Bible Quotes

I grew up in a household in which the Bible played very little role.

My father was a Social Gospel, far-left liberal, and to some degree a mystic. But we did not have Bible readings; we had prayers.

I became intimately acquainted with the Bible only as a theological student.

Happily, I come out of a Calvinist tradition in which the Hebrew Bible carries as much authority as the New Testament. No different weight is given to one or the other.

The Bible is one, Old and New, in my particular tradition.

You have miracles [in the Hebrew Bible], yes, but they're not the work, normally, of demons.

The Hebrew Bible defines Judaism. It's certainly true that the Talmudic interpretations become authoritative and normative, but they are interpretations of the Hebrew Bible. So that is always there.

I just think the way (for instance) evangelicals talk about God or Jesus, as in "Jesus says" or "the Bible says" points up a lack of honesty.

No serious student of the Bible in English can neglect the Revised Version without loss.

One does well to put on gloves when reading the New Testament. The proximity of so much uncleanliness almost forces one to do this.

According to the orthodox Christian's Bible, all religions do not lead to God.

Twenty-four years ago I went through a profound conversion of heart and God led me to the Catholic Church. A few years later I felt Him calling me to start a Bible study program.

I could never lead a Bible study; I don't know Scripture that well.

This is the spirit of prayer--sincere, humble, believing, submissive. Other prayer than this the Bible does not require--God will not accept.

God created the angels to serve Him and his people. If there is anything we can learn from the Bible about angels, it's that they are real. Angels exist.

God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.

I've gotten letters, but mostly from Bible-belt types who say, you must be Satan! They come right out and call me Satan and hope that I'm damned to hell.

Bible worship, though at its best it may achieve sublimity by keeping its head in the skies, may also make itself both ridiculousand dangerous by having its feet off the ground.

Faith in reason as a prime motor is no longer the criterion of the sound mind, any more than faith in the Bible is the criterion of righteous intention.

The Bible is a Perfect Map and Chart to the Christian on Pilgrimage Through the World.

The word doctrine, as used in the Bible, means teaching of duty, not theory.

Weakness is strength.

The Book of History is the Bible of Irony.

We're supposed to have guns. It says so in the Bible; and the second greatest book ever written, the Texas State Constitution.

Funny thing, every time an angel appeared to someone in the Bible, the first thing he'd say was, "Fear not."... I guess they were pretty spectacular.

I study the Bible and spend time on the Internet.

My mother loved the Bible.

If the Bible will not give eternal benefits to homosexuals, if they cannot inherit the kingdom of God, why, Klingenschmitt asked, on this world, should they get bonus pay or employment benefits?

Nonprofit status is what created the Bible Belt. The tax code brought religion back to this country.

Christians think a long record of church attendence and Bible reading is equivalent to an advanced degree in science.

The Bible tells us, for instance, that there is going to be a cashless society. The Bible tells us that there is going to be global instability and excessive violence in the End Times.

The Koran and Islam is about submission, justice and compassion. All people of the "book" - which means the Torah, Koran and Bible are accorded equal respect under Islam.

Jews don't dunk. It's in the bible.

When I was in elementary school I was a big fan of the zip-off pants that could be turned into shorts. The Delia's catalog used to be my bible.

The book has never been written which is to be accepted without any allowance.

The bible saw that can get a lot of people killed, so let's try and steer people away from that. I am not an expert on the bible. I am just saying.

All of the things that the bible warns you of being: jealous, covetous, murderous, selfish, etc., that's kind of how humans are.

The Bible does not profess to make men omniscient, but simply to tell them enough to make them happy and good, if they will believe it and live up to it.

Take from the Bible the Godship of Christ, and it would be but a heap of dust.

The Bible stands alone in human literature in its elevated conception of manhood, in character and conduct.

There are many troubles which you cannot cure by the Bible and the hymn-book, but which you can cure by a good perspiration and a breath of fresh air.

Men can make an idol of the Bible.

We are indebted to the Book of books (Bible) for our national ideals and institution. Their preservation rests in adhering to it's precepts.

There is no other book so various as the Bible, nor one so full of concentrated wisdom.

It is not simply a theological treatise, a code of laws, a religious homily, but the Bible - the book - while the only book for the soul, the best book for the mind

The Bible is the most thought suggesting book in the world. No other deals with such grand themes.

I'd usually read the Bible a lot. Read little short Bible stories. And today, whenever I give speeches, I bring up a few of those Bible stories, because those are inspirations to me.

I know that the Bible has been a central influence in [Elie Wiesel and Frank Moore Cross] lives - but in a very different way. In truth, you inhabit very different Biblical worlds.

I think that there is a certain schizophrenic aspect to my own relation to the Bible.

In my work, I attempt to deal with the Bible as I would deal with any work of literature.