Quotes and Verses on the Bible

Many hearts and minds have been enlightened by the Word of God, for the Bible is the eternal voice of God. It is everlasting. Truly, it is interesting reading through the quotes and verses on the Bible because you see what captures mankind in regards to God and His Word, as well as what truths God emphasized in the Bible in speaking of the Bible.

What would you say if you were to describe the Bible? And what verses in the Bible, speaking of the Bible, capture your interest and expands your knowledge of God?

Quotes and Verses on the Bible I

Quotes and Verses on the Bible

January 25, 1941

To the Armed Forces:

As Commander-in-Chief I take pleasure in commending the reading of the Bible to all who serve in the armed forces of the United States. Throughout the centuries men of many faiths and diverse origins have found in the Sacred Book words of wisdom, counsel, and inspiration. It is a fountain of strength and now, as always, an aid in attaining the highest aspirations of the human soul.

Very sincerely yours,

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin  D. Roosevelt, 1882-1945, 32nd President of the United States of America
Message in the WWII pocket Bible issued to the soldiers

Guide my steps by your word, so I will not be overcome by evil.

Psalm 119:133 NL

Wherever God’s word is circulated, it stirs the hearts of the people, it prepares for public morals. Circulate the word, and you find the tone of morals immediately changed. It is God speaking to man.

Matthew Simpson, 1811-1884, American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert’s Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, 1895

Your promises have been thoroughly tested; that is why I love them so much.

Psalm 119:140 NLT

The Word of God cuts into a person’s innermost thoughts and desires. It exposes us for who we really are – Hebrews 4:12. It draws us to repentance – Acts 3:19 and reminds us of God’s grace – Ephesians 2:8-9. The Word of God is powerful. It is alive!

Alysa VanderWeerd, Doctoral Candidate in Community Care and Counseling: Family & Marriage, Author
The End: The Book of Revelation, 2019

Quotes and Verses on the Bible II

Quotes and Verses on the Bible

The Bible is a window in this prison-world, through which we may look into eternity.

Timothy Dwight, 1752-1817, American Academic, Educator, Theologian, Quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert’s Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, 1895

Your laws are my treasure; they are my heart’s delight.

Psalm 119:111 NLT

The Bible carries its own credentials along with it, and proves spirit and life to the soul. In other writings I hear the words of a stranger or a servant. In the Bible I hear the language of my Father and my friend. Other books contain only the picture of bread. The Bible presents me with real manna, and feeds me with the bread of life.

John Selden, 1584-1654, English Jurist, Scholar of Jewish Law
Quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert’s Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, 1895

The Bible is a treasure. It contains enough to make us rich for time and eternity. It contains the secret of happy living. It contains the key of heaven. It contains the title-deeds of an inheritance incorruptible, and that fadeth not away. It contains the pear of great price. Nay, in so far as it reveals them as the portion of us sinful worms, it contains the Savior and the living God Himself.

James Hamilton, 1606-1649, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish Nobleman, Influential political and military leader during the Thirty Years’ War, Quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert’s Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, 1895

You are my refuge and my shield; your word is my source of hope.

Psalm 119:114 NLT

The Bible holds endless inspiration; as Jesus Christ inspires His own for eternity’s time.

Alysa VanderWeerd, Doctoral Candidate in Community Care and Counseling: Family & Marriage, Author

Quotes and Verses on the Bible III

Light for my path

One gem from that ocean is worth all the pebbles from earthly streams.

Robert McCheyne, 1813-1843, Minister in the Church of Scotland
Quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert’s Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, 1895

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.

Psalm 119:105 NLT

If there be any thing in my style or thought to be commended, the credit is due to my kind parents in instilling into my mind an early love of the Scriptures.

Daniel Webster, 1782-1852, American Lawyer, Statesman representing New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress, served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore, Quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert’s Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, 1895

Your justice is eternal, and your instructions are perfectly true.

Psalm 119:142 NLT

Wherever public worship has been established and regularly maintained, idolatry has vanished from the face of the earth. There is not now a temple to a heathen god where the word of God is read.

Matthew Simpson, 1811-1884, American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert’s Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, 1895

The epic of the world … all life’s fever is there, it’s hopes and joys, its sufferings and sin and sorrow.

James Frazer, 1854-1941, Anthropologist, Scholar

The Bible is a book of faith, and doctrine and a book of religion, a special revelation from God. But it is also a book which teaches man his own responsibilities, his own dignity and equality with his fellow man.

