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> [Value all books in proportion as they are agreeable to Scripture. Those that are nearest to it are the best, and those that are farthest from it, and most contrary to it, the worst.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/value-all-books-in-proportion-as-they-are-agreeable-to-scripture/)

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

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## More by J. C. Ryle

> [When a person’s tongue is extensively wrong, it is absurd, no less than unscriptural, to say that their heart is right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/when-a-person-s-tongue-is-extensively-wrong-it-is-absurd-no-less-than/)

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

> [Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/love-should-be-the-silver-thread-that-runs-through-all-your-conduct/)

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

> [Amidst the flood of dangerous reading, I plead for my Master's book; I call upon you not to forget the book of the soul.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/amidst-the-flood-of-dangerous-reading-i-plead-for-my-master-s-book-i/)

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

> [Persecution, in short, is like the goldsmith's stamp on real silver and gold - it is one of the marks of a converted man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/persecution-in-short-is-like-the-goldsmith-s-stamp-on-real-silver-and/)

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

> [The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/the-parent-who-tries-to-train-without-setting-a-good-example-is/)

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

> [We are all naturally self-righteous. It is the family disease of all the children of Adam.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/we-are-all-naturally-self-righteous-it-is-the-family-disease-of-all/)

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

> [Sunday morning, before we go to hear the Word of God preached...let us not rush into God’s presence careless, reckless, and unprepared, as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/sunday-morning-before-we-go-to-hear-the-word-of-god-preached-let-us/)

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

> [The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/the-true-secret-of-spiritual-strength-is-self-distrust-and-deep/)

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

> [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/)

> [O Christian, look up and take comfort. Jesus has prepared a place for you, and those who follow Him shall never perish, neither shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/o-christian-look-up-and-take-comfort-jesus-has-prepared-a-place-for/)

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

> [Let your Christianity be so unmistakable, your eye so single, your heart so whole, your walk so straightforward, that all who see you may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/let-your-christianity-be-so-unmistakable-your-eye-so-single-your/)

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

> [Let it be a settled principle ...that men's salvation, if saved, is wholly of God; and that man's ruin, if lost, is wholly of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/let-it-be-a-settled-principle-that-men-s-salvation-if-saved-is-wholly/)

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

> [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/)

> [If we would know whether our faith is genuine, we do well to ask ourselves how we are living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/if-we-would-know-whether-our-faith-is-genuine-we-do-well-to-ask/)

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

> [To be born again is, as it were, to enter upon a new existence, to have a new mind, a new heart, new views,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/to-be-born-again-is-as-it-were-to-enter-upon-a-new-existence-to-have/)

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