Quotes about Scripture

There are restrictions to entering heaven. The Scripture says: "Nothing impure will ever enter [heaven], nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life" [Revelation 21:27 NIV].

Nothing will help us grow spiritually more than spending time alone with God every day, reading His Word and praying. Time alone with God is essential to our spiritual welfare.

The Old Testament may not seem relevant to us today—but it is, because it is part of God's Holy Word, and He has much to teach us through its pages.

I look upon it as a lost day when I have not had a good time over the Word of God.

God never leads us to do anything that is contrary to His Word. But the opposite is also true: God always leads us to do everything that is in agreement with His Word.

The Word of God hidden in the heart is a stubborn voice to suppress.

Who can tell us how to get along with each other better than God? Where can we turn for wisdom better than God's Word, the Bible?

O God! There are many things in [the Bible] I do not understand . . . I am going to accept this as Thy Word—by faith! I'm going to allow faith to go beyond my intellectual questions and doubts, and I will believe this to be Your inspired Word.

When Jesus was tempted, He didn't debate the devil. He quoted Scripture: "It is written . . . It is written . . . It is written" (Matthew 4:4—10 NKJV). And each time the devil was defeated.

If we read the Bible as carefully and as regularly as we read the daily papers, we would be as familiar with and as well informed about God as we are about our favorite player's batting average during baseball season!

God and God's Word are inseparable.

America has probably been the most successful experiment in history. The American Dream was a glorious attempt. It was built on a religious foundation. Its earliest concepts came from Holy Scripture.