Scripture
Anything written; a writing; a document; an inscription.
The books of the Old and the new Testament, or of either of them; the Bible; -- used by way of eminence or distinction, and chiefly in the plural.
A passage from the Bible;; a text.
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Scripture Quotations
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
William Shakespeare
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.
William Ames
Men cannot make Scripture conform to their lifestyle; they must make their lifestyle conform to Scripture.
Edwin Louis Cole
A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams.
Umberto Eco
Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
Tertullian
I suppose what's unique about our presentation is the amount of Scripture that kids get.
Willie Aames
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.
Tony Campolo
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.
Lafcadio Hearn
No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture.
Learned Hand
There have been no sects in the Christian world, however absurd, which have not endeavoured to support their opinions by arguments drawn from Scripture.
Laurence Sterne
Scripture Translations
scripture in French is manuscrit
scripture in German is Manuskript, Schrift, Dokument
scripture in Italian is documento
scripture in Spanish is manuscrito, escritura
scripture in Swedish is skrift, kristendom
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