King James Bible Quotes

• In the beginning was the word, and it was spoken.

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  N. Scott Momaday

  Bible   Christ Consciousness   Bread Of Life  

  N. Scott Momaday, Al Momaday (1969). “The Way to Rainy Mountain”, p.7, UNM Press

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• If God is for us, who can be against us?

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  Paul the Apostle

  Bible   God   Christian  

  4788

• I have quite a few different Bibles. Having rejected my parents' religion, I still think the King James Bible is the most important work of literature in English. None of us can help being influenced by it.

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  Ken Follett

  Kings   Thinking   Parent  

  "Ken Follett: Prolific writer, fan of 19th-century novels". Interview with Amy Sutherland, www.bostonglobe.com. September 23, 2012.

  2584

• Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee.

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  Isaiah

  Bible   Trusting Him   Perfect  

  2506

• Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

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  Thomas Hardy

  Heart   Peace With God   Loss Of A Loved One  

  Thomas Hardy (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Thomas Hardy (Illustrated)”, p.3633, Delphi Classics

  1603

• Oh, mercy. If it catches you in the wrong frame of mind, the King James Bible can make you want to drink poison in no uncertain terms.

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  Barbara Kingsolver

  Kings   Mind   Poison  

  Barbara Kingsolver (2008). “The Poisonwood Bible”, p.163, Faber & Faber

  4602

• When I say a spoken Hebrew sentence, half of it is like the King James Bible and half of it is a hip-hop lyric. It has a roller-coaster effect.

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  Etgar Keret

  Kings   Hip Hop   Hips  

  "My country right and wrong". Interview With Rory McCarthy, www.theguardian.com. June 6, 2008.

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• Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of trauma, I will fear no concussion.

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  Jim Butcher

  Bible   Shadow Of Death   Death Of A Loved One  

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 7-12”, p.997, Penguin

  712

• ... a bad attitude, that the love of money is the root of all evil and the rich are evil and greedy and all that stuff. It’s basically socialism and communism.

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  Robert Kiyosaki

  Inspirational   Bible   Money  

  "Parents still tell kids to save money. That's really obsolete". Interview with Nastassia Arendse, citizen.co.za. March 8, 2017.

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• The packaging for music has become a sort of King James Bible, where it elevates the contents to something more spiritual. This is something else that drove me to a newspaper format. I thought, "Let's put it in a newspaper, to get away from that spiritual thing."

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  Stanley Donwood

  Spiritual   Kings   Packaging  

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• T's [King James Bible] subject is majesty, not tyranny, and it's political purpose was unifying and enfolding, to elide the kingliness of God with the godliness of kings, to make royal power and divine glory into one invisible garment which could be wrapped around the nation as a whole.

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  Adam Nicolson

  Kings   Political   Purpose  

  1887

• Be strong and of good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed.

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  John F. Kennedy

  Bible   Strong   Discouraged  

  Democratic National Convention Nomination Acceptance Address, delivered 15 July 1960, Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

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• In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was Gotcha!

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  Attila the Stockbroker

  Bible   Bread Of Life   Creator God  

  Song "The Bible According to Rupert Murdoch", 1992.

  1296

• My yoke is easy, and my burden light.

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  Saint Boniface

  Bible   Jesus   Weary Heart  

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