Quotes about Scriptures

I do not believe for a moment that the Scriptures are against wealth. But the warning to those who make wealth their pursuit is a stern reality. Wealth must be processed through a philosophy of life that is greater than wealth itself. If not, it shapes the mind for bitter disappointments.

Start believing the Word of God over our feelings. The truth always overrides our feelings. Find the truth in the scriptures.

But Jesus said to him, "Put your sword in its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword. Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels? How then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen thus?" Matthew 26:52—54, NKJV

The Scriptures were written with built-in tension between texts and its resultant theology.

I exhort and entreat you all, disregard what this man and that man thinks about these things, and inquire from the Scriptures all these things.

A man who would interpret the scriptures must have the spiritual discipline.

One thing that's clear in the Scriptures is that the nations do not lead people to peace; rather, people lead the nations to peace.

Any manipulation of the Scriptures to make them speak peace to the natural man is evil and can only lead to ruin.

There are no songs comparable to the songs of Zion, no orations equal to those of the prophets, and no politics like those which the Scriptures teach.

18th April, 1872.—I pray the good Lord of all to favor me so as to allow me to discover the ancient fountains of Herodotus, and if there is anything in the underground excavations to confirm the precious old documents, the Scriptures of truth, may He permit me to bring it to light, and give me wisdom to make a proper use of it.

Stop determining your worth and value by what other people say. Be determined by what the Word of God (scriptures)says.

What are ye orbs? The words of God? the Scriptures of the skies?