Scriptures.

God's redemptive revelation in Scripture is necessary to saving faith and peace with God. Faith in a risen Savior is necessary if the vague stirrings toward immortality are to bring us to restful and satisfying communion with God.

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.

The scriptures are in print what Christ is in person.

The idea that God will pardon a rebel who has not given up his rebellion is contrary both to the Scriptures and to common sense.

Holiness, as taught in the Scriptures, is not based upon knowledge on our part. Rather, it is based upon the resurrected Christ in-dwelling us and changing us into His likeness.

No man can in any measure resemble the scripture saints.

As we fell in Adam, we are saved in Christ. To deny the principle in the one case, is to deny it in the other; for the two are inseparably united in the representations of Scripture

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

If we belong to Christ, Satan has no right to exercise authority over us, but he hopes we're too ignorant regarding Scripture to know it.

What I know of the divine science and holy scripture, I learnt in the woods and fields.

He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.

According to scriptures at least I know the Bible states not to make any permanent marks on your body.

All the distinctive features and superiority of our republican institutions are derived from the teachings of Scripture.

The crucial revelatory images that express 'the thought of Christ' are present in scripture and reinforced in worship.

Every word of Holy Scripture was a love letter from God directed very personally to us and he asked us whether we loved Jesus.

To lay down one's life for the truth.

To memorize a scripture is to forge a new friendship.

Learning, pondering, searching, and memorizing scriptures is like filling a filing cabinet with friends, values, and truths that can be called upon anytime, anywhere in the world.

If you want to talk to God, pray. If you want him to talk to you, read your scriptures.

A memorized scripture becomes an enduring friend that does not weaken with the passage of time.

It's not a coincidence that in the Scriptures, poverty is mentioned more than 2,100 times. It's not an accident. That's a lot of air time, 2,100 mentions.

Knowledge about God is of two kinds, direct and indirect. Indirectly we can read scriptures, listen to sermons, consult authorities, and from these sources build a reasonable case that God exists. But such a God transmits no love to Earth. Therefore nothing substitutes for gyana, which is direct knowledge of the divine. Instead of having thoughts about God, you share God's own thoughts. Her thoughts can only be about Herself.

Let the scripture be your authority in determining what should be done and what should not be done. You should perform your duty following the scriptural injunction.

Scripture nowhere divides worship up into a series of independent 'elements', each requiring independent scriptural justification. Scripture nowhere tells us that the regulative principle demands that particular level of specificity, rather than some other.

She was a faithful scripture reader. It (desire to help others) must have come from there. She always wanted to do something for other people, and as time passed, more and more people came to her.

No other weapon has the power of forbearance.  It should not be used only as an individual instrument.  It has to be experienced collectively also.  That is the reason why the scripture has commended collective forbearance at the very outset of the spiritual quest.  What is its inner meaning? 

For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.

For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

For the vast majority of believers today, Scripture is a route to God but not necessarily the destination.