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noun

Scripture n.

Anything written; a writing; a document; an inscription. "I have put it in scripture and in remembrance." "Then the Lord of Manny read the scripture on the tomb, the which was in Latin."

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. "There is not any action a man ought to do, or to forbear, but the Scripture will give him a clear precept or prohibition for it." "Compared with the knowledge which the Scriptures contain, every other subject of human inquiry is vanity."

A passage from the Bible; a text. "The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose." "Hanging by the twined thread of one doubtful Scripture."

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"Scripture" Quotes from Famous Books

... because Luther affirmed it, nor disproving that because Calvin hath dis- avouched it. I condemn not all things in the council of Trent, nor approve all in the synod of Dort. In brief, where the Scripture is silent, the church is my text; where that speaks, 'tis but my comment; where there is a joint silence of both, I borrow not the rules of my religion from Rome or Geneva, but from the dictates of my own reason. It is an unjust scandal of our ad- versaries, and a gross ...

— Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend • Sir Thomas Browne

... that; but I could give him some good materials from my own experience to prove the truth of Scripture. I can honestly say that there is not one of my charities that has not brought me in a good return, either in the increase of influence, the building up of credit, or the association with substantial people. Of course you have to be careful how you give, in order to secure the best results—no ...

— The Mansion • Henry Van Dyke

... He, "if I ask My Father, He would presently give Me more than twelve legions of angels;" and what against such a force were this miscellaneous band, numbering at the most the tenth part of a legion of men? It was inconsistent with Scripture: "How then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?" It was inconsistent with His own purpose and His Father's will: "The cup which My Father hath given Me, shall I ...

— The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ - A Devotional History of our Lord's Passion • James Stalker

... imperturbable; for had we not all "escaped as a bird from the hand of the fowler"—Master Thomas from the mastery of his famous boarding-school in Old Chester, and Friends Walter and Arthur from the uninspired scripture of their ledgers and day-books, and I from the incubation of those hideous examination papers, and the gentle Friend William from his—there! I have forgotten what particular monotony William was glad to get away from; but I know ...

— Days Off - And Other Digressions • Henry Van Dyke

... an upright walk in life; but it also indicated narrowness of spirit, inveterate prejudice, and hinted at some degree of intolerance, which, though not natural to the disposition, had arisen out of a limited education. The passages from Scripture and the classics, rather profusely than happily introduced, and written in a half-text character to mark their importance, illustrated that peculiar sort of pedantry which always considers the argument as gained if secured by a quotation. Then the flourished capital letters, which ...

— Chronicles of the Canongate • Sir Walter Scott

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