| 单词 | Bible |
| 例句 | So I began reciting all the books of the Bible from first to last, and I got to somewhere around Obadiah before I fell asleep. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘We just been to Sunday School and church. Baby, say the verse from the Bible you learned for your Uncle Biff.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Well, Big Ma threw her Bible at him because he rang our doorbell the third time that week while she was studying the Old Testament. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The conservative Christian political movement seldom developed in poor, rural Bible Belt towns. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z They lead me to wonder what Bible my father wrote in Africa. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Greek mythology is largely made up of stories about gods and goddesses, but it must not be read as a kind of Greek Bible, an account of the Greek religion. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Pastor Curtis came to the house with an even bigger Bible than Big Ma’s black Bible and married our grandmother to her next-door neighbor in the living room. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Maybe the policeman was coming to put me in jail because I had swom on the Bible that everything I said would be the truth, the whole truth, so help me, God. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The Bible did not mention that Heaven smelled of wood smoke. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z So she put my lunch in a brown paper bag and off I went to Vacation Bible School. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Richard carries Reverend Hunt’s satchel, heavy with his books and Bible and some extra clothes. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z They are not in themselves ‘testimony’, equivalent to words spoken or texts written; but when we find them in the Bible, as it were orchestrated by God, they become the equivalent of testimony. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She rustled through the tissue pages of the Bible until she reached a certain passage and began reading, pronouncing the words aloud with painful concentration. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Is that about the Bible?” asked their dad from behind the wheel. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Finally Deacon McNair said, “Well, you don’t have to tell us a Bible story, Billy. Just recite a verse from the Bible.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But she opened an almanac where the spine broke and in compromise with herself used the same cadences she used for the Bible. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Something pokes out of the Bible—a white envelope. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Yet at the same time, the Bible and other Semitic traditions were full of the ideas of the infinite and the void, ideas that the Muslims already embraced. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He clothes his ideas in the language of the Bible and tops it with the stovepipe hat of Abraham Lincoln. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I said, “Someday Rufus is going to get religion and read enough of the Bible to wonder about those children’s names.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Well, you don’t have anything but a stupid list of stupid books and stupid authors and a stupid Bible verse....” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z We learn stories from the Bible and lessons on how to be better people. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “If Hagar had been a boy, I would have called her Ishmael. In the Bible, people might be slaves for a while, but they didn’t have to stay slaves.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Julian said, “When I watch Jeopardy! with Papa, the Bible is very often a category. I think we need it.” The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z He never let us read anything but the Bible and the Christian Observer on the Sabbath, and once talked Mr. Tuttle into locking up everybody’s Sunday Atlanta papers at the depot till Monday morning. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Western civilization eventually had to make a choice between Aristotle and the Bible, which says that the finite universe sprang forth from the void and prophesies its ultimate destruction. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He had a Bible in his hand, a giant cross formed from nails hanging around his neck. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The nightstand held her Bible and a framed photo of all her children. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The kid who wanted to give me some of his Bible bucks and send cookies to Scrappy. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Telling him he couldn’t read and making fun of him looking at the Bible and how he thought I was gonna leave him after what happened to Mong. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z They grabbed brownies off of paper plates while Howard showed everybody his Bible bucks. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He thought of quoting from the Bible, but changed his mind. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z And they would accept the leaflets he’d hand out, and agree to go to his Bible studies. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z She would make the bed for me and read me to sleep from the Bible. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z The old man liked to come with a soapbox and a Bible and take a stand in the middle of the crowd to preach. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The bailiff thrust a Bible in front of me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The Ethiopian Orthodox Bible is made up of the largest canon of any Bible in print in the modern world. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z And he had kept the letter of his promise: he had fed him and clothed him and taught him the Bible—but the spirit was not there. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Even on Sunday they held a Bible and helped set out doughnuts and coffee after the service. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The old lady had been reading her morning portion of Scripture—the Lesson for the day; her Bible lay open before her, and her spectacles were upon it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z No. He answered his own question aloud, and took from his pocket the heavy pages he had cut from the Bible, all written over with the names of his genealogy. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Allen made sure he had his Bible, as always, in his pocket. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “No, you don’t. Go to the shelf beside the desk and bring me the Bible.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z That Bible under the table, I know she sees it. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, Shady started the service with a reading from the Bible. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Howard was helping Miss Rhonda take the Bible storybooks back inside the church, and Audrey was busy being friends with everybody but me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Some of the Bible stories were interesting in themselves, but we always twisted them, secularized them to the level of our street life, rejecting all meanings that did not fit into our environment. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Pastor Weeks fumbled with the latch on his Bible. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “This association is non-sectarian, being composed of persons of all shadows of religious opinions, and has no official connection with the so-called Woman's Bible or any theological publication,” the resolution read. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z But in the case of the cursing parrot that first long rainy day, Methuselah could not be made to copy the Bible. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We have men sold to build churches, women sold to support the gospel, and babes sold to purchase Bibles for the Poor Heathen! Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z It was he who poetically “fixed” the Bible—-which in itself and its present King James version has enslaved the world. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandma Charity, she called it the Dawson Bible. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Johnny knew he must now step forward, take his oath on the Bible to tell the truth, the whole truth—so help him God. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, the Ryans had decided to take a more old-fashioned route: as old, Joseph pointed out, as the Bible. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Reverend Hughes shouted from the pulpit as the congregation took their seats once again and opened their Bibles. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I like Jesus and all, but I don't care too much for most of the other stuff in the Bible. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z "That's it. Who —" he halted to crouch with one foot on the curb like a country preacher about to pound his Bible—"got . . . the . . . dog," his head snapping with each word like an angry rooster's. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Big Ma had thrown her Bible at a white man wearing a long black coat and a tall black hat. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He prayed a little, remembering his favorite passages in the Bible, and his dry heaves subsided. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bible says turn the other cheek,” Daddy says. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Smith also led the debate on behalf of the Deep South on that other great text, which was not the Bible but the Constitution. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “Come with me. Come to New York. You can sleep on my couch. We’ll find you a job. I’ll hassle you about the Bible and give you guilt trips to make you feel at home.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z To him everything that happened was the will of God, and in his Bible he could always find the answers. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z You have to study more about the Bible before you can make a commitment like that.’ Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z This time they came from the Bible, through which she made desultory progress: gainsay, ravening, hoar. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z And I ain’t done much studying on the Bible, but I believe it do say somewhere in there that all human beings has souls. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He removed the small black Bible from his coat pocket and kissed it unself-consciously before placing it at the rear of the table. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The real obstacle, apart from unquestioning belief in Aristotle, was the even more unquestioning belief in the Bible. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Laura liked best to look at the pictures in the big Bible, with its paper covers. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z On the kitchen table was a thermos, a teacup, the white leatherette Bible, and the car keys. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Gus took me fishing and I even won a few Bible bucks in Sunday school. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The aluminum treatments, the voodoo dolls, UCLA, the psychiatrists, the Bible readings, Mrs. Kelly. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Inexplicably, he sounded put out with the men who brought their adding machines to the Bible convention, and possibly with the Bible itself. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Pastor Tom said that listening to the radio can interfere with Bible reading,” Cari said primly. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He took this time every day to read the Bible. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see Bibles and coloring books thrown all over the place, then they’d get covered by the smoke. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Tateh had no patience, and he’d often stop you in the middle of your verse to scold or slap you if you showed disinterest in the Bible. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Every Easter we had to perform at the New Brown Church, playing our instruments or reciting a story from the Bible for the entire church congregation. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Reverend Hunt said we’d tell them about the Bible,” he says softly. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I’ve been getting ten out of ten on my Bible quizzes and my memory work, but I’m beginning to falter. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z After all, the Bible did say, “God is not mocked,” and the man was God’s representative. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “In the Bible, Jesus only healed the people who asked Him to—and believed He could. If Jesus could heal, can’t God? If we pray and have faith?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Deuteronomy was my favorite book in the Bible. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z All the books were hers except the extra Bibles. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But she’ll have to beg a doctor in our Bible study for a notepad. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Can you tell me a nice name for a girl that’s in the Bible?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z But that was what the Bible said and it didn’t make mistakes. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z At one point she’d decided she needed to get a safe deposit box for her mother’s Bible and hair; later she asked if she needed to copyright Henrietta’s signature so no one would steal it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z She pulled out her Bible to read the 91st Psalm, the one about the Lord being her refuge. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “In the Bible,” he said one day as he was helping elderly Sister Fenella in the lofty kitchen, “you know it says God created the world in six days?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I put the last plate away in the cupboard, put my coins in my pocketbook for the offering, grab my coat and my Bible, and close the door behind us. