--- title: "33 Holy Writ Quotes by 22 authors" description: "Browse 33 Holy Writ quotes by 22 authors. Discover the best Holy Writ sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/213/william-shakespeare-4_air_trifles-light-as-air-are-to-the-jealous_1186287.jpg" --- > [Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/trifles-light-as-air-are-to-the-jealous-confirmations-strong-as/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/213/william-shakespeare-4_air_trifles-light-as-air-are-to-the-jealous_1186287.jpg) > [Im a politician. What I say is not holy writ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-k-javits/im-a-politician-what-i-say-is-not-holy-writ/) [Jacob K. Javits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-k-javits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e15/jacob-k-javits-34477_holy_im-a-politician-what-i-say-is-not-holy-w_1089853.png) > [“No believing Christian can be coerced beyond Holy Writ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/no-believing-christian-can-be-coerced-beyond-holy-writ/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5a/martin-luther-106_believing_no-believing-christian-can-be-coerced-be_366660.jpg) > [“I always carry the book of Holy Writ...and something to read...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-peters/i-always-carry-the-book-of-holy-writ-and-something-to-read/) [Elizabeth Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-peters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/477/elizabeth-peters-11531_books_i-always-carry-the-book-of-holy-writ-and_2083138.jpg) > [I'm a politician. What I say is not holy writ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-k-javits/i-m-a-politician-what-i-say-is-not-holy-writ/) [Jacob K. Javits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-k-javits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67e/jacob-k-javits-34477_holy_i-m-a-politician-what-i-say-is-not-holy_2816406.png) > [Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galileo-galilei/holy-writ-was-intended-to-teach-men-how-to-go-to-heaven-not-how-the/) [Galileo Galilei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galileo-galilei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f38/galileo-galilei-2377_heaven_holy-writ-was-intended-to-teach-men-how_114600.png) > [And thus I clothe my naked villainy With odd old ends stol'n out of holy writ; And seem a saint, when most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/and-thus-i-clothe-my-naked-villainy-with-odd-old-ends-stol-n-out-of/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/064/william-shakespeare-4_devil_and-thus-i-clothe-my-naked-villainy-with_1305353.jpg) > [How unfortunate for mankind that the Lord is reported by Holy Writ as having said 'Vengeance is mine!'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-huxley/how-unfortunate-for-mankind-that-the-lord-is-reported-by-holy-writ-as/) [Julian Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-huxley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71d/julian-huxley-14028_atheism_how-unfortunate-for-mankind-that-the-lor_1703988.png) > [When you read any great mystery, recorded in holy Writ, you are to prostrate your Reason to Divine Revelation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-ken/when-you-read-any-great-mystery-recorded-in-holy-writ-you-are-to/) [Thomas Ken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-ken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/151/thomas-ken-34941_divine_when-you-read-any-great-mystery-recorded_900547.png) > [That God once loved a garden we learn in Holy writ. And seeing gardens in the Spring I well can credit it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winifred-mary-letts/that-god-once-loved-a-garden-we-learn-in-holy-writ-and-seeing-gardens/) [Winifred Mary Letts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winifred-mary-letts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d3/winifred-mary-letts-98023_april_that-god-once-loved-a-garden-we-learn-in_821412.jpg) > [“Thus I clothe my naked villainy with old odd ends, stolen forth of holy writ, and seem a saint when most I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/thus-i-clothe-my-naked-villainy-with-old-odd-ends-stolen-forth-of/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56a/william-shakespeare-4_writing_thus-i-clothe-my-naked-villainy-with-old_2297121.jpg) > [The Bible for me is holy writ. It's a very straightforward thing, although I am not a literalist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilynne-robinson/the-bible-for-me-is-holy-writ-it-s-a-very-straightforward-thing/) [Marilynne Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilynne-robinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac9/marilynne-robinson-602_although_the-bible-for-me-is-holy-writ-it-s-a-ver_518596.png) > [“If God does not open and explain Holy Writ, no one can understand it; it will remain a closed book, enveloped in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/if-god-does-not-open-and-explain-holy-writ-no-one-can-understand-it/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/803/martin-luther-106_books_if-god-does-not-open-and-explain-holy-wr_419557.jpg) > [“Whenever she came across lines she liked, she'd mark them in pencil and commit them to memory as if they were Holy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/whenever-she-came-across-lines-she-liked-she-d-mark-them-in-pencil/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98e/haruki-murakami-21_writ_whenever-she-came-across-lines-she-liked_509239.jpg) > [Let us search into the records of Holy Writ, if out of this their great charter, there be not a seal grant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-goodwin/let-us-search-into-the-records-of-holy-writ-if-out-of-this-their/) [Thomas Goodwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-goodwin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a05/thomas-goodwin-15928_abraham_let-us-search-into-the-records-of-holy-w_3034714.jpg) > [So holy writ in babes hath judgment shown When judges have been babes; great floods have flown From simple sources, and great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/so-holy-writ-in-babes-hath-judgment-shown-when-judges-have-been-babes/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94e/william-shakespeare-4_babe_so-holy-writ-in-babes-hath-judgment-show_2203869.jpg) > [I believe that the intention of Holy Writ was to persuade men of the truths necessary to salvation; such as neither science…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galileo-galilei/i-believe-that-the-intention-of-holy-writ-was-to-persuade-men-of-the/) [Galileo Galilei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galileo-galilei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/galileo-galilei-2377_believe_i-believe-that-the-intention-of-holy-wri_1475257.png) > [It is always easier to take the words of a Jesus, a Gandhi, a Marx, or a Confucius as constituting Holy Writ.