Daniel Webster, 1782-1852, American Statesman, Speaking on the Constitution in 1837

Quotes and Verses on the Bible IV

Quotes and Verses on the Bible
Studying Scripture to Hear God’s Voice

The Bible has been the Magna Carta of the poor and of the oppressed; down to modern times, no State has had a constitution, in which the interests of the people are largely taken into account in which the duties, so much more so than the privileges of rulers are insisted upon, as that drawn up for Israel in Deuteronomy and in Leviticus; nowhere is the fundamental truth that of the welfare of the State, in the long run, depends on the uprightness of the citizens so strongly laid down …

Thomas Henry Huxley, 1825-1895, British Theologian, Biologist, Science and the Christian Religion 1893

Your commandments give me understanding; no wonder I hate every false way of life.

Psalm 119:104 NLT

In all my perplexities and distresses the Bible has never failed to give me Light and strength.

Robert E. Lee, 1807-1870, American Confederate Soldier 1862-1865

The ascent towards discovery.

Henry Daniel-Rops, 1901-1965, French Theological Writer

The very essence of your words is truth; all your regulations will stand forever.

Psalm 119:160 NLT

One wisdom which is perfect.

Roger Bacon, 1220-1292, English Scientist, Philosopher

The school of the Holy Spirit.

John Calvin, 1509-1564, French Theologian, Pastor, Reformer

The two-edged sword of God’s word.

Thomas Fuller, 1608-1661, English Clergyman

Powerful people harass me without cause, but my heart trembles only at your word.

Psalm 119:161 NLT

The great medicine chest of humanity.

Heinrich Heine, 1797-1856, German Poet, Writer, Critic0

Quotes and Verses on the Bible V

Quotes on the Bible
Studying Scripture to Hear God’s Voice is Delivering

God teaches His words of truth.

Alysa VanderWeerd, Doctoral Candidate in Community Care and Counseling: Family & Marriage, Author,
Mountaintop Mornings 2018

Your eternal word, O LORD, stands firm in heaven.

Psalm 119:89 NLT

Shallow where a lamb could wade, and depths where an elephant would drown.

Matthew Henry, 1662-1714, Minister, Theologian, Author, Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible 1706

One mighty representative of the whole spiritual life of humanity.

Helen Keller, 1880-1968, American Author

Those who love your instructions have great peace and do not stumble.

Psalm 119:165 NLT

The Word of God is your purest defense.

Alysa VanderWeerd, Doctoral Candidate in Community Care and Counseling: Family & Marriage, Author,
Mountaintop Mornings 2018

The best gift God has given to man … But for it we could not know right from wrong.

Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, 16th President of the United States of America

God’s Word invites constant growth.

Alysa VanderWeerd, Doctoral Candidate in Community Care and Counseling: Family & Marriage, Author,
Mountaintop Mornings 2018

Quotes and Verses on the Bible VI

Quotes on the Bible

The Bible leads us to Jesus, the inexhaustible, the every enfolding Revelation of God.

George MacDonald, 1824-1905, Scottish Author, Poet, Christian Minister

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go, I will guide you with My eye.

Psalm 32:8 NKJV

My idea of the Bible as a Divine Revelation, is founded upon its practical use to mankind, and not upon metaphysical subtleties.

John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848, 6th President of the United States of America, a letter from John Quincy Adams to George Washington Adams 15 September 1811

The word of God sustains every soul, perfecting forever those being sanctified.

Alysa VanderWeerd, Doctoral Candidate in Community Care and Counseling: Family & Marriage, Author,
Mountaintop Mornings 2018

I hate and abhor all falsehood, but I love your instructions.

Psalm 119:163 NLT

Scripture increases understanding of what we face day in and day out. Written by men filled with the Holy Spirit, the Scriptures are God-breathed and absolutely complete. The Holy Sprit teaches us all things pertaining to this life lived in Christ and brings to our remembrance the words of Christ – John 14:26 – filling us with understanding so that we are able to live out the word taught. The decisions we make today have an effect on eternity. So as we live in Christ, seeking to apply His truth to our lives every day, we not only grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, reflecting Him in our actions, but our joy is overflowing as we radiate Christ’s presence to all those around us. They encounter Jesus Christ when we live His Word. We are God’s divine intervention in this world! Understanding God’s Word is essential as we then refuse to play with sin, knowing the destruction; stepping beyond sinful desires, choosing life in Christ with God’s love being continually perfected in us, as we keep His Word – 1 John 2:5.

Alysa VanderWeerd, Doctoral Candidate in Community Care and Counseling: Family & Marriage, Author,
in The Right Tools Volume 1 2019

Verses on the Bible

Light for my path

In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God

John 1:1 NLT

The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone.

John 1:4 NLT

So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.

John 1:14 NLT

We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life.

1 John 1:1 NLT

The disciples saw Jesus do many other miraculous signs in addition to the ones recorded in this book. But these are written so that you would continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in him you will have life by the power of his name.

John 20:30-31 NLT

The teaching of your word gives light, so even the simple can understand.

Psalm 119:130 NLT