--- title: "22 Scriptural Quotes by 20 authors" description: "Browse 22 Scriptural quotes by 20 authors. Discover the best Scriptural sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f50/billy-graham-234_basis_there-is-no-scriptural-basis-for-segrega_357525.png" --- > [There is no scriptural basis for segregation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/there-is-no-scriptural-basis-for-segregation/) [Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f50/billy-graham-234_basis_there-is-no-scriptural-basis-for-segrega_357525.png) > [Scriptural hope is not wishful thinking. It's rock-solid assurance!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-rogers/scriptural-hope-is-not-wishful-thinking-it-s-rock-solid-assurance/) [Adrian Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/566/adrian-rogers-2096_assurance_scriptural-hope-is-not-wishful-thinking_1435865.png) > [“The doors leading out of scriptural literalism do not open from the inside. The”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-harris/the-doors-leading-out-of-scriptural-literalism-do-not-open-from-the-2/) [Sam Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1f/sam-harris-457_quote_the-doors-leading-out-of-scriptural-lite_1318860.jpg) > [“The wolfish horror of the worst scriptural verses is cloaked under various forms of sheep’s clothing: the words are not meant to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/the-wolfish-horror-of-the-worst-scriptural-verses-is-cloaked-under/) [Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/richard-dawkins-115_metaphorical_the-wolfish-horror-of-the-worst-scriptur_3214758.jpg) > [One must travel, to learn. Every day, now, old Scriptural phrases that never possessed any significance for me before, take to themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/one-must-travel-to-learn-every-day-now-old-scriptural-phrases-that/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/246/mark-twain-22_every-day_one-must-travel-to-learn-every-day-now-o_1679078.png) > [“Whatever is done without heart is done in the dark, no matter how scriptural it may appear to be”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-w-tozer-2/whatever-is-done-without-heart-is-done-in-the-dark-no-matter-how/) [A. W. Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-w-tozer-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dce/a-w-tozer-2-37772_dark_whatever-is-done-without-heart-is-done-i_3163948.jpg) > [We contend that ideas and/or practices may be scriptural as long as they are not condemned by scripture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-h-kraft/we-contend-that-ideas-and-or-practices-may-be-scriptural-as-long-as/) [Charles H. Kraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-h-kraft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df3/charles-h-kraft-62370_bible_we-contend-that-ideas-and-or-practices-m_1891693.jpg) > [The spirit of God has the habit of taking the words of Jesus out of their scriptural setting and putting them into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/the-spirit-of-god-has-the-habit-of-taking-the-words-of-jesus-out-of/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/080/oswald-chambers-205_christ_the-spirit-of-god-has-the-habit-of-takin_2132949.png) > [“Supporting God's Scriptural ability to give or restrain man's desires, Jerry Bridges points to an amazing verse tucked away in Exodus 34:24.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-bridges/supporting-god-s-scriptural-ability-to-give-or-restrain-man-s-desires/) [Jerry Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e4/jerry-bridges-1451_desire_supporting-god-s-scriptural-ability-to-g_1519302.png) > [“Wherever he found his speech growing too modern -- which was about every sentence or two -- he ladled in a few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/wherever-he-found-his-speech-growing-too-modern-which-was-about-every/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/151/mark-twain-22_bible_wherever-he-found-his-speech-growing-too_1719045.png) > [I don't want to cower at somebody's interpretation of what I'm about. I'm supposed to be doing it and I'm going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-matheny/i-don-t-want-to-cower-at-somebody-s-interpretation-of-what-i-m-about/) [Mike Matheny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-matheny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/449/mike-matheny-55764_excellence_i-don-t-want-to-cower-at-somebody-s-inte_2032226.png) > [To ascertain the Lord's will, we ought to use scriptural means. Prayer, the word of God, and His Spirit should be united…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-muller/to-ascertain-the-lord-s-will-we-ought-to-use-scriptural-means-prayer/) [George Muller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-muller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/george-muller-7485_ascertain_to-ascertain-the-lord-s-will-we-ought-to_2328643.png) > [It is blessed to eat into the very soul of the Bible until, at last, you come to talk in Scriptural