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-is-always-easier-to-take-the-words-of-a-jesus-a-gandhi-a-marx-or-a/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/983/anonymous-1_conflict_it-is-always-easier-to-take-the-words-of_2528771.jpg) > [“Zen holds that the faith must be based not on the dead Scriptures, but on living facts, that one must turn over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/zen-holds-that-the-faith-must-be-based-not-on-the-dead-scriptures-but/) [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f8/kaiten-nukariya-793_daily-life_zen-holds-that-the-faith-must-be-based-n_3181100.jpg) > [But then I sigh; and, with a piece of Scripture, Tell them that God bids us do good for evil: And thus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespear/but-then-i-sigh-and-with-a-piece-of-scripture-tell-them-that-god-bids/) [William Shakespear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespear/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d83/william-shakespear-25254_bible_but-then-i-sigh-and-with-a-piece-of-scri_1413495.jpg) > [“Therefore, since we were too weak to find the truth by pure reason, and for that cause we needed the authority of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustine-of-hippo/therefore-since-we-were-too-weak-to-find-the-truth-by-pure-reason-and/) [Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustine-of-hippo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcb/augustine-of-hippo-2589_bible_therefore-since-we-were-too-weak-to-find_1359609.jpg) > [One of the cardinal sins in our country is profanity -- the taking of the name of the Lord in vain. Reverence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/one-of-the-cardinal-sins-in-our-country-is-profanity-the-taking-of-2/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/595/ezra-taft-benson-443_cardinals_one-of-the-cardinal-sins-in-our-country_2108826.png) > [Here the only genuine conflict is between true believers. Of a given text in Holy Writ one faction may say this thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/here-the-only-genuine-conflict-is-between-true-believers-of-a-given/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f92/h-l-mencken-245_accusing_here-the-only-genuine-conflict-is-betwee_718463.png) > [“As striking a paradox as any in Holy Writ is that the very God who from eternity elected a limited number of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/as-striking-a-paradox-as-any-in-holy-writ-is-that-the-very-god-who/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d08/anonymous-1_eternal-life_as-striking-a-paradox-as-any-in-holy-wri_2897132.jpg) > [“It is a doctrine, as I believe, taught us in Holy Writ, that when a man is saved by divine grace, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-h-spurgeon/it-is-a-doctrine-as-i-believe-taught-us-in-holy-writ-that-when-a-man/) [Charles H. Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-h-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ea/charles-h-spurgeon-1432_believe-in-jesus_it-is-a-doctrine-as-i-believe-taught-us_1808923.jpg) > [“It was easy for you to say these things, since you either knew you were not writing to Luther, but for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/it-was-easy-for-you-to-say-these-things-since-you-either-knew-you/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23c/martin-luther-106_luther_it-was-easy-for-you-to-say-these-things_7338.jpg) > [This organic conception of society, the only vital conception, combines a noble humanism with the genuine Christian spirit, and it bears the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-xi/this-organic-conception-of-society-the-only-vital-conception-combines/) [Pope Pius XI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-xi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/pope-pius-xi-14323_bears_this-organic-conception-of-society-the-o_1283077.png) > [“If anyone shall set the authority of Holy Writ against clear and manifest reason, he who does this knows not what he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustine-of-hippo/if-anyone-shall-set-the-authority-of-holy-writ-against-clear-and/) [Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustine-of-hippo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e49/augustine-of-hippo-2589_bible_if-anyone-shall-set-the-authority-of-hol_1475736.jpg) > [“The Biblical manuscripts are quite unequivocally clear on the issue of marriage and its definition. The law of the land may change,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-alan-woods/the-biblical-manuscripts-are-quite-unequivocally-clear-on-the-issue/) [R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-alan-woods/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/276/r-alan-woods-1455_definition_the-biblical-manuscripts-are-quite-unequ_1383232.jpg) > [“But then I sigh, with a piece of Scripture Tell them that God bids us to do evil for good; And thus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/but-then-i-sigh-with-a-piece-of-scripture-tell-them-that-god-bids-us/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dce/william-shakespeare-4_bible_but-then-i-sigh-with-a-piece-of-scriptur_1567041.jpg) > [For there have risen many who have given to the plain words of Holy Writ some arbitrary interpretation of their own, instead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-of-poitiers/for-there-have-risen-many-who-have-given-to-the-plain-words-of-holy/) [Hilary of Poitiers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-of-poitiers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/503/hilary-of-poitiers-36609_arbitrary_for-there-have-risen-many-who-have-given_407642.jpg) > [I don't believe in holy writ. Buy fifty books or twenty-five books, take three weeks off, read them and make up your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/i-don-t-believe-in-holy-writ-buy-fifty-books-or-twenty-five-books/) [Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/499/tom-peters-967_believe_i-don-t-believe-in-holy-writ-buy-fifty-b_2853286.png) > [I would not be at all surprised to find that it was for gold that Cain committed the first murder. (It happened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-would-not-be-at-all-surprised-to-find-that-it-was-for-gold-that/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db6/anonymous-1_cain_i-would-not-be-at-all-surprised-to-find_2420041.jpg) ## Top authors on Holy Writ - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/holy-writ/william-shakespeare/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/holy-writ/#itemlist", "name": "Holy Writ Quotes", "numberOfItems": 33, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/trifles-light-as-air-are-to-the-jealous-confirmations-strong-as/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/213/william-shakespeare-4_air_trifles-light-as-air-are-to-the-jealous_1186287.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/213/william-shakespeare-4_air_trifles-light-as-air-are-to-the-jealous_1186287.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/213/william-shakespeare-4_air_trifles-light-as-air-are-to-the-jealous_1186287.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ.” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Im a politician. 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