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noun

Scripture n.

Anything written; a writing; a document; an inscription. "I have put it in scripture and in remembrance." "Then the Lord of Manny read the scripture on the tomb, the which was in Latin."

The books of the Old and the New Testament, or of either of them; the Bible; used by way of eminence or distinction, and chiefly in the plural. "There is not any action a man ought to do, or to forbear, but the Scripture will give him a clear precept or prohibition for it." "Compared with the knowledge which the Scriptures contain, every other subject of human inquiry is vanity."

A passage from the Bible; a text. "The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose." "Hanging by the twined thread of one doubtful Scripture."

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"Scripture" Quotes from Famous Books

... Mass., know, because there is a monument to the original tree in that town. But we don't know, any more than we know who Mr. Bartlett was, when we eat one of his pears, or Mr. Logan, father of the wine-red berry. In this case the Scripture is indeed verified, that by their fruits shall ye ...

— Penguin Persons & Peppermints • Walter Prichard Eaton

... very partially succeeded, so he lit a cigar and lay down on the sofa to smoke it. And as his mother knit she lifted her eyes occasionally and they were full of anxious pity. She knew not why, and yet in her soul there was a dark, swelling sorrow which would not for any adjuration of Scripture nor any imploration of ...

— The Measure of a Man • Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

... still.—How like a dream is life! we view the scene, and ere we are aware, it is gone for ever; but to every moment is attached the importance of eternity. After a sharp fit of sickness, how sweet is ease! yet these seasons are blessed to me, inasmuch as they lead me to look more closely into scripture declarations, respecting the blessings associated with patient endurance. My soul seeks shelter in the secret place of the Most High.—Heard a faithful sermon from Mr. R.: I always profit under heart-searching sermons, as they ...

— Religion in Earnest - A Memorial of Mrs. Mary Lyth, of York • John Lyth

... their real strength and advantages. A heartier friend or honester critic I never coped withal. He has made me feel (by contrast) the want of genuine sincerity and generous sentiment in some that I have listened to since, and convinced me (if practical proof were wanting) of the truth of that text of Scripture—'That had I all knowledge and could speak with the tongues of angels, yet without charity I were nothing!' I would rather be a man of disinterested taste and liberal feeling, to see and acknowledge truth and beauty ...

— Table-Talk - Essays on Men and Manners • William Hazlitt

... same 'vantages," the preacher condescended. "But what I feels, I feels, an' what I unnerstan's, I unnerstan's. The Scripture ...

— The heart of happy hollow - A collection of stories • Paul Laurence Dunbar

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