language,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/it-is-blessed-to-eat-into-the-very-soul-of-the-bible-until-at-last-2/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acc/charles-spurgeon-82_bible_it-is-blessed-to-eat-into-the-very-soul_2539681.png) > [I'm not saying everything out there is bad and toxic, but there are some things that are not scriptural. For example, some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-prince/i-m-not-saying-everything-out-there-is-bad-and-toxic-but-there-are/) [Joseph Prince](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-prince/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb2/joseph-prince-5352_christ_i-m-not-saying-everything-out-there-is-b_42326.png) > [We declare, upon Scriptural authority, that the human will is so desperately set on mischief, so depraved, and so inclined to everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/we-declare-upon-scriptural-authority-that-the-human-will-is-so/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cac/charles-spurgeon-82_authority_we-declare-upon-scriptural-authority-tha_1704816.jpg) > [The Word of God makes use of poetic imagery when discussing... formless intelligences but... it does not do so for the sake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-dionysius/the-word-of-god-makes-use-of-poetic-imagery-when-discussing-formless/) [Pope Dionysius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-dionysius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c7/pope-dionysius-28663_art_the-word-of-god-makes-use-of-poetic-imag_1675897.png) > [“Scriptural interpretation is properly an ecclesial activity whose goal is to participate in the reality of which the text speaks by bending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-f-davis/scriptural-interpretation-is-properly-an-ecclesial-activity-whose/) [Ellen F. Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-f-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db1/ellen-f-davis-25448_bible_scriptural-interpretation-is-properly-an_2806397.jpg) > [“Spiritual literature can be a great aid to an aspirant, or it can be a terrible hindrance. If it is used to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prem-prakash/spiritual-literature-can-be-a-great-aid-to-an-aspirant-or-it-can-be-a/) [Prem Prakash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prem-prakash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f6/prem-prakash-28574_books_spiritual-literature-can-be-a-great-aid_1124528.jpg) > [Solid scriptural theology should be valued in the church. Books in which Scripture is reverently regarded as the only rule of faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/solid-scriptural-theology-should-be-valued-in-the-church-books-in/) [J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba1/j-c-ryle-789_bible_solid-scriptural-theology-should-be-valu_1183301.jpg) > [The scriptures provide one of the best ways to find our course and stay on it. Scriptural knowledge also provides precious protection.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-m-nelson/the-scriptures-provide-one-of-the-best-ways-to-find-our-course-and/) [Russell M. Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-m-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b4/russell-m-nelson-1457_baby_the-scriptures-provide-one-of-the-best-w_1132439.png) > [“First, ’Tis scriptural. My text is not only full to the purpose, but ’tis a doctrine that the Scripture abounds in. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/first-tis-scriptural-my-text-is-not-only-full-to-the-purpose-but-tis/) [Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f8/jonathan-edwards-770_bible_first-tis-scriptural-my-text-is-not-only_2317748.jpg) > [“...it is a mistake to reduce every decision about Christian living to a "Heaven-or-Hell issue." For example, some ask if the Bible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-k-bernard/it-is-a-mistake-to-reduce-every-decision-about-christian-living-to-a/) [David K. Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-k-bernard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d7/david-k-bernard-57146_bible_it-is-a-mistake-to-reduce-every-decision_1912457.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/scriptural/#itemlist", "name": "Scriptural Quotes", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is no scriptural basis for segregation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Billy Graham" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/there-is-no-scriptural-basis-for-segregation/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f50/billy-graham-234_basis_there-is-no-scriptural-basis-for-segrega_357525.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f50/billy-graham-234_basis_there-is-no-scriptural-basis-for-segrega_357525.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f50/billy-graham-234_basis_there-is-no-scriptural-basis-for-segrega_357525.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is no scriptural basis for segregation.” — Billy Graham", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Scriptural hope is not wishful thinking. 