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Chris lay a calm hand on the Bible and swore to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The Holy Bible is written in swirly gold lettering on black vinyl. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Like, for Skid, that could mean getting her a juice if it gets hot in church or handing her a Bible if she forgets hers. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Yes,” my mother said, “Bible stories are like our stories. But they seem to have meanings which many of us black people can’t understand.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Father was plainly ready to call a halt to this battle of the Bible verses. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I could just see pages of the Bible floating in the air. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “Now you’re misquoting the Bible phrase that became the first Morse code message transmitted in the United States on May twenty-fourth, 1844!” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z And he did not look at her, though he felt her eyes on him; he reached for his Bible and opened it. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Reverend Leon L. Myers — pastor of the Anaheim Christian Church and founder of the local Men’s Bible Club — turned the Ku Klux Klan into one of the most powerful organizations in town. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z One night I had to look at a page from the Bible for three minutes and then report everything I could remember. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Right. Here’s to the Bible,” Leah said, clinking her bottle against mine. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And I couldn’t imagine telling Big Ma her Bible and a book by a Nigerian writer had something in common. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was reading the Bible that had set my mind in such an open frame, ready to believe in any bizarre possibility. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Nine times out of ten, your European name was chosen at random, plucked from the Bible or taken from a Hollywood celebrity or a famous politician in the news. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Maybe not quite fair. How about something from the Bible? You know something from the Bible? I’ve just been reading in Philippians here.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Then he folded the page into a pocket and dropped the heavy Bible on the cigarette case and gold coins, showing the crew the route they must take. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He discredited both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, the very book that had been so much a part of his belief system. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Like God in the Bible, they looked at what they had made and found it very good. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z I thought of the Bible, but in the end decided poetry might be more soothing, so I brought an anthology from my room and read Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “Like the Bible barely makes the cut because Christ is only in the second half,” Lydia said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Mom put her beads on her Bible and Dad wrapped his around his fingers. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Jackson then launched into a sermon on God's will, which he described as patently proslavery, based on several passages in the Bible and the pronouncements of every Christian minister in Georgia. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z One thing boys and girls growing up in Cold Sassy know a lot of is Bible verses. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She forgoes all of the usual motel thrills, like unwrapping the soaps and hunting for the Bible. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z We’d pick out a passage from the Bible and examine it from a literary standpoint. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Sometimes they’d pull out their Bible and say, “This scripture spoke to me and maybe it will help you.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Others bring a small Bible with telephone numbers, penciled in the margins, of their mothers or fathers or other relatives in the United States. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “I am going to Bible study” and “I am going to Fellowship” were the easiest ways for Ifemelu to go out unquestioned during her teenage years. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The first time I came upon a Bible in the bedside table of a hotel room in Canada, I burst into tears. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z As Moore put it, “The Bible says, where your treasure is, that’s where your heart is also.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I started when I was two; it was my nursery school and kindergarten; I learned the alphabet there, from a picture book called The Bible Letter Book. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Howard’s hand shot up every time, but I knew for sure I was never going to win any Bible bucks. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z All he did was reach in right after me and pull out his book, the Bible, and open it up so he could pretend like he was reading just the same as me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Pastor Weeks closed his Bible, and the funeral was over. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z This date had been incorporated into an authorized Bible in 1701, and many people still believed it was a fact. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked into a spartan bedroom with a neatly made bed, a cross-stitch with a Bible verse above the bed, a Bible on the nightstand, and almost nothing else. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Of course, Cabot could barely read the name Lazarus without thinking about his Bible. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z What has changed is the class status of evangelicals— Protestants who emphasize the authority of the Bible, the importance of a “born-again” conversion experience, and spreading the faith. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I mean the Bible says if you tell God you’re sincerely sorry, He puts His arms around you and forgives you. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Viola gave me a used book of Bible stories with dramatic illustrations. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I’ve never actually read that part, so maybe it’s not actually in the Bible. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He read from his Bible and the Ethiopian one as well. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Jenny cut the letter from their copy of Ross Milton’s newspaper and placed it inside the cover of the family Bible. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z When I finally looked up at him I said: “That’s cool, man. About your Bible or whatever.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He couldn’t spend ten or twelve hours a day studying chess and another six to eight hours on Bible studies; and the constant surfacing of impure thoughts and other minor sins was plaguing him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But he wore it out like Big Ma reads her Bible. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z It was Christmas Eve, and they celebrated by reading parts of the Bible, from the Book of Genesis. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a hymnal, they said, but not a Bible on the island. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Jacob says, "I wonder how many Bibles were burned yesterday." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It never mattered that Pop Pop lost his leg in battle or knows the Bible inside and out. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She tasked the oldest students with looking up each reference from the song in the Bible and figuring out who were the “eight who stood at the gate,” then writing about one of them. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z My mom had to get down and explain everything, that she always liked Daniel cause he was in the Bible, and that people couldn’t say Khosrou. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Noah, it wasn’t me. I swear on a stack of Bibles.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z A hand goes on a Bible; an oath gets repeated. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She couldn’t shake the idea that Cofield might send people to her house to steal her mother’s Bible or the lock of hair she kept tucked inside it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z There's a big old TV with a doily on the top, and an empty goldfish bowl, and piles of newspapers tied up neat with string, and a Bible on this little table by the TV. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z “We all know that the existence of God is a matter of speculation. The Bible is nothing but a collection of stories by whites.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Edna was glad to be rid of her father when he finally took himself off with his wedding garments and his bridal gifts, with his padded shoulders, his Bible reading, his “toddies” and ponderous oaths. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z He opened the Bible again and pointed it out to Lyra. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The victims, all African Americans, had welcomed an unemployed twenty-one-year-old white man—a stranger to them all—into their Bible study group. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He begged all assembled to believe the Bible as God’s holy word, as the truth about creation, not Charles Darwin. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Now repenting of their wickedness, the Bible explains, the tribes resolved to “go to a distant land never yet inhabited by man, and there at last to be obedient to their laws.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I wanna stop him ’fore he gets too deep into the Bible. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z The Bible has been a comfort, and one of the younger girls has even started a school for the little ones. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z We usually went to my grandmother’s church, an old-school Methodist congregation, five hundred African grannies in blue-and-white blouses, clutching their Bibles and patiently burning in the hot African sun. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I am born of a man who believed he could tell nothing but the truth, while he set down for all time the Poisonwood Bible. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a vision of herself trapped forever in the dusty brown parlor reading the Bible to Trotter and Mr. Randolph. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Not my clothes, there wasn’t time, and not the Bible—it didn’t seem worth saving at that moment, so help me God. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nope. I want something biblical, like my sister’s name, Deborah. She was a judge. The only woman judge in the Bible. I like her. I like that.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z She went into the bedroom and came back with a small Bible, worn and scuffed, its cover held on by brown paper and glue. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z One of his favorite passages in the Bible is Matthew 25:35. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Without a Bible handy, I could only make a rough guess at their identity. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Unruffled by Herbert Jemson’s breach of allegiance, because he had not heard it, Mr. Stone rose and walked to the pulpit with Bible in hand. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z In the starlight, he sees a man on his knees, bending over his Bible, praying. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He wrote Bible verses on anything he could find—small slips of paper, the back of train schedules, pay stubs. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s been years since I found her note in the Bible, and who knows how many years earlier that Matilde had written it there. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hand where it lay atop the Bible was graceful, and the planes of her face were smooth. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Apologizing, he whispered a Bible verse, and we sat quietly listening to Grandma India say the special prayer. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And they all sat on the floor together and looked at the pictures in the Bible, and the pictures of all kinds of animals and birds in Pa’s big green book. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is there anyplace in the Bible that justifies it—even by a stretch of the imagination, Father?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When he walks alongside his grandmother, he hides his Bible under his shirt so no one will know they are headed to church. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “You know that small table where we keep the family Bible, nne? Your father broke it on my belly.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She seemed to have finished her daily Bible reading, for the Good Book, still open, was pushed to one side. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z While I clear the breakfast dishes, Uhmma takes her Bible down from a shelf and opens it to a certain page. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z In the Bible, Joseph is cast out by his brothers and sold into slavery and then rises to become the pharaoh’s right-hand man on the strength of his own brilliance and insight. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I took the Bible, pencil, paper, and a rhyming dictionary and tried to write verses for hymns. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t tell her that I’d learned to read and write by reading only the Bible, the Book of Mormon, and speeches by Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I sat in the front pew, where the light is best, and read the Bible for half an hour, and I prayed for Mr. Loomis. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Except the Bible; I picked it up and sat back on the bed, allowing its blood-red-edged pages to ripple beneath my thumb. