Bible Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

827 Famous Quotes by Bible
“But they will maintain the state of the world; And all their desire is in the work of their craft.”
World Quotes
Source: Ecclesiasticus (ch. XXXVIII, v. 34)
“Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a little thing.”
World Quotes
Source: Isaiah (ch. XL, v. 15)
“But Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation: ye shall be ashamed nor confounded world without end.”
World Quotes
Source: Isaiah (ch. XLV, v. 17)
“After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.”
World Quotes
Source: Revelations (ch. VII, v. 9-10)
“Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.”
Thought Quotes
Source: Proverbs (ch. XXIII, v. 6-7)
“Sow a thought and reap an act.”
Thought Quotes
Source: Proverbs (ch. XXIII, v. 6-7)
“But above all things truth is victor.”
Truth Quotes
Source: inscription on the New York Public Library, I Esdras (ch. III, v. 12)
“Great is truth, and strongest of all.”
Truth Quotes
Source: I Esdras (ch. IV, v. 41)
“Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
Truth Quotes
Source: John (ch. VIII, v. 32)
“Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.”
Truth Quotes
Source: John (ch. VIII, v. 44)
“As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.”
Truth Quotes
Source: John (ch. VIII, v. 44)
“Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants were princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?”
Business Quotes
Source: Isaiah (ch. XXIII, v. 8)
“The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars; Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.”
Authorship Quotes
Source: Jeremiah (ch. XVII, v. 1-2)
“And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.”
Reading Quotes
Source: Habakkuk (ch. II, v. 2)
“That he that readeth may run over it. [Lat., Ut percurrat qui legerit eum.]”
Reading Quotes
Source: (rendering in the Vulgate), Habakkuk (ch. II, v. 2)
“Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”
Future Quotes
Source: Matthew (ch. VI, v. 34)
“For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, To call passengers who go right on their ways: Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
Thieving Quotes
Source: Proverbs (ch. IX, v. 14-17)
“To keep my hands from picking and stealing.”
Thieving Quotes
Source: Proverbs (ch. IX, v. 14-17)
“Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.”
Folly Quotes
Source: Proverbs (ch. XVII, v. 28)
“It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.”
Folly Quotes
Source: Proverbs (ch. XX, v. 3)
“Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.”
Folly Quotes
Source: Proverbs (ch. XXVI, v. 4-5)
“Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.”
Folly Quotes
Source: Proverbs (ch. XXVII, v. 22)
“The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.”
Folly Quotes
Source: Psalms (ch. XIV, v. 1)
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.”
Time Quotes
Source: Ecclesiastes (ch. III, v. 1-8)
“Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.”
Time Quotes
Source: Ecclesiastes (ch. VII, v. 10)
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