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Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years. -- Charles Spurgeon
Scripture often reminds us that it's not enough to have ears - we must use them. -- Max Lucado
Our culture is so fixated on dying and going to heaven when the whole Scripture is about heaven coming to earth. -- N. T. Wright
Scripture tells us that we shall not oppress a stranger, for we know the heart of a stranger. We were strangers once, too. -- Barack Obama
Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand. -- Mark Twain
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. -- Thomas Paine
Every promise of Scripture is a writing of God, which may be pleaded before Him with this reasonable request, 'Do as Thou hast said.' The Heavenly Father will not break His Word to His own child. -- Charles Spurgeon
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. -- William Shakespeare
The history of every individual man should be a Bible. -- Novalis
Revealed religion first informed thy sight, and reason saw not till faith sprung to light. -- John Dryden
Men cannot make Scripture conform to their lifestyle; they must make their lifestyle conform to Scripture. -- Edwin Louis Cole
We must not only read the Scriptures, but we must make their rules of life our own. -- Hosea Ballou
The men who abandon themselves to the passions of this miserable life, are compared in Scripture to beasts. -- Peter Abelard
How glad the heathens would have been, That worship idols, wood and stone, If they the book God had seen. -- Isaac Watts
The majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the gospel has its influence on my heart. -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Stop determining your worth and value by what other people say. Be determined by what the Word of God (scriptures)says. -- Joyce Meyer
A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic like the sun, It gives a light to every age, It gives, but borrows none. -- William Cowper
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
The truths of the Scriptures are so marked and inimitable, that the inventor would be more of a miraculous character than the hero. -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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. -- John Dryden
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. -- James Russell Lowell
I perceived how that it was impossible to establish the lay people in any truth except the Scripture were plainly laid before their eyes in their mother tongue. -- William Tyndale
I would say 90 percent of Christians do not have a worldview, in other words a view of the world, based on the Scripture and a relationship with God. -- Josh McDowell
By now, you've probably caught on to something: my mother is always standing by with just the right Scripture or inspirational saying to get me through any tough situation. -- Gabby Douglas
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. -- Martin Chemnitz
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. -- Ray Lewis
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. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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. -- Maya Angelou
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. -- Wilson Mizner
Scripture is the thing I like to share with people more than anything. My prayer reality is quite kooky. I have this very unique dialogue with the Lord. I utilize my own sort of street vocabulary - nothing slang that would be unacceptable. -- Stephen Baldwin
The Holy Spirit is our comforter, our teacher. That's why, in prayer, we can ask the Lord to open up Scripture and make it come alive to us, to open our understanding. He left his Spirit with us until we join him in Heaven. -- Michele Bachmann
The Scriptures contain many stories of people who waited years or even decades before the Lord's promises came to pass. What modern believers can learn from the patience of biblical saints like Abraham, Joseph, David, and Paul is that waiting upon the Lord has eternal rewards. -- Charles Stanley
A defining reality for me is what Scripture teaches in Hebrews 12, that God is our father, and that a sign that he loves us is that he disciplines us, he takes us through hardship to build character in us that could not be shaped apart from difficulty. -- Joshua Harris
Toxic thoughts leave no room for truth to flourish. And in the absence of truth, lies reign. Spend some time soaking in your favorite verses from Scripture tonight. The more we read God's truths and let truth fill our minds, the less time we'll spend contemplating untruths and toxic thoughts. -- Lysa TerKeurst
