--- title: "17 Read God Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 17 Read God quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Read God sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e1/anne-graham-lotz-8153_am_i-read-god-s-word-when-i-am-not-sufferin_1820382.jpg" --- > [I read God's word when I am not suffering. And then I don't have to all of a sudden establish this habit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-graham-lotz/i-read-god-s-word-when-i-am-not-suffering-and-then-i-don-t-have-to/) [Anne Graham Lotz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-graham-lotz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e1/anne-graham-lotz-8153_am_i-read-god-s-word-when-i-am-not-sufferin_1820382.jpg) > [“It is important not only to read God's Word but to interpret God's world in the light of the Word.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cindy-jacobs/it-is-important-not-only-to-read-god-s-word-but-to-interpret-god-s/) [Cindy Jacobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cindy-jacobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53a/cindy-jacobs-48399_discipleship_it-is-important-not-only-to-read-god-s-w_1670921.jpg) > [“Hence the best service that anybody can render God is diligently to hear and read God's Word.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/hence-the-best-service-that-anybody-can-render-god-is-diligently-to/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d44/martin-luther-106_service_hence-the-best-service-that-anybody-can_954910.jpg) > [Each opening bud, and care-perfected seed, Is as a page, where we may read of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/almira-hart-lincoln-phelps/each-opening-bud-and-care-perfected-seed-is-as-a-page-where-we-may/) [Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/almira-hart-lincoln-phelps/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1d/almira-hart-lincoln-phelps-804_bud_each-opening-bud-and-care-perfected-seed_2771338.jpg) > [When you read God's Word, you must constantly be saying to yourself, "It is talking to me, and about me".](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soren-kierkegaard/when-you-read-god-s-word-you-must-constantly-be-saying-to-yourself-it/) [Soren Kierkegaard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soren-kierkegaard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67e/soren-kierkegaard-578_bible_when-you-read-god-s-word-you-must-consta_1960692.jpg) > [Don't say God is silent when your Bible is closed. Open it and read it. God will speak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-cappa/don-t-say-god-is-silent-when-your-bible-is-closed-open-it-and-read-it/) [Adam Cappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-cappa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/310/adam-cappa-85938_bible_don-t-say-god-is-silent-when-your-bible_988089.jpg) > [I love my quiet time with my Savior. Praise the Lord for a country in which we can read God's Word.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-love-my-quiet-time-with-my-savior-praise-the-lord-for-a-country-in/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d3/anonymous-1_praise_i-love-my-quiet-time-with-my-savior-prai_596817.jpg) > [When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/when-we-pray-we-speak-to-god-but-when-we-read-god-speaks-to-us/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ef/st-jerome-3227_praying_when-we-pray-we-speak-to-god-but-when-we_2832141.png) > [GODISNOWHERE This can be read as GOD IS NO WHERE Or as GOD IS NOW HERE Everything depends on how do u…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/godisnowhere-this-can-be-read-as-god-is-no-where-or-as-god-is-now/) [Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10c/ritu-ghatourey-5_quote_godisnowhere-this-can-be-read-as-god-is_1151351.jpg) > [“Man Thinking must not be subdued by his instruments. Books are for the scholar's idle times. When he can read God directly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/man-thinking-must-not-be-subdued-by-his-instruments-books-are-for-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fc/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_american-scholar_man-thinking-must-not-be-subdued-by-his_1684051.png) > [Everything can be seen with both positive and negative aspects as you can read same words in two ways, either you read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/senoraroy/everything-can-be-seen-with-both-positive-and-negative-aspects-as-you/) [Senoraroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/senoraroy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/102/senoraroy-77_attitude_everything-can-be-seen-with-both-positiv_825560.jpg) > [You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with another question: do you think we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freeman-dyson/you-ask-what-is-the-meaning-or-purpose-of-life-i-can-only-answer-with/) [Freeman Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freeman-dyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/337/freeman-dyson-1435_enough_you-ask-what-is-the-meaning-or-purpose-o_144869.png) > [Some people, in order to discover God, read books. But there is a great book: the very appearance of created things. Look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/some-people-in-order-to-discover-god-read-books-but-there-is-a-great/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b78/anonymous-1_appearance_some-people-in-order-to-discover-god-rea_1288603.jpg) > [“As you read God’s Word, always remember that it is something active, that it is doing something to you, for better or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/as-you-read-god-s-word-always-remember-that-it-is-something-active/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/539/anonymous-1_god-word_as-you-read-god-s-word-always-remember-t_2359190.jpg) > [Looking