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Charles, he had stopped believing in the literalness of the Bible. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bible say honor thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long upon die land thy God giveth thee.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z To give me a new project as well, Father asked Mr. Kleiman for a children’s Bible so I could finally learn something about the New Testament. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He started with his cousin Jim, who listened good-naturedly while Dad waved his Bible and explained the sinfulness of milk. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z As we was fixing to leave, the cap’n went back and took the Bible off the shelf. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z There was a Bible on the nightstand, the same kind that Pastor Tom had given to Beto last week after his baptism. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “If they believe it in the Bible,” Fernanda replied, “I don’t see why they shouldn’t believe it from me.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Plus, even though the Bible supposedly says that all atheists will go to Hell, I don’t believe it. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z As the Bible said, “For dust you are and to dust you will return.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I couldn’t decide on any move, so I recited a few Bible verses, and went home. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z After a while Joe took a pocket Bible from the green serge army shirt he wore and began reading the Psalms to himself. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As Job from the Bible was tested and lost everything, Theo will be tested. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Pastor Johnson, in a suit, but this time, instead of a Bible, he held a sign up that said, rashad is absent again today, but GOD is never absent. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A preacher stepped out of the crowd and approached Hickey, a Bible in his hand. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He gazes back at me over the lip of his Bible, open in his hands once more. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z According to Charity, a colored preacher that had learned his schooling up north came through and gave her that Bible. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He slammed the Bible shut and knocked it off the nightstand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z After that she had plunged headlong into the only other reading matter available, Hannah’s tattered Bible. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She had read the entire Bible many times. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z It’s Golan, holding a Bible, dressed in robes. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I don’t know, maybe it’s in the costume notes of the Bible or something. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z In the Bible, and in Shakespeare's vocabulary, they are in the proportion of ninety per cent. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z Sima—who was such a fierce Muslim that she marched for the Revolution, who studied the Quran the way very few people do—read the Bible and knew in her heart that it was true. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z That evening Dr. Bentley said, “Here you are; a grammar, a dictionary and—by the way, do you know your Bible well?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘There’s a time for the casting of silver and a time for the casting of cannon. If that’s not in the Bible, it should be.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Moral was Amelia’s territory of faithful attendance at Sabbath worship and prayer meeting and Bible study, and she couldn’t ask for consideration on those counts. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z But he got up and, taking the Bible from the bedside table, pulled his chair in close to the candle. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For others, it means getting up in your ear about God, the Bible. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He kept his army Bible close, and read it every day. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I learned the entire second grade in advance just by listening to Annie— she was a year older than me—and by hearing Mama Sweetie read from her Bible and her Webster’s dictionary. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z The book on the bedside table is a Bible. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Finally, Mama gave in, but she told Daddy they had to spell my name the Bible way. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I couldn’t get over all the stuff he knew about the Bible. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I chose a Sunday evening, when Dad was resting on the couch, his Bible propped open in his lap. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And I ain't going to read to him out of no Bibles and I ain't going to take him to hear no preaching. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He picked up his Bible and his eyes twitched as they jumped from line to line. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “So he took his Bible studies,” his father interrupted, to his wife’s annoyance, “and got baptized at nine years old.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z While he sat, waiting, he saw that Deborah had found a seat in the very front of the congregation, just below the pulpit, and sat with her Bible folded on her lap. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I thought Jews were something that was in the Bible. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It was from the Bible, or so they said. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He took his knife from his pocket and cut the pages from the family Bible. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, if I wanted some Bible guidance that was another matter entirely. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I was surprised the quote engraved on that thick marble slab was from one William Wordsworth and not the Bible. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z In my father’s science fiction book, the one that caused such a tremendous stir, all the aliens who’d come here through Lazarus Doors took the names of angels from the Bible and from the Koran. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “What Bible? Not the Greek Bible. Go ask somebody else what’s on that test.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I put my right hand on the Bible and held my left hand up. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Passage by passage, Stanton scrutinized and reinterpreted every part of the Bible that referred to women. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I knew what Ruth was getting at, though; she wanted me to hang around with the kids who carried their Bibles class to class. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z “I often visit her hair in the Bible,” Deborah said into the camera. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He enjoys his responsibilities: Bible readings, teaching the word of Jesus, visiting the sick. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z And a tough, strutty little man said, “I believe in capital punishment. It’s like the Bible says—an eye for an eye. And even so were two pair short!” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z But he’s also overly generous with Bible quotes, sometimes whole letters of just Bible quotes, which are of no interest to Theo. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He was lying on the crimson sofa, a Bible resting on his stomach, while Kami and Richard played hymns on the piano. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He put the Bible in the old man's hands. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day after Bible school, Wishbone and I were sitting out front while Gus worked in the garden. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Every month there was a different Bible picture in beautiful colors. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A hand goes on a Bible; an oath gets repeated. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The first tale I heard about him when I arrived at the Great Place was that the reverend had chased away a dangerous ghost with only a Bible and a lantern as weapons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Corporal Whitcomb’s mud-caked shoes were on the chaplain’s blanket, and he was eating one of the chaplain’s candy bars as he thumbed with a sneering expression through one of the chaplain’s Bibles. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She sat in the living room with her big Bible in her lap. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I kept the book like a Gideons' Bible on top of my locker and, as far as I know, its true purpose was never discovered. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Bassam weighed whatever you wanted on an antique scale that looked as if it came straight from the Bible. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I wrote what you told me to in the Bible and it looks fine. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z They must sit quietly and listen while Ma read Bible stories to them, or stories about lions and tigers and white bears from Pa’s big green book, The Wonders of the Animal World. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I started to remind him that Scrappy is in a correctional facility, not a jail, but he and Jackie had already moved on to talking about that Bible Detective game at Sunday school. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He had cooperated as a young father with the blind selection of names from the Bible for every child other than the first male. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z On the way home, me and Howard taught Gus and Bertha some of our Bible school songs, and then the best thing happened. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z They don’t like the way he seems, worrying to Theo that Vincent is “exaggerated and overwrought, quoting at random from the Bible....It is a bitter, bitter shame.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She went to a public library and asked the librarian how she could get a Shakespeare and a Bible for keeps. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The Extreme Teen Bible had a black cover with hot-blue writing and these laser-type neon bolts everywhere, symbolizing what, I don’t know. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z She stared at it, then pulled out the King James Bible, and there—a purple bottle of Maui Wowie wine cooler. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I spent more time alone pondering my life, reading my New World Encyclopedia, my dictionary, and my Bible. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It looked like a Bible, but it was too skinny. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Over the coming years, I taught Sunday school and helped plan the church’s summer vacation Bible school. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z As if to express his gratitude, the prisoner showed White a Bible, then began to lightly rub a mixture of iodine and water over its blank fly page. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I checked his bedroom one more time, and then I went out and closed the door, left the house and walked to the church, taking the Bible with me. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “Hit feels like thet now, Love. Hit must be what the Bible means by ‘Peace, be still,’ or ‘Be still and know thet I am God.’ Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Same with these. They all send us into the Religion section to find that Bible verse.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z In the Bible, though, there's a river in Eden. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And it ain’t got nothing as bad a rep-a-tation as a snake; it don’t get nowhere near the ’mount of talking ’bout in the Bible that snakes do. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I know the Bible doesn’t say anything about girls liking girls, but what if I do like them? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Audrey Mitchell pointed to my hand as we played Bible bingo in the fellowship hall. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z She picked up her Bible from the end table and sat back down. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z She looked down at a piece of paper on top of her Bible. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z And my favorite targets were the Bible and God. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She had to bind his hands in clean rags before he could even pick up a fork, or the Bible. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Remembering how she got the name that was folded in her ear, when the nine days’ waiting was done she asked one of the women for a Bible. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z His Bible and the packages were the only time he had any feelings other than meanness and a desire for revenge. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Big Ma thought Bible school was “working on” Fern and that Fern had caught the spirit. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “I swear on the Bible I won’t tell nobody. Not Billy Jean, not Joyce Ann, not Momma—” She was jerking her head back and forth in solemn emphasis. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z He made her swear on the Bible never to tell and never to follow, but still he lay awake a long time. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z “I think it’s a nice Bible name,” I said primly. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I threw it away as soon as I tore it open and read it” Corporal Whitcomb slammed the Bible shut and jumped up. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z At first I was threatened with not being allowed to go to Bible school, which I loved, but eventually an arrangement was worked out. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Let the Bible, my grandmother says, become your sword and your shield. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I will knock without relenting, for the Bible says that the door shall not remain closed to those who persevere. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Even if he was dumb as hell and couldn’t read a word and put all his simpleminded belief in a stupid thing like the Bible and called me an ignorant name like Mexico... We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Every time they met, each man swore upon the Bible that these meetings be kept secret. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z On his desk, he kept a Bible, some folded paper crafts, and a television he had purchased with money he’d earned at Free Venture. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z All quotations were either from the Bible or Shakespeare. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Rondell closed his Bible up slowly, keeping a finger on the page he was at. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z At other times, he’d hear late-night preachers, often of a fundamentalist bent, giving sermons and talks, usually about the meaning and interpretation of the Bible. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Rondell flipped open his Bible and pretended to read—though, as we all know by now, that was a straight lie. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z It made Ophie feel that maybe some of those Bible words were actually true, even if she didn’t entirely believe they were meant for her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z One centerpiece of kabbalistic thought is gematria—the search for coded messages within the text of the Bible. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “You created the Gutenberg Bibles on your printing press!” gushed Sierra. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Mrs. Malloy turns to me and says, “Yes, there will be praying, Betty. But hard work is equally important. Bible says, ‘Faith without works is dead.’” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Why is the first story in the Bible about Adam and Eve and the second story about Cain and Abel?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He would not believe that the Jesus Bible, with its absolutely prodigious abundance of words, gave no specific instructions to mothers of newborn twins. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes they were just two or three Bible verses he had copied. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I did not pretend to have any real service, of course, but I would sit and read something from the Bible. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He was Abel, the good brother, the good son, a name straight out of the Bible. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He has trouble believing in any miracles, even the ones in the Bible. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Those cells are Henrietta,” he said, taking back the Bible and opening it to the book of John. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Finally, he flipped the Bible open and laid a finger down at random. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “This is about power. The color green has power. Yes, Church. Money has power. The Bible says, ‘Where your heart is, there will your treasure be.’ Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “The Bible I got has an index,” he said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I carry my little white baptism Bible around the house, to make it more believable. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z While thumbing toward the Bible section, I came across a list of phobias arranged into various classifications. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Pastor Tom thumped a hairy hand against his Bible. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z When ail the vacation Bible schools ended, I would watch Mama Lessie sew at her old sewing machine. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know which of us had read the Bible more, he or I, but I had to give him credit; he really was heavy on his religion. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “I did hear it. I swear. I’ll swear it on a stack of Bibles.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I keep thinking about how heavy his hand was on that Bible. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z In 1823 when the Old Testament appeared with the verse “And Rebekah arose with her camels”—instead of damsels—it was known as the Camel’s Bible. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If I did have a Bible I would have been down on my knees and reading it with an angelic look on my face. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z "Just come stomping in and jerk your life up by the roots! But this here's the last straw. They ain't going to bother with my Bible!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She hardly ever went to worship, and Lord knew when she read, it wasn’t just the Bible. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z People crowded close among snowcapped stones while a priest with chattering teeth held his Bible and tried to speak. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Daddy had invited a colored pastor to come talk to his Bible study group at church. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But his grammar was worse than Trotter’s, and, to Gilly’s disgust, he’d stumble over words of more than one syllable whenever he read the Bible. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z I nodded, and Gary closed the Bible in my hands. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I like almost anybody in the Bible better than the Disciples. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z It makes me wonder about the Bible, though. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I realized that the Bible had been written by white men. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Beto stood between the dash and the gearshift holding a small black Bible. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She would read questions from her Bible Detective cards and whenever you answered one right, you got a Bible buck. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He kissed the Bible slowly when he was done. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z —All newcomers should memorize, as soon as possible, several special hymns, the Lord’s prayer and several passages from the Bible, to be sung and recited during morning assembly and at dismissal in the afternoon. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I carefully folded it and placed it in the drawer with my Bible. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Those were some members of my Bible class. We read the scriptures together, and so they came today to read with me.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z And in a real departure: give away all your books except the Bible. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Could I take the Bible along?” he asked. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Mom cooks and goes to Bible study and watches those home remodeling shows. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “You will see a book, a Bible. Bring it to me.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z So Naomi put the gun in the same category that held Henry’s Bible: things he owned but didn’t use anymore. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She never studied the Bible or inspected it; she just read it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I was wary of this conversation but curious to know how well he’d learned the teachings of the Bible. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z No, even the Bible said that Isaac had favored Esau. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The old codger was sitting on a box with his Bible on his knees. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Toting the desk into the parlor, I saw that Miss Love had laid the big Toy family Bible on Granny’s loveseat. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The Bible is kept locked up, the way people once kept tea locked up, so the servants wouldn’t steal it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z That reminds me: in this sparse room, is it possible that the Gideons have placed a Bible? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z She walked back to the beach and put the Bible down. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I closed the Bible, let it slide off the mattress and thunk on the floor. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z He thought Pilate’s only acquaintance with the Bible was the getting of names out of it, but she quoted it, apparently, verse and chapter. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know that apple Adam ate in the Garden of Eden, referred to in the Bible?” he asked. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I know, Mate and I drew up the list ourselves in the pretty script we’d been taught by the nuns for writing out Bible passages. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad believed in Sunday school, though, because he thought everyone should have some knowledge of the Bible. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z While trying not to think, I spent twenty minutes on this fascinating question: if you could have one miracle from the Bible happen to you, what would it be? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He bristled at the hours wasted in Bible study, chapel, and military drill. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Everyone thinks it’s in the Bible but it’s really not. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z When momma had me grab the Bible after dessert to read a few passages to the neighbors, the major's simmering temper exploded. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Certain numbers were holy or evil, according to the kabbalists—and they looked through the Bible for these numbers and for hidden messages found by scanning through it in various ways. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She always carried a Bible with her and never talked bad about anybody and at school she only hung around with her Pentecostal friend, Lucy. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z British officers would not allow him a Bible or a visit from a clergyman. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z "He wins the kingdom by flattery, just as the Bible warns us," he says, clicking off the radio. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Alvarez would say later that he was inspired by the pleasing thought of undermining “the infallibility of Bethe’s Bible.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They had stopped reading the Bible and Shakespeare since Neeley started high school. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor could they ignore the old ladies’ practical advice to improve their English through Bible study class on Wednesday nights and, later, through choir practice on Saturday mornings. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Summers were lonely, though, with only Sunday school and vacation Bible school to attend and not a lot of friends around otherwise. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z This day she was sitting behind the counter reading a Bible in a tube of sunlight. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z As far as I am concerned you can chalk that one right up with malaria pills and Bibles for a tedulous topic, but Mother and Father seemed to take it as a shock. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In other words, Stanton argued, the Bible says that woman is not subordinate to man, but equal in every way. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z As she talked of the church, I thought of your grandfather, the one you know, and how his first intellectual adventures were found in the recitation of Bible passages. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She read the Bible and prayed every day, always joining Mr. Randolph’s grace over the food. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z It’s a still life with an open Bible, a novel, and some extinguished candles. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z That’s where he held meetings, Bible study, coffee hour after church on Sundays, and catechisms when the church was too cold in the winter. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Ruth joined the choir, and then the women’s Bible study. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z A man in shirtsleeves tells us what a marvelous book the Bible is and bemoans the fact that people buy so many inferior books when you really need just the one. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z No, she reads Endurance the way a person might read the Bible—in small passages, repeated again and again, to help her stay grounded. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Here’s what happened: Mom and Dad were supposed to be at a planning meeting for Vacation Bible School tonight, but it got out early. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z His father, William Dean, was a tall, handsome, and opinionated man who had little use for formal education aside from reading the Bible, and even less use for women. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z On the nightstand, Henry’s Bible was still open to Psalm 77. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z If you look an angry black momma in her eyes, there’s a chance you will turn into a pillar of salt on the spot, like ol’ girl in the Bible. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Mother pulled our old resolutions out of the Bible and read them aloud to much laughter and then burned them in the fireplace. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z ‘This is not just a superstition or a myth,” he said, and then cited evidence from astronomers that at that time in history there was a comet that followed the path outlined in the Bible. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Some people,’ I said, ‘say the Bible flood was real. And that it could be coming again.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like being interviewed by St. Paul or somebody out of the Bible. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He’d stand on the pulpit, handkerchief in hand, wrestling with the Bible verses like a man possessed. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Here in Oklahoma, where Ray is the star of nightmares and the international Bible study, there is a Persian man who owns a rug store in the rich part of Tulsa. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Even Reverend Hunt’s Bible is lost in the blaze. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z There were Bibles in the dresser drawers, put there by some charitable society, though probably no one read them very much. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z For instance, why did printing spread explosively in medieval Europe after Gutenberg printed his Bible in A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He went back to looking at his Bible. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z After the candles were lit, Rachel and the two girls picked up skeins of yarn and began to knit as Matthew drew the great Bible toward him across the table. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She dusted the wooden-backed chairs, the table tops, the windowsills, the one bookcase which held a Bible and two rows of photograph albums. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Wallace Muhammad helped me to review the Quran and the Bible for documentation. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z This is what drove Maimonides, the twelfth-century rabbi, to write a tome to reconcile the Semitic, Eastern Bible with the Greek, Western philosophy that permeated Europe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z They were, of course, just same as Granny’s death was still in the Toy Bible. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He was flipping through his Bible, the Catholic version with the deuterocanonical books, bound in shiny black leather. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “They give her Bible to Mr. Billy,” Granny would say. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Would I be getting the Bible lecture or the Letting-Down-My-Ancestors lecture? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z And then they might eat, and then his father would lead them in prayer, and then he would give them a Bible lesson. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Waking up with his Bible beside him, Cabot stuck a finger into his left eye to adjust his contact, stood up, and then knelt down on the floor, placing his elbows onto the bed. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The same old books set on Miss Leefolt’s night- stand: Frances Bentons Etiquette, Peyton Place, that old dusty Bible she keep by the bed for show. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The sugar workers listened and understood: Smith was speaking not about the Bible, but about the present. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z They left stuffed animals, notes, ribbons, pieces of clothing, books, flowers, Bibles, flattened pennies, poems, photographs, jewelry, tiny trinkets. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z In her bedroom, Emily Brent, dressed in black silk ready for dinner, was reading her Bible. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z It is the Bible and the tradition of the Church which provides the textual testimony; the circumstances contextualize the testimony and accompany it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He pointed out that in the Bible, rich believers helped support the apostles, just as donors to the Christian Union are investing strategically in the Ivy League today. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Then Hamlet instructed the priest, taking his Bible and showing him which passages to read. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z God is love and the Bible is truth—everything else was up for debate. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “If she chases me any harder, she and I will wind up playing a scene from that Bible she reads. The scene between Potiphar’s wife and Joseph.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The small key that fitted all the glass cases was kept inside a Bible on one of the lower shelves. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z But Father says what the Bible says: The meek shall inherit. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I would come directly home from Bible school and spend two hours working on math problems with Frank. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I have memorized the names of all the books of the Bible, in order, and the Ten Commandments and the Lord’s Prayer, and most of the Beatitudes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “I went to Vacation Bible School every summer when I was a girl,” she said. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Didn’t the Bible say that God created man in His own divine image? The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Yes, the Bible was not written in English, but the Bible came to South Africa in English so to us it’s in English. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z There would be Bible revivals and visiting preachers and good food. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She was always telling me stories, giving me lessons, Bible lessons especially. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z "Grim thinks it will do me good. Plus he's really worried he'll get off again, or fool the jury by quoting from the Bible." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z They had been at this reading for six years and were halfway through the Bible and up to Macbeth in Shakespeare’s Complete Works. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Just then one of the men came down the steps with an armful of articles, and I saw the old woman reach up, yelling, "Take your hands off my Bible!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Unpacks her dresses in the small empty bedroom downstairs, puts her Bible, Watchtowers and Awakes, a picture of Daddy on the little brown bookshelf. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z The Bible was out of reach in the house. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Well, Shakespeare’s language and the Bible’s language are one and the same. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z That night, after the page from the Bible and the page from Shakespeare had been read, Francie consulted Mama. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Bulkeley picked up the Great Bible from the table and turned the pages thoughtfully. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z And now, after this last death, he writes Theo a letter filled with quotes from the Bible. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Other lucky children might merely be thrashed for their sins, but we Price girls are castigated with the Holy Bible. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Johnny picked up a heavy Bible, hoping that this, too, would prove to be a box. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z As the Jews pitted their Western sensibilities against their Eastern Bible, the same battle was under way in the Christian world. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The suitcase also holds a Bible that belonged to Chris when he was a child, even though, she allows, “I haven’t prayed since we lost him.” Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But when I look back at the children, I can tell they're not thinking of Bibles burning. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I became a member of the Students Christian Association and taught Bible classes on Sundays in neighboring villages. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A warm wind came from over the vacant sea and blew the dust into their faces as the captain turned the Bible pages. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z At the entrance to the same field, a chaplain and his clerk were dousing cases of prayer books and Bibles with petrol. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z William thought about the texts that he and I had read together—the great Rashi, who had shown our bishops the errors in our translations of the Hebrew Bible. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He was wearing his suit and had his Bible in his hand, but there he stood, saying he had to stay home. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She dipped a pen in ink and carried it and the Bible to her father. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know you don’t realize the enormity, the horrors, of the so-called Christian white man’s crime. . . . “Not even in the Bible is there such a crime! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z When asked to swear in her vote, Anthony willingly placed her hand on the Bible and swore that she was, in fact, able to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I act like I’m dusting, but what I really be doing is checking to see if that First Presbyterian Bible bookmark’s moved any deeper in the pages. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Two weeks after the party, Stanton published The Woman’s Bible, a controversial book that challenged the way women were depicted in the Bible. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “You’re talking about arithmetic, Sonny,” he said, and tapped the Bible. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Wishbone stuck his head out the window, his ears flapping like crazy in the wind, while me and Howard sang Bible school songs. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He would eat hot meals, stand for long minutes in a shower, read his Bible, and wait for mail call. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z It sounds crazy, but I still found it hard to believe she was gone, and half expected that her death wasn’t really written down in the Bible. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It stared upward from his Bible: there was no word in all that holy book which did not make him tremble. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I was glad when Bible school was over and all I had to do was play cards on Howard’s porch or take Wishbone down to the creek. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z "I like the Bible. As literature, as history, I'm comfortable with it as a category." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z His hands were thick and leathery—the hands of a man who’d been hard at work all his life—and they grasped the Bible firmly. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A man in an elegant red cardinal's robe and a high lace collar stood resting against an enormous Bible and now began to lead a hard-driving hymn which the congregation shouted in the unknown tongue. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She held in her hand the white Bible. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to talk about it some more with him, but he just kept tapping the Bible. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” I continued, “we could look at his Bible. That’s pretty.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z This time I remembered to take the Bible with me, and also to say a prayer. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z If it’s true what the Bible says—that lusting in your heart after another man’s wife is the same as if you actually did what you’re thinking about—then I was guiltier than Mr. McAllister. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She don’t take to so much Bible study and don’t like me having visitors, even if they good Christians.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “People shouldn’t place all their hopes on these rubs and things. Maybe if they read about King Solomon in the Bible instead of using that oil with his name, they’d be better off.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They used to call it the New Tenements, but now everybody mostly calls it the New Testaments, which Gram told me has nothing to do with the Bible. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z She gave Bible recitations as a child and told me the story of her recruitment into this business. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She shook her head a solemn no, “I know I swore on the Bible not to follow you, but I woke up this morning and you was gone.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z She was like Baby Moses in the Bible stories they read to us at the Baptist Literary Glass. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Nora and I both say “Adam and Eve.” it's a little surprising, considering we're probably the only family in the South without a Bible. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The Corner was a creepy car lot/gun shop with a small blinking sign on wheels that displayed a different Bible verse each month. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Valuable objects, precious rugs, silver candlesticks, Bibles and other ritual objects were strewn over the dusty grounds—pitiful relics that seemed never to have had a home. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z When you got enough Bible bucks, you could cash them in for a prize. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “And you found a verse in his journal that led you to an ancient Bible in the school’s library.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z While Cora twisted in her delirium, Ethel read from the Bible to speed her recuperation. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Okay, so maybe that will be the good part about Vacation Bible School. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Before they went to bed, Francie and Neeley had to read a page of the Bible and a page from Shakespeare. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z William’s voice could now be heard throughout the monastery: “Just as peasants can be popes and Jews can teach us the Bible and women can be disciples of Jesus, Muslims can save your very life!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z After that, Mrs. Mackey told us we were going to play a game called Bible Detective. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The Woman's Bible enraged just about everyone concerned with religion. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The Bible has much to teach, yet professors must use it judiciously, supplementing it with other sources, when they teach ancient Middle Eastern history. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Reading the Bible was not exactly a popular activity at our house, right, Charlie?” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z But right that minute, Bodega slid open a drawer and pulled out a Ziploc bag the size of a Bible and said the magic words that kept me there that night. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I feel like I’m ten again, standing in the basement of Christ Temple Church, having my first kiss with him at Vacation Bible School. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I find the Liars clustered in Mirren’s bedroom, all looking at the Bible. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The Academy had taught us about rules the way a fundamentalist teaches the Bible in church, taking literally the injunctions about moneylenders and Armageddon and wives who existed to serve husbands. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Bible was no more to be trusted than any other religions holy book. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The corporal reached into Weary’s gaping bosom as though he meant to tear out his pounding heart, but he brought out Weary’s bulletproof Bible instead. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I believe in anger. The Bible says there is a time for anger.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Still reading from ancient texts, secret writings, and the Bible his mother had given him at age fourteen, Cabot had taken his curiosity to obsession. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z A preacher stepped up and read something out of his Bible, and I stood looking at the crowd with a sense of failure. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not believe that every part of the Bible was literally true either. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But I would always end the evening with a Bible passage. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And it wasn’t until our Bible study class recited “The Lord is My Shepherd” that I heard my mother’s voice. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Great uncles were being resurrected from the family Bible and studied carefully. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought about Captain FitzRoy, who had married a religious woman and was now a Bible literalist—he thought every word in the Bible was true. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Other donors to the Christian Union are members of local elites across the Bible Belt. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I am overjoyed the publisher will be Doubleday, since they also published Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, the second most read book in the world—topped only by the Bible. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z That’s where little Franny quits the Bible cold and goes straight to Buddha, who doesn’t discriminate against all those nice fowls of the air. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z She read a page of the introduction to Shakespeare and a page of begats from the Bible. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And that’s how Mr. Abbas agreed to pay my sister five dollars for every mug rug she gave him at the next Bible study, which was after the summer. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Exodus is the second book of the Bible. Twenty and fifteen are the chapter and verse.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Turner had cleared away the round study table in the library and left only his father’s Bible, the Aeneid, and The Origin of Species on it, along with the lamp. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The little store-front church was only half filled when they walked in, but Reverend Price was already behind the lectern, thumbing through his Bible. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, it isn’t in the Bible,” he admits. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Quotes from the Bible and religious precepts have been creeping into his letters to Theo. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Emma was not asking Charles to believe in everything as it was written in the Bible. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Except it all kind of devolved into this sinkhole of gossip and bad poetry and misspelled Bible quotes. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “Some people read the Bible and fall asleep,” says Padre Leo. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The man taught both the Quran and the Bible, and his students included Elijah Poole. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Do you believe in the words of the Bible, madam?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Or wear her tight skirts while carrying her Bible. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Miss Maggie, the best healer on the Elizabeths, the one who always told me the truth, said, “No, Em afraid not. Though the Bible says Jesus cured lepers.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Next to a giant red cross was a small wooden table and on it were a folded Confederate flag, a Bible, a glass bottle, and an unsheathed sword. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Though we stood in Denmark’s woods, there floated as on abreeze the imagined scents of the distant Bible lands: myrrh and aloe and henna and cinnamon. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Underneath is a collection of Wordsworth poems, a Bible, and a book of plays by Oscar Wilde. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Mr. Odom blushed a little at that, and Mrs. Odom jumped in real quick to tell us about Howard being the Bible Detective champion at church. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He sat facing the door and the windows, a book in his hands, a Bible I presumed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Mommy looked forward to this day with anticipation, while my siblings and I dreaded it like the plague, always waiting till the morning of the event before memorizing the Bible story we would recite. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When he took his Bible in hand and stood up in front of God and all Malaga Island to preach, he’d be straight up, his eyes opened wide and glinting like mica. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “Bible say what so e’er the Lord hath brought together, let no man put asunder— Matthew Twenty-one: Two. We was bony fide and legal wed, suh,” she pleaded. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The family Bible and a huge dictionary with its own magnifying glass lay side by side next to a red plush album full of cramped formal portraits of my ancestors. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z But he wasn’t, he was in the other room a-reading in his Bible. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We’re not old-school Catholics who live by the Bible and conveniently ignore all the verses that contradict the hate coming out of their mouths. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I had a single bed, a dresser with an attached mirror, and a small closet, but I didn’t have a Bible. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z As a boy he taught himself to read parts of the Bible in Hebrew, and before we came to Africa he made us all sit down and study French, for the furtherance of our mission. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The Bible again: the one people whom Jesus could not help were the Pharisees; they didn’t feel they needed any help. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The Christians, cowed by the power of Greek philosophy, chose Aristotle over their Bible. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z One woman had left her Bible on her seat, and she picked it up and began reading it, her lips moving silently. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z If the Bible were a somewhat contradictory source when it came to the question of slavery, the Declaration of Independence, the secular version of American scripture, was an unambiguous tract for abolition. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She had never dared to mention books in this household, where there was no book at all except the Holy Bible. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She would welcome even the Bible reading at this moment. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Two days later, I tell Mother I’m going to pick up a new copy of the King James Bible since I’ve worn mine so thin and all. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She did not gossip with the other women—she had nothing, indeed, to gossip about—but kept her communication to yea and nay, and read her Bible, and prayed. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I like the sermons, when the priest tells a story about how the Bible relates to life. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It was like the Bible studies in Oklahoma. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He sat on our mustard-colored sofa, a large Bible open in his lap. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He slid open his nightstand drawer and put the Bible back, slid it closed. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He liked studying the Bible, particularly the story of Job. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Yes, last time. When we had to go and see that dreary man with the Bibles.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “With them big eyes he ought to see everything in the Bible.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Back when I was in the second grade, Miss Henry used to take me to different classrooms and have me read stuff out of the Bible or the newspaper in front of other kids. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When I’d asked about all the rock fences weaving drunkenly along others’ fields, Perilee had provided an answer straight from the Bible. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Where exactly do you plan on buying this new Bible?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He finished out his year in Vietnam in turmoil, relying on his Bible and his faith in God, just hoping to survive. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The Bible told of the creation from the void, while the Greek doctrine rejected the possibility. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In the Sin-On Bible, John 5:14 exhorted the believers not to “sin no more,” but to “sin on more!” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s no place for getting a good name like the Bible.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I liked ciphering all right, but I didn’t care much for spelling and studying the Bible and memorizing psalms. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Each time someone was born or died, we had the preacher put it inside the Bible. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother Marie said that Elijah spent hours poring through the Bible, with tears shining in his eyes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Just like Saint Augustine 800 years earlier, Maimonides tried to reshape the Semitic Bible to fit into Greek doctrine: doctrine that had an unreasonable fear of the void. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But later, after my mother lost her faith in God, that leatherette Bible wound up wedged under a too-short table leg, a way for her to correct the imbalances of life. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z My grandmother keeps her Bible on a shelf beside her bed. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z He had brought his Bible with him and waved it around furiously, trying to get attention. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There were prayers at sunup and sundown, at the breakfast table and dinner table, followed by a Bible verse from each member of the family. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And there was her granddaddy, sitting by the front door, a Bible in his hand. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I gave him one and put his Bible on the table and told him not to roll back to the field until after two in the morning. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Stories about Yesu. From the Bible. Once, Yesu had just five loaves of bread and two fishes, and he turned it into enough food to feed a whole crowd.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She took up her Bible and went to sit by the window. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “Are you planning to give Anne a Bible for Hanukkah?” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Daddy brought along his Bible, so we read Proverbs 3:5 along with the deacon’s scripture reading: Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z He put the Bible in a drawer and then pulled Jaja and me to his side, gently rubbed the sides of our arms. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I lift the table and slide the Bible out. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z In July, Queen Alexandra made a royal tour of inspection of Endurance at the dock in London and presented Shackleton and his crew with an inscribed Bible. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The priests were dismayed to learn the Kongo already had their own Bible. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He would have been perfectly capable of swearing on the Bible that none of these initiatives came from him. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z After a really rigid dinner, Mr. Miller had read a passage from the Bible then tried to get a discussion going. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I took Mother’s Bible and prayed for God to spare my brother. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He opened a Bible and tore a page from the back. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The Bible, while a little harder to come by, was cheaper in the long run. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Many Dinka families give their children a name from the Bible when they are baptized, and that is how I became John at age four or five. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Chipper had, after all, eaten the family Bible the winter before, chewed right through it from Genesis to Revelation, shredding generations of inscribed Hickams in the process. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Their names are like names in a footnote, or names written in spidery brown ink in the fronts of Bibles. