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title: "34 Bible Read Quotes by 33 authors"
description: "Browse 34 Bible Read quotes by 33 authors. Discover the best Bible Read sayings and thoughts."
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> [Odd, the way the less the Bible is read the more it is translated](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/odd-the-way-the-less-the-bible-is-read-the-more-it-is-translated/)

[C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/)

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> [All the answers to lifes problems are in the Bible. Read it! -](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa/all-the-answers-to-lifes-problems-are-in-the-bible-read-it/)

[Lisa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa/)

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> [“The only wrong way to read the Bible is to not read it at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-george/the-only-wrong-way-to-read-the-bible-is-to-not-read-it-at-all/)

[Elizabeth George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-george/)

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> [Where one man reads the Bible, a hundred read you and me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-l-moody/where-one-man-reads-the-bible-a-hundred-read-you-and-me/)

[Dwight L. Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-l-moody/)

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> [That Bible is read best - which is practiced most!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/that-bible-is-read-best-which-is-practiced-most/)

[J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/)

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> [I grew up as a Southern Baptist with strict adherence to the Bible, which I read as a youngster.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-o-wilson/i-grew-up-as-a-southern-baptist-with-strict-adherence-to-the-bible/)

[E. O. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-o-wilson/)

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> [Have you read your Bible or has the Bible read you?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/have-you-read-your-bible-or-has-the-bible-read-you/)

[Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/)

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> [“Many people will never read a Bible, but they will read you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-maye/many-people-will-never-read-a-bible-but-they-will-read-you/)

[Ricky Maye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-maye/)

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> [Read the Bible, read the Bible! Let no religious book take its place. Through all my perplexities and distresses, I seldom read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wilberforce/read-the-bible-read-the-bible-let-no-religious-book-take-its-place/)

[William Wilberforce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wilberforce/)

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> [Sodomy is in the Bible, to be read in churches. I wouldn't rule it out of Mr. Bruce's act if he cares…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-kilgallen/sodomy-is-in-the-bible-to-be-read-in-churches-i-wouldn-t-rule-it-out/)

[Dorothy Kilgallen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-kilgallen/)

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> [If you see most people neglect the Bible, and many that can read never look into it, let it not harden you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/if-you-see-most-people-neglect-the-bible-and-many-that-can-read-never/)

[Jupiter Hammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jupiter-hammon/)

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> [“If Christian, we open the Holy Bible. And read, they shall grow in the knowledge of Christ Jesus.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/if-christian-we-open-the-holy-bible-and-read-they-shall-grow-in-the/)

[Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/)

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> [No body without faith can pick up the bible and read it and get the message it have in there! They will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-rambharack/no-body-without-faith-can-pick-up-the-bible-and-read-it-and-get-the/)

[Glen Rambharack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-rambharack/)

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> [“Whenever we pick up the Bible, read it, put it down, and say, “That’s just what I thought,” we are probably in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-f-davis/whenever-we-pick-up-the-bible-read-it-put-it-down-and-say-that-s-just/)

[Ellen F. Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-f-davis/)

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> [I love the Bible. I read it every day. I spend 10 hours a week studying it. It has affected my life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-hamilton/i-love-the-bible-i-read-it-every-day-i-spend-10-hours-a-week-studying/)

[Adam Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-hamilton/)

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> [The only way to understand the difficult parts of the Bible is first to read and obey the easy ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/the-only-way-to-understand-the-difficult-parts-of-the-bible-is-first/)

[John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/)

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> [I was an altar boy and heard the Bible being read out repeatedly. The stories have stayed with me, although they're completely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-ofili/i-was-an-altar-boy-and-heard-the-bible-being-read-out-repeatedly-the/)

[Chris Ofili](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-ofili/)

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> [Reading our Bible is actually fundamental, but there is more if we are going to walk in His truth. Even if we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-joyner/reading-our-bible-is-actually-fundamental-but-there-is-more-if-we-are/)

[Rick Joyner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-joyner/)

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> [“A Bible not read is like a bulb not lighted. Only insane people will love to work in the darkness with Kings'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israelmore-ayivor/a-bible-not-read-is-like-a-bulb-not-lighted-only-insane-people-will/)

[Israelmore Ayivor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israelmore-ayivor/)

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> [I was scared of the Bible - it seemed whenever I read it I got bad luck. Then I befriended a couple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-orton/i-was-scared-of-the-bible-it-seemed-whenever-i-read-it-i-got-bad-luck/)

[Beth Orton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-orton/)

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> [But have you ever seen one?…They shook their heads. "Not Physically, no. But if you look at this passage - " Man,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darynda-jones/but-have-you-ever-seen-one-they-shook-their-heads-not-physically-no/)

[Darynda Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darynda-jones/)

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> [“The Bible must not be read as a job description for motivated, self-disciplined, devoutly religious people to be their own heroes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-driscoll/the-bible-must-not-be-read-as-a-job-description-for-motivated-self/)

[Mark Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-driscoll/)

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> [“The first was reading the Bible for the first time. I always assumed that the Bible was only read at church. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-j-bedard/the-first-was-reading-the-bible-for-the-first-time-i-always-assumed/)

[Stephen J. Bedard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-j-bedard/)

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> [The Bible, when not read in schools, is seldom read in any subsequent period of life...The Bible...should be read in our schools…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-rush/the-bible-when-not-read-in-schools-is-seldom-read-in-any-subsequent/)

[Benjamin Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-rush/)

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> [...the Bible itself is less read than preached, less interpreted than brandished. Increasingly, pastors may drape a limply bound Book over the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-bloom/the-bible-itself-is-less-read-than-preached-less-interpreted-than/)

[Harold Bloom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-bloom/)

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> [The Bible:The more you read it,the more you love it,the more you love it,the more you read it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-bible-the-more-you-read-it-the-more-you-love-it-the-more-you-love/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [When you read the Bible, read for quality not quantity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-rogers/when-you-read-the-bible-read-for-quality-not-quantity/)

[Adrian Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-rogers/)

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> [“It's not the amount of Bible you read, it's the amount of Bible you believe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-a-rodriguez/it-s-not-the-amount-of-bible-you-read-it-s-the-amount-of-bible-you/)

[Carlos A. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-a-rodriguez/)

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> [That Bible is read best, which is practised most.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/that-bible-is-read-best-which-is-practised-most/)

[J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/)

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> [Where I come from you're not raised to think on your own. It's not that you're pushed to read the Bible. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abel-ferrara/where-i-come-from-you-re-not-raised-to-think-on-your-own-it-s-not/)

[Abel Ferrara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abel-ferrara/)

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> [I was about 12 or 13 years old. I picked up the Bible and read it from cover to cover one weekend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/i-was-about-12-or-13-years-old-i-picked-up-the-bible-and-read-it-from/)

[Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/)

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> [Once we truly grasp the message of the New Testament, it is impossible to read the Old Testament again without seeing Christ…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-horton/once-we-truly-grasp-the-message-of-the-new-testament-it-is-impossible-2/)

[Michael Horton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-horton/)

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> [One of the things I miss most is that I can no longer read, due to age-related macular degeneration. I get regular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/one-of-the-things-i-miss-most-is-that-i-can-no-longer-read-due-to-age/)

[Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/)

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> [“Which means, therefore, that our Bible reading is never just for seeing, never just for learning and doctrine. It is not even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/which-means-therefore-that-our-bible-reading-is-never-just-for-seeing/)

[John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/)

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