God must speak to us before we have any liberty to speak to him. He must disclose to us who he is before we can offer him what we are in acceptable worship. The worship of God is always a response to the Word of God. Scripture wonderfully directs and enriches our worship. -- John Stott
I have discovered a few things that help me when God seems silent... - Press in to God when you want to pull away. - Praise God out loud when you want to get lost in complaints. - Put yourself in the company of truth (reading Scriptures and surrounding yourself with positive, Godly people.) -- Lysa TerKeurst
Your call will become clear as as your mind is transformed by the reading of Scripture and the internal work of God's Spirit. The Lord never hides His will from us. In time, as you obey the call first to follow, your destiny will unfold before you. The difficulty will lie in keeping other concerns from diverting your attention. -- Charles R. Swindoll
When the Scripture speaks, God speaks -- Martin Luther
Read the Scripture to renew your mind. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
To ignore Scripture is to ignore Christ. -- St. Jerome
Affirm the Scripture to revive your spirit. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Pray, read and mediate on the Scripture. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Mediate on the Scripture to nourish your soul. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
If you cut him, (John Bunyan) he'd bleed Scripture! -- Charles Spurgeon
He'd believe anything provided it's not in Holy Scripture. -- Douglas Feaver
The knowledge of the Holy Scripture is a great wisdom. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
No verse of Scripture yields its meaning to lazy people. -- Arthur W. Pink
The idea of holding back certainly didn't come from Scripture. -- Francis Chan
All Scripture is God-breathed and He doesn't waste His breath. -- Jim McCotter
Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache. -- Tertullian
Quoting Scripture texts is different than shaping a worldview around them." -- Justin Taylor
Scripture is the manger in which we find the Christ child. -- Martin Luther
The principle rule of interpreting Scripture is that Scripture interprets Scripture. -- R. C. Sproul
The lives of the saints are the hermeneutical key to Scripture. -- Stanley Hauerwas
We should let Scripture interpret us more than we interpret Scripture. -- Timothy Keller
What is Scripture? The Hebrew word is torah. Torah means teaching, learning. -- Elie Wiesel
The worst forms of depression are cured when Holy Scripture is believed. -- Charles Spurgeon
Where has the Scripture made merit the rule or measure of charity?. -- William Law
Scripture is the royal scepter by which King Jesus rules his church -- John Stott
Compare Scripture with Scripture. False doctrines, like false witnesses, agree not among themselves. -- William Gurnall
All Christian life is to be measured by Scripture; by every word thereof. -- John Wycliffe
The Holy Spirit wants to convert the words of Scripture into transformed personalities. -- David Jeremiah
I could never lead a Bible study; I don't know Scripture that well. -- Gail Buckley
If Scripture has more than one meaning, it has no meaning at all. -- John Owen
Unbelief is like gravity, it's always pulling down on the authority of Scripture. -- Mark Dever
Scripture is the most up-to-date and relevant reading that ever comes my way. -- J. I. Packer
The Jesus of the Scripture transcends all nations and calls all nations into judgment. -- Tony Campolo
I really believe the purpose of Scripture is to give us this authoritative handbook. -- Max Lucado
It is no exaggeration to say that without Scripture a Christian life is impossible. -- John Stott
Let us strive, every year we live, to become more deeply acquainted with Scripture. -- J. C. Ryle
The New Testament writers did not invent a doctrine of Scripture they inherited it. -- D. A. Carson
A simple layman armed with Scripture is greater than the mightiest pope without it -- Martin Luther
I see no room in holy Scripture for any sexual activity outside of matrimony. -- George Carey
All of Scripture is for us but not all of Scripture is to us. -- Stuart Scott
When you study in the Scripture, the Scripture clearly teaches we're not our own. -- Bill Bright
Refusing to teach a passage of Scripture is just as wrong as abusing it -- Francis Chan
A simple man with Scripture has more authority than the Pope or a council. -- Martin Luther
I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. -- Martin Luther
The authority of Scripture is greater than the comprehension of the whole of man's reason. -- Martin Luther