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z There was something about the small, worn-down book that reminded me of Big Ma’s Bible. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z It was lined with crimson plush, and nestled in that passionate plush were an anodized aluminum cross and a Bible. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z All afternoon, while we read Bible stories out loud and watched Miss Rhonda’s teenage son do magic tricks, I thought about that note in my pocket. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The most respected authority of all, the Christian God in the Bible, sanctioned slavery in several passages from the Old Testament. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “And she brought her own Bible. It was nicer than mine. Should I steal hers so I can offer mine?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Mom knew the Bible pretty much by heart, and she was quite capable of using it on Dad like a club. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I took my Bible from our little crate bookcase, and bringing it over to the light, looked up the passage Grandma had cited. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She had no idea, for instance, that the Qur’an was filled with the same people as the Bible—Moses, Mary, Abraham, Pharaoh, even Jesus. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Bobby tried to live and practice his beliefs; he felt truly born again, and he was applying the same sense of discipline and reverence to the Bible that he had all his life to chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We were used to Grandma reading the Bible to us, but the selections were not usually quite so purple. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z August read Mary’s words from the Bible: “ ‘For behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed—’” “Blessed Mary,” Violet interrupted. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Vacation Bible School would be way better if you were there with me. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Jacob’s was inflected with the rhythms of the Hebrew Bible and the beit midrash where the men of his village studied and argued. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Together each summer, Mama Lessie and I worked at the vacation Bible schools in Granddaddy’s two churches, as well as other churches that had only occasional guest pastors and no full-time pastors. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I would take the Bible with me to the church, and some flowers for the altar in spring and summer. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Part of this involved studying the earliest Greek versions of the Bible rather than translations into Latin. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Then she held up a large white-covered Bible that she carried with her. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z But a Bible wasn’t one of the books on display in the Staff Picks case. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z But that’s because Vacation Bible School was cool when we were little. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The Kottayam Bible Society was having a fair and asked Mammachi to make some of her famous banana jam and tender mango pickle. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z All the evildoers in the Bible seem spectacularly dumb. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A bullet-proof Bible is a Bible small enough to be slipped into a soldier’s breast pocket, over his heart. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sorrento recites the words on the gate in Latin. And Elvish. And Klingon. Then they get hung up on reciting First Corinthians 13:13, a Bible verse that contains the words ‘charity, hope, and faith.’ Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z But this made me homesick and I put the Bible aside. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He was reaching into his fat briefcase, to retrieve his Bible so he could read me a text, when the doorbell rang. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Namontack does not understand that he is to give up his gods and his stories and take the word of God from the Bible back to his people. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I kept it all in somehow, and congratulated myself that the Bible wasn’t the only place where slaves broke free. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z There was the Bible, of course, but the Bible was a book, and so were Bleak House, Treasure Island, Ethan Frome and The East of the Mohicans. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Slogging up and down the riverbank in trousers wet to the knees, his Bible in one hand and another stickful of fire-blackened fish in the other, he waved his bounty in a threatening manner. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I lifted Lincoln’s Bible, and Barack placed his left hand on it, vowing to protect the U.S. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He shook his head at me and tapped the cover of his Bible. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z My father named me Ezekiel Jeremiah Jackson—two strong Bible names—he had great ambitions for me. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On the screen, Deborah sat on a couch with her mother’s Bible open in her lap, her hair brown instead of gray, her eyes bright, with no circles beneath them. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “The more you hold them in, the worse you get. When you release them, they got to go somewhere else. The Bible says He can carry all that burden.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Many carry small Bibles, wrapped in plastic bags to keep them dry when they ford rivers or when it rains. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Noah said, "I keep telling Julian that we can skip the Bible." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “Women have just as good a right to interpret and twist the Bible to their own advantage as men have always twisted it and turned it to theirs,” she told a reporter. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She takes the Bible and pats the spot next to her on the bed. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Refers to the Bible story in which Samson captured foxes, tied torches to their tails, and let them burn the fields of the Philistines. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Business now began: the day’s Collect was repeated, then certain texts of Scripture were said, and to these succeeded a protracted reading of chapters in the Bible, which lasted an hour. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Said he didn’t want to miss Bible school. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z “Against the Bible to fight injustice? Oh, come now, Amelia. I think you’ve got the wrong book at that church of yours.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He looked down at his closed Bible, said: “It wasn’t nothin’ you did, Mexico.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I’ve seen the word Jew, the Bible is full of that word, but I didn’t know there were any live, real ones, especially next door to me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “It is the Bible that the Protestant people read.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandma was rocking in her chair, reading or pretending to read her large leather-bound Bible. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Its source was none other than Hans Bethe of the Bethe Bible. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The King James translation of the Bible is considered the greatest piece of literature in English. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside, was a book with a title embossed in gold: Holy Bible. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Before he passed from cholera he liked to share stories from the Bible, his former master being more liberal-minded when it came to slaves and religion. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z My mother is not the best housekeeper in the world, and after all these years that Bible is still clean white. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Her total intellectual association was the Bible, except the talk of Samuel and her children, and to them she did not listen. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She heard Mollie’s sweet high voice in the kitchen, reading a morning text from the Bible, and Una’s full cold throaty correction. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The police often check the bindings for money to steal, the migrants say, but usually hand the Bibles back. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “When I was little, my Sunday school teacher said that in the Bible it describes Jesus as having 'skin like copper, hair like lamb’s wool.’ It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Though the reality and meaning of the Bible stories seemed vast and alien, I still found the stories enthralling, so I said: “The Bible stories are nice.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Did the existence of Indians negate the Bible, and Christianity with it? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Someone from one of the cabins must have left a shirt draped over a chair near the embers, or a Bible on a table too close to the flames. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He reported that they were studying Julius Caesar and the principal read from the Bible each assembly period and that was enough for Neeley. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "You know, Turtle, you may be right about putting our money in the stock market. I remember the will said May God thy gold refine. That must be from the Bible." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Rose was out at Bible study, and the cousins were nowhere to be found. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I think perhaps Liza accepted the world as she accepted the Bible, with all of its paradoxes and its reverses. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Le Roy’s book is, in this and other respects, effectively a reply to Vergil; his key move is to steer clear of the Bible as a source. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I hadn’t ever known exactly what the Bible said about the way that I felt about Irene, the way that I knew I could let myself feel about other girls. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z I looked through the Gideon Bible in my motel room for tales of great destruction. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is lovely to see you as well. Why, I was just telling my girl that she missed a very moving discussion on moral responsibility at our last Bible study.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I'm writing all this down in my book, and he’s looking at his Bible. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z James Martineau preached that the gospels could transform an individual into a believer just through their beauty, not through strict, traditional belief in every word of the Bible. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Professor Faber, I have a rather odd question to ask. How many copies of the Bible are left in this country?” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Pastor Ambrose held his Bible up, as if some solid miracle would fall on it from the sky, and shouted nonsensical words: she baba she baba she baba. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In the Standing Fishes Bible, the fishermen must have looked on in such surprise when “the fish stood on the shore all the way from Engedi to Eneglaim.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t really decided which Bible verses to recite. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Every flying creeping thing,” according to the Bible, “shall be an abomination....Neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He grabbed a Bible from behind his pulpit and plumped down on one of the crude wooden pews. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “I kept my military Bible with me every day. My favorite was the twenty-seventh psalm. ‘ Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Once he asked me suddenly as we sat mulling over the pumpkins, “Leah, do you know what they spent the last Bible convention in Atlanta arguing about?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z That evening he read aloud from the Bible, familiar passages from Isaiah, Luke, and the Book of Revelation, about wars and rumors of wars. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He lowered his face, flipped the page in his Bible, scanned a finger across a couple lines. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The next day at Bible school, we made bottle-cap magnets with the Ten Commandments on them. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z 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. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t find this out until after I started high school, that Dad had actually received death threats for making fun of characters from the Bible. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z She opened it a crack to see Pastor Tom standing on the porch, his Bible pressed against the front of his coat. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s not that I expected a ton of Bibles stacked on the backseat, but I was surprised to see that, inside, it was like anybody else’s car. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He sits down and opens his Bible, not because it is Good Friday, the Friday before Easter, but because starting the day reading Scripture is his lifelong habit. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z In very little time, he became almost as absorbed in the Bible and “the Church” as he was in chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z After supper, Grandpa’s father read aloud a chapter of the Bible, while everyone sat straight and still in his chair. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I said right away with my foot planted firmly in the words I spoke, “Like reading.the Bible over and over.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Second and third, you must believe wholly in the Bible and that Christ died so we may all be forgiven of our sins. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z One of Ms. Monroe’s colleagues swears me in, and I promise on the Bible to tell the truth. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The chair and dresser were maple and there was a Gideon Bible lying upon a small table. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look, man,” I said, trying to calm the guy down, “I didn’t mean you couldn’t read read. I was just sayin’ the Bible’s hard to interpret. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z They were not created in one fell swoop by God, never to change, as the Bible said and most people believed. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Every morning, Allen made sure the small Bible he’d been given in basic training was in his left-hand pocket, carefully wrapped in plastic to stay dry. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z "All we want to do is go in and pray," she said, clutching her Bible. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a very nice kid, and I liked him, but I could never see eye to eye with him on a lot of stuff in the Bible, especially the Disciples. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “So things will go on just the same,” thought Francie, a little surprised, as she took the Bible from the mantelpiece. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z First we have a Bible reading and prayers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z If you want to know the truth, the guy I like best in the Bible, next to Jesus, was that lunatic and all, that lived in the tombs and kept cutting himself with stones. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z He took longer to reply when spoken to, to chew his food, even to find the right Bible passages to read. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I went back to reading my book, and Rondell went back to looking at his Bible. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Then I got a copy of the American Standard Bible. It was very new then. And it was different in this passage. It says, ‘Do thou rule over him.’ East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Now as the vacuum-underground rushed him through the dead cellars of town, jolting him, he remembered the terrible logic of that sieve, and he looked down and saw that he was carrying the Bible open. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Using the Bible as a ruse to be with each other. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Portia took up the Bible from the table in the center of the room. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She opened the door and pulled out the family Bible. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She closed the Bible and crossed her forearms on its faded cover. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The preacher yipped and jabbed at the sky with his fraying Bible. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He had the pages marked with ribbons as if it were a Bible marked for readings. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z It went like this: One day in the summer, we went up to Mr. Abbas after Bible study to show him our mug rugs. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z "You can tell that in the dark, can you? That's fine. What I'm going to do, I'm putting my right hand down on this Bible, see?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z ‘At first I only wanted to read the Bible so I could preach to my people. But” —he smiled again, showing his lovely, even teeth—“a little reading is an exceedingly dangerous thing.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “You may want to join us in here,” he said, using the Bible to punctuate the sentence. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z By day, my grandmother expertly managed a thriving Bible bookstore on the Far South Side, but in her off-hours with Dandy she was reduced to a meekness I found perplexing, even as a young girl. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z My mom had her Bible in her lap, underlining passages that the pastor hadn’t even mentioned. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Lyddie took to copying out passages from Mr. Douglass and the Bible to paste on her looms. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The Bible commands us to rejoice during the eight days of celebration, but our hearts were not in it. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “I swear on the Bible I couldn’t tell the difference if I tried for ten years,” Mr. Chris said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z He was also a devout member of the Moravian congregation, a Christian denomination that accepted the Bible as the sole source of faith and practice. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I glanced up to see Howard and his family carrying their Bibles and making their way to the pew across the aisle. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Still, I sure wasn’t in the mood to memorize Bible verses. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z And in the Bible it says Thou shalt not kill but there were the Crusades and two world wars and the Gulf War and there were Christians killing people in all of them. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He’s cutting across the infield holding his Bible in his right hand, heading for the other dugout. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z At my first Firepower meeting our adviser, Maureen Beacon, who looked weirdly, weirdly like Kathy Bates, gave me my very own Extreme Teen Bible. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z She sat by the nightstand, her hat still on her head, its feather drooping, and her black Bible in her lap. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He inserts the key, opens the box, lifts out the Bible, an ordinary copy, with a black cover and gold-edged pages. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell TaShon a hundred different Bible stories—all about hope. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z As far as I could tell, what happened every Sunday at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church was that the priests got together and read the Bible out loud. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “But the fact is, you had already seen the Bible. You knew about those people—knew their names, knew they were Marylanders, knew...” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z When Deborah heard that, she ran home and hid her mother’s Bible, telling her husband, “That’s the only things I have from my mother, now they want to take it!” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He set the Bible back on the table. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z But Shakespeare is nowhere reported connected with the Bible. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She was at my mother all the time now, following three steps behind her as she swept or cleaned, carrying the black Bible and reading and reciting to her. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Moses was in my Bible, too, after all, and I felt certain that God had liked him. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She called him Isaac because in the Bible Sarah gets pregnant when she’s like a hundred years old and she’s not supposed to be having children and that’s what she names her son. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I tried to be brave like Momma or Queen Esther in the Bible, but I just knew there were hobgoblins awalking in the dark, looking to steal the breath from a girl’s body. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He believes reading the Bible is the right thing to do. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They entered, heads bowed and hands folded before them around their Bibles. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z "This isn't a Talmud! This is the Bible!" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Cabot flipped through the Bible resting on his chest as he lay in bed. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Like the Sun Belt or the Bible Belt, there exists, on this multifarious earth of ours, a Hair Belt. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Even the Reverend Buckland, as pious a soul as the nineteenth century produced, noted that nowhere did the Bible suggest that God made Heaven and Earth on the first day, but merely "in the beginning." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “She only got five out of ten on Bible,” Grace says on Monday. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The preacher rose slowly and gathered his hat, Bible, and the cross from the floor. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Like the lilies of the field in the Bible, he toiled not, neither did he spend his own money. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z On Tuesday nights, when international Bible studies of the University of Central Oklahoma could meet, my sister and I sat in the corners of dark church buildings. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z And instead of buying Ma a new prayer book, I helped Pa make an audio file of him reciting her favorite Bible verses to listen to every morning. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Daddy used to read his Bible every night after supper. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z A rapid scurrying through her well-worn Bible and she had located several passages to shake over our heads—telling us of the sun turning to darkness and the moon to blood. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Moments later the grannies came streaming in with their Bibles, through the gate and up the driveway, a dozen or more at least. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Tuesday night is Bible study at the Kingdom Hall. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Most of those kids at Bible school still treated me like I had cooties. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z There will be pretty paper flowers decorating the picture of his mother, a large Bible in the front room. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally he said, “Reverend Price, do I not stand beside you in your church every Sunday, translating the words of the Bible and your sermons?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It touched the skin like sinners touch the Bible, screeching again. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She was afraid they would try to stop her, force her to read the Bible, but they both seemed pleased and let her go. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z After dinner their father sat down to read the Bible, and Grandpa and James and George sat as still as mice on their bench with their catechism. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z You probably don’t know this, but Oklahoma is called Tornado Alley, and also the Buckle of the Bible Belt, which means it’s a great place to hide. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The Bible stories seemed slow and meaningless when compared to the bloody thunder of pulp narrative. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Shouldn’t you give it back to Mum, Kat? Stealing is bad. It says so in the Bible.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Father quoted a Bible verse about the only thing we had to fear was fear itself. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Give it here. It come from the Bible. It stays in the Bible.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned back to my book, and Rondell pretended to read his Bible. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z In 1804, the Lions Bible had sons coming forth from lions instead of loins, and in the Murderers’ Bible of 1801, the complainers in Jude 16 did not murmur, they murdered. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. It is not in your Bible. Only in that one.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z When she sees Reverend Hunt’s Bible, she opens it and gently touches the pages. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Did they read a verse from the Bible every night and fall on their knees to pray? Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z It was the language of the King James version of the Bible that was both powerful and beautiful. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The only other book on the shelf is Mama Ya-Ya’s Bible. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z The librarian couldn’t help her out on the Bible but said there was a worn-out copy of Shakespeare in the files, about to be discarded, which Sissy could have. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They made notations in their family Bible, indicating places where biblical scholars deemed passages inauthentic, added later by unknown authors. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought they sat quietly at home and that Johnny read the Bible out loud to them. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost all the kids in the neighborhood with working parents had their keys around their necks on either strings or plastic key chains made in Bible school. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Although she had been raised on Bible verses, she now spoke of God mostly in metaphor: “Spring spells God, and God is Love.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I wanted a name from the Bible, and also Martha was the name of an old neighbor. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Now she had only the Bible to read to them, but there was far more between those black covers than the verses Uncle Matthew favored. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z We are safe here—miles and years away from Bible Times. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “Bible say, ‘He who can hear, let him hear. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He was responsible for the replacement of burnt-out light bulbs, and for the cleanliness of the church, and the care of the Bibles, and the hymn-books, and the placards on the walls. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Small even for his age, the five foot two, ninety-two-pound Stinney walked up to the chair with a Bible in his hand. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Wooden chains were everywhere, from a huge one with links as round as Marly’s head to a tiny one Harry was using for a bookmark in his Bible. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z For the Christians, