Bible Quotes - Page 6

• I have always said that a studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better husbands.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Husband, Father, Biblical

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• Cursed be all that learning that is contrary to the cross of Christ.

  James Madison

  God, Education, Religious

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• There is much in the Bible against which every instinct of my being rebels, so much that I regret the necessity which has compelled me to read it through from beginning to end. I do not think that the knowledge which I have gained of its history and sources compensates me for the unpleasant details it has forced upon my attention.

  Helen Keller

  Regret, Thinking, Rebel

  Helen Keller (2016). “The Story of My Life”, p.70, Om Books International

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• Of the Divine character of the Bible, I think, no man who deals honestly with his own mind and heart can entertain a reasonable doubt, For myself, I must say, that having for many years made the evidences of Christianity the subject of close study, the result has been a firm and increasing conviction of the authenticity and plenary inspiration of the Bible. It is indeed the Word of God.

  Simon Greenleaf

  God, Inspiration, Heart

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• We Recognize No Sovereign but God, and no King but Jesus!

  John Adams

  God, Religious, Jesus

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• It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom.

  Horace Greeley

  Reading, Biblical, People

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  Of the many influences that have shaped the United States into a distinctive nation and people, none may be said to be more fundamental and enduring than the Bible.

  Ronald Reagan

  God, Religious, People

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan)., Ronald Reagan, United States. Office of the Federal Register (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

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• A loving trust in the Author of the Bible is the best preparation for a wise study of the Bible.

  Henry Clay Trumbull

  Wise, Preparation, Study

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 38), 1895.

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• The fundamental basis of this Nation's law was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings which we get from Exodus and St. Matthew, from Isaiah and St. Paul.

  Harry S. Truman

  God, Religious, Teaching

  United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman), Harry S. Truman (1961). “Harry S. Truman: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, 1945-53”

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• England has two books, the Bible and Shakespeare. England made Shakespeare,but the Bible made England.

  Victor Hugo

  Book, Two, England

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• The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Block, Biblical, Religion

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• Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.

  Mitch Albom

  Jesus, Future, Today Not Tomorrow

  Mitch Albom (2011). “Have a Little Faith: A True Story”, p.148, Hachette UK

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• The Bible's historical accuracy is a reminder that while "the heavens declare the glory of God," there's also plenty of evidence among the rubble and ruins.

  Charles Colson

  Heaven, Historical, Ruins

  Charles W. Colson, Anne Morse (2006). “The One Year Devotions for People of Purpose”, Tyndale House Pub

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• Today there survives more than 25,0000 partial and complete, ancient handwritten manuscript copies of the New Testament. These hand written manuscripts have allowed scholars and textual critics to go back and verify that the Bible we have in our possession today is the same Bible that the early church possessed 2,000 years ago.

  Charlie Campbell

  Hands, Years, Church

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• Scripture is the manger in which we find the Christ child.

  Martin Luther

  Christian, Children, Scripture

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• The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

  Solomon

  Knowledge, Understanding God, God Fearing Man

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• We can learn to ignore the bullshit in the Bible about gay people. The same way we have learned to ignore the bullshit in the Bible about shellfish, about slavery, about dinner, about farming, about menstruation, about virginity, about masturbation.

  Dan Savage

  Learning, Gay, People

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• Odd, the way the less the Bible is read the more it is translated

  C. S. Lewis

  Biblical, Way, Odd

  C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.67, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• All bibles are man-made.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Men, Religion, Atheism

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• Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God

  John the Apostle

  Love, Breaking Silence, Unconditional Love

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• Back when the Bible was written, then edited, then rewritten, then rewritten, then re-edited, then translated from dead languages, then re-translated, then edited, then rewritten, then given to kings for them to take their favorite parts, then rewritten, then re-rewritten, then translated again, then given to the pope for him to approve, then rewritten, then edited again, the re-re-re-re-rewritten again...all based on stories that were told orally 30 to 90 years AFTER they happened.. to people who didnt know how to write... so...

  David Cross

  Kings, Writing, Editing

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• It can not be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ!

  Unknown

  God, Education, Christian

  Patrick Henry (2007). “Patrick Henry in his speeches and writings and in the words of his contemporaries”, Warwick House Publishing

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• American culture has always known success, not suffering, so we've never known what to do with this part of the Bible. The more we succeed, the more we're seduced into thinking we can control everything. We dissect Revelation to get a sense of control over the future.

  Bill Vaughan

  Thinking, Suffering, Culture

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• But how can one be warm alone?

  Joseph Heller

  Ecclesiastes, Warm

  Joseph Heller (1997). “God Knows”, p.209, Simon and Schuster

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• I may add that the result of my 45 years of study of the Bible has led me all the time to a firmer faith that in the Old Testament, we have a true historical account of the history of the Israelite people.

  Robert Dick Wilson

  Years, People, Historical

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