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C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917.

Scriptural Quotations: New Testament

Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

Matthew ii. 18.

Man shall not live by bread alone.

Matthew iv. 4.

Take therefore no thought for the morrow; for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficiest unto the day is the evil thereof.

Matthew vi. 34.

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted?

Matthew v. 13.

Ye are the light of the world. A city set upon a hill cannot be hid.

Matthew v. 14.

But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.

Matthew vi. 3.

Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Matthew vi. 21.

Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.

Matthew vi. 24.

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin.

Matthew vi. 28.

Neither cast ye your pearls before swine.

Matthew vii. 6.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you.

Matthew vii. 7.

The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man hath not where to lay his head.

Matthew viii. 20.

The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few.

Matthew ix. 37.

Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Matthew x. 16.

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

Matthew x. 30.

Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.

Matthew xiv. 27.

Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Matthew xii. 34.

A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his own house.

Matthew xiii. 57.

And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

Matthew xv. 14.

The tree is known by his fruit.

Matthew xii. 33.

Yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master’s table.

Matthew xv. 27.

Get thee behind me, Satan.

Matthew xvi. 23.

For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

Matthew xvi. 26.

It is good for us to be here.

Matthew xvii. 4.

What therefore God hath joined together let not man put asunder.

Matthew xix. 6.

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

Matthew xix. 24.

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own?

Matthew xx. 15.

For many are called, but few are chosen.

Matthew xxii. 14.

Ye blind guides! which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

Matthew xxiii. 24.

For ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones.

Matthew xxiii. 27.

For wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

Matthew xxiv. 28.

Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.

Matthew xxv. 29.

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Matthew xxvi. 41.

He that ears to hear, let him hear.

Mark iv. 9.

My name is Legion.

Mark v. 9.

Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

Mark ix. 44.

And now also the ax is laid unto the root of the trees.

Luke iii. 9.

Physician, heal thyself.

Luke iv. 23.

He that is not with me is against me.

Luke xi. 23.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

Luke xii. 19.

Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning.

Luke xii. 35.

For the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

Luke xvi. 8.

It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea.

Luke xvii. 2.

Remember Lot’s wife.

Luke xvii. 32.

Out of thine own mouth, will I judge thee.

Luke xix. 22.

Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?

John i. 46.

Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

John iii. 3.

The wind bloweth where it listeth.

John iii. 8.

He was a burning and a shining light.

John v. 35.

Judge not according to the appearance.

John vii. 24.

For the poor always ye have with you.

John xii. 8.

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.

John xii. 35.

In my Father’s house are many mansions.

John xiv. 2.

Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.

John vi. 12.

Let not your heart be troubled.

John xiv. 1.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

John xv. 13.

It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

Acts ix. 5.

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Acts xx. 35.

For there is no respect of persons with God.

Romans ii. 11.

For the wages of sin is death.

Romans vi. 23.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God.

Romans viii. 28.

Be not wise in your own conceits.

Romans xii. 16.

Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

Romans xii. 20.

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Romans xii. 21.

The powers that be are ordained of God.

Romans xiii. 1.

Render therefore to all their dues.

Romans xiii. 7.

Love is the fulfilling of the law.

Romans xiii. 10.

Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

Romans xiv. 5.

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

1 Corinthians iii. 6.

Every man’s work shall be made manifest.

1 Corinthians iii. 13.

Absent in body, but present in spirit.

1 Corinthians v. 3.

Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

1 Corinthians v. 6.

I am made all things to all men.

1 Corinthians ix. 22.

For the fashion of this world passeth away.

1 Corinthians vii. 31.

Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

1 Corinthians x. 12.

As sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

1 Corinthians xiii. 1.

When I was a child I spake as a child.

1 Corinthians xiii. 11.

For now we see through a glass, darkly.

1 Corinthians xiii. 12.

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

1 Corinthians xv. 33.

The first man is of the earth, earthy.

1 Corinthians xv. 47.

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

1 Corinthians xv. 55.

We walk by faith, not by sight.

2 Corinthians v. 7.

Behold, now is the accepted time.

2 Corinthians vi. 2.

By evil report and good report.

2 Corinthians vi. 8.

For every man shall bear his own burden.

Galatians vi. 5.

Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Galatians vi. 7.

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath.

Ephesians iv. 26.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Philippians i. 21.

Touch not; taste not; handle not.

Colossians ii. 21.

Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labor of love.

1 Thessalonians i. 3.

Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

1 Thessalonians v. 21.

Not greedy of filthy lucre.

1 Timothy iii. 3.

The laborer is worthy of his reward.

1 Timothy v. 18.

Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake.

1 Timothy v. 23.

For the love of money is the root of all evil.

1 Timothy vi. 10.

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.

2 Timothy iv. 7.

Unto the pure all things are pure.

Titus i. 15.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Hebrews xi. 1.

For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth.

Hebrews xii. 6.

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Hebrews xiii. 2.

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation for when he is tried he shall receive the crown of life.

James i. 12.

Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

James iii. 5.

Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

James iv. 7.

Charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

1 Peter iv. 8.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about seeking whom he may devour.

1 Peter v. 8.

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night.

2 Peter iii. 10.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear.

1 John iv. 18.

He shall rule them with a rod of iron.

Revelation ii. 27.

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

Revelation xxii. 13.

Be thou faithful unto death.

Revelation ii. 10.