back over the years, I realize the Bible isn't magic, but it is corrective; it isn't an answer book, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-yaconelli/looking-back-over-the-years-i-realize-the-bible-isn-t-magic-but-it-is/) [Mike Yaconelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-yaconelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90f/mike-yaconelli-13076_bible_looking-back-over-the-years-i-realize-th_2416081.png) > [“This is the testimony of all the good books, sermons, hymns, and memoirs I read--that God's ways are infinitely perfect; that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-prentiss/this-is-the-testimony-of-all-the-good-books-sermons-hymns-and-memoirs/) [Elizabeth Prentiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-prentiss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58a/elizabeth-prentiss-19128_books_this-is-the-testimony-of-all-the-good-bo_2926743.jpg) > [“For another thing, people's notions of the really big scriptural Subject can be quite beside the point. Suppose, by way of illustration,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/for-another-thing-people-s-notions-of-the-really-big-scriptural/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a04/robert-farrar-capon-4404_bible_for-another-thing-people-s-notions-of-th_2572445.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/read-god/#itemlist", "name": "Read God Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I read God's word when I am not suffering. 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I can only answer with another question: do you think we are wise enough to read God's mind?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Freeman Dyson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freeman-dyson/you-ask-what-is-the-meaning-or-purpose-of-life-i-can-only-answer-with/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/337/freeman-dyson-1435_enough_you-ask-what-is-the-meaning-or-purpose-o_144869.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/337/freeman-dyson-1435_enough_you-ask-what-is-the-meaning-or-purpose-o_144869.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/337/freeman-dyson-1435_enough_you-ask-what-is-the-meaning-or-purpose-o_144869.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? 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Rather, in the Word, God is doing something to us.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/as-you-read-god-s-word-always-remember-that-it-is-something-active/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/539/anonymous-1_god-word_as-you-read-god-s-word-always-remember-t_2359190.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/539/anonymous-1_god-word_as-you-read-god-s-word-always-remember-t_2359190.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/539/anonymous-1_god-word_as-you-read-god-s-word-always-remember-t_2359190.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As you read God’s Word, always remember that it is something active, that it is doing something to you, for…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Looking back over the years, I realize the Bible isn't magic, but it is corrective; it isn't an answer book, it is a living book; it isn't a fix-it book, it is relationship book. When I confront God's word, I am confronted; when I read God's word, it reads me; when I seek God's presence, He seeks me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mike Yaconelli" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-yaconelli/looking-back-over-the-years-i-realize-the-bible-isn-t-magic-but-it-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90f/mike-yaconelli-13076_bible_looking-back-over-the-years-i-realize-th_2416081.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90f/mike-yaconelli-13076_bible_looking-back-over-the-years-i-realize-th_2416081.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90f/mike-yaconelli-13076_bible_looking-back-over-the-years-i-realize-th_2416081.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Looking back over the years, I realize the Bible isn't magic, but it is corrective; it isn't an answer book…” — Mike Yaconelli", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“This is the testimony of all the good books, sermons, hymns, and memoirs I read--that God's ways are infinitely perfect; that we are to love Him for what He is and therefore equally as much when He afflicts as when He prospers us; that there is no real happiness but in doing and suffering His will; and that this life is but a scene of probation through which we pass to the real life above.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elizabeth Prentiss" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-prentiss/this-is-the-testimony-of-all-the-good-books-sermons-hymns-and-memoirs/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58a/elizabeth-prentiss-19128_books_this-is-the-testimony-of-all-the-good-bo_2926743.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58a/elizabeth-prentiss-19128_books_this-is-the-testimony-of-all-the-good-bo_2926743.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58a/elizabeth-prentiss-19128_books_this-is-the-testimony-of-all-the-good-bo_2926743.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“This is the testimony of all the good books, sermons, hymns, and memoirs I read--that God's ways are…” — Elizabeth Prentiss", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 17, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“For another thing, people's notions of the really big scriptural Subject can be quite beside the point. 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