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I'm supposed to be doing it and I'm…” — Mike Matheny", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To ascertain the Lord's will, we ought to use scriptural means. Prayer, the word of God, and His Spirit should be united together. We should go to the Lord repeatedly in prayer, and ask Him to teach us by His Spirit through His word.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Muller" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-muller/to-ascertain-the-lord-s-will-we-ought-to-use-scriptural-means-prayer/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/george-muller-7485_ascertain_to-ascertain-the-lord-s-will-we-ought-to_2328643.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/george-muller-7485_ascertain_to-ascertain-the-lord-s-will-we-ought-to_2328643.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/george-muller-7485_ascertain_to-ascertain-the-lord-s-will-we-ought-to_2328643.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To ascertain the Lord's will, we ought to use scriptural means. 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Through Scripture the church receives the good news of the inbreaking kingdom of God and, in turn, proclaims the message of reconciliation. Scripture is like a musical score that must be played or sung in order to be understood; therefore, the church interprets Scripture by forming communities of prayer, service, and faithful witness.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ellen F. 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If it is used to inspire practice, motivate compassion, ad nourish devotion, it serves a very valuable purpose. If scriptural study is used for mere intellectual understanding, for pride of accomplishment, or as a substitute for actual practice, then one is taking in too much mental food, which is sure to result in intellectual indigestion. (152)”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Prem Prakash" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prem-prakash/spiritual-literature-can-be-a-great-aid-to-an-aspirant-or-it-can-be-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f6/prem-prakash-28574_books_spiritual-literature-can-be-a-great-aid_1124528.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f6/prem-prakash-28574_books_spiritual-literature-can-be-a-great-aid_1124528.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f6/prem-prakash-28574_books_spiritual-literature-can-be-a-great-aid_1124528.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Spiritual literature can be a great aid to an aspirant, or it can be a terrible hindrance. If it is used to…” — Prem Prakash", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 19, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Solid scriptural theology should be valued in the church. Books in which Scripture is reverently regarded as the only rule of faith and practice-- books in which Christ and the Holy Ghost have their rightful office-- books in which justification, and sanctification, and regeneration, and faith, and grace, and holiness are clearly, distinctly, and accurately delineated and exhibited, these are the only books which do real good. Few things need reviving more than a taste for such books as these among readers.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "J. C. 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Scriptural knowledge also provides precious protection. For example, throughout history, infections like “childbirth fever” claimed the lives of many innocent mothers and babies. Yet the Old Testament had the correct principles for the handling of infected patients, written more than 3,000 years ago! Many people perished because man’s quest for knowledge had failed to heed the word of the Lord!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Russell M. 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My text is not only full to the purpose, but ’tis a doctrine that the Scripture abounds in. We are there abundantly taught that the saints differ from the ungodly in this, that they have the knowledge of God, and a sight of God, and of Jesus Christ. I shall mention but few texts of many. 1 John iii. 6, “Whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, nor known him.” 3 John 11, “He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.” John xiv. 19, “The world seeth me no more; but ye see me.” John xvii. 3, “And this is eternal life, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” This knowledge, or sight of God and Christ, can’t be a mere speculative knowledge; because it is spoken of as a seeing and knowing wherein they differ from the ungodly.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonathan Edwards" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/first-tis-scriptural-my-text-is-not-only-full-to-the-purpose-but-tis/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f8/jonathan-edwards-770_bible_first-tis-scriptural-my-text-is-not-only_2317748.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f8/jonathan-edwards-770_bible_first-tis-scriptural-my-text-is-not-only_2317748.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f8/jonathan-edwards-770_bible_first-tis-scriptural-my-text-is-not-only_2317748.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“First, ’Tis scriptural. 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