Holy Scripture could never lie or err...its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth. -- Galileo Galilei
Young children especially need the visual reinforcement of seeing you turn to Scripture for wisdom. -- Kara Durbin
I suppose what's unique about our presentation is the amount of Scripture that kids get. -- Willie Aames
Money is emphasized in Scripture simply because our temptation to love it is inexplicably powerful. -- Erwin W. Lutzer
The step of obedience always precedes revelation. That pattern is evident all through the Scripture. -- Chuck Missler
Within the Scripture there is a balm for every wound, a salve for every sore. -- Charles Spurgeon
Scripture knows no other way to glory, but Christ put on and applied by faith. -- John Flavel
More people are troubled by what is plain in Scripture than by what is obscure. -- Roy L. Smith
It's not comparing yourself with others who call themselves Christians. Compare yourself to the Scripture. -- Paul Washer
If there's no Scripture in the worship set, then it's not really a worship set. -- Matt Papa
It is unlawful to add anything to the words of Holy Scripture regarding the sense. -- Thomas Aquinas
Scripture indicates that heaven is not distant but rather... heaven is near in another realm. -- Paul P. Enns
Science can neither prove nor disprove Scripture; it can hope only to begin to understand it. -- Ron Brackin
If private revelations agree with Scripture, they are needless, and if they disagree, they are false. -- John Owen
Pray, read and mediate on the Scripture. These spiritual deeds are the greatest acts to self-development -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Scripture doesn't speak of people who found God. Scripture speaks of people who walked with God. -- Rachel Held Evans
The truth of Scripture is meant not only to be studied-it's meant also to be sung. -- R. C. Sproul
Faith in the self-attesting Christ of Scripture is the beginning, not the end result of wisdom. -- Greg L. Bahnsen
We do not sit in authority over the Scripture, the Scripture sits in authority over us. -- Steven J Lawson
We come to Scripture not to learn a subject but to steep ourselves in a person. -- C. S. Lewis
Dear friends, whenever you want to understand a text of Scripture, try to read the original -- Charles Spurgeon
We discover the will of God by a sensitive application of Scripture to our own lives. -- Sinclair B. Ferguson
All that tends not to charity is figurative. The sole aim of the Scripture is charity. -- Blaise Pascal
Nowhere in Scripture do we find doctrine studied for its own sake or in isolation from life. -- Wayne Grudem
Scripture is a book about going to Heaven. It's not a book about how the heavens go. -- Galileo Galilei
The clerical system of church management is exceedingly popular, but the whole thought is foreign to Scripture. -- Watchman Nee
You can not understand "Scripture" without seeing through the eyes of the Spiritual Master or Advanced Devotees. -- Radhanath Swami
Scripture is not inerrant; believers are called to interpret biblical texts in light of tradition and reason. -- Jon Meacham
All the distinctive features and superiority of our republican institutions are derived from the teachings of Scripture. -- Edward Everett
Scripture doesn't promise that God will remove temptation, only that you'll be given strength to withstand it. -- Garrison Keillor
Sabbath rest is more than mere abstention from physical work; and, therefore, must include worship and Scripture-reading -- Joseph Hertz
Men treat God's sovereignty as a theme for controversy, but in Scripture it is matter for worship. -- J. I. Packer
The emphasis in Scripture is not the amount we give, but the attitude with which we give. -- Dillon Burroughs
Scripture brought me to the Gate of Paradise, and the mind stood in wonder as it entered. -- Ephrem the Syrian
Both my study of Scripture and my career in entertaining children have taught me to cherish them. -- Walt Disney
The man who, despite the teaching of Scripture, tries to pray without a Savior, insults the deity. -- Charles Spurgeon
In all cases, the Church is to be judged by the Scripture, not the Scripture by the Church. -- John Wesley
For Jesus, Scripture is powerful, decisive, and authoritative because it is nothing less than the voice of God. -- Kevin DeYoung
Not only the words (vocabula) which the Holy Spirit and Scripture use are divine, but also the phrasing -- Martin Luther
Scripture would not only solve the individual and family divisions, but it would also solve the ecclesiastical confusion. -- Tony Evans
No duty is more earnestly impressed upon us in Scripture than the duty of continual communion with Him. -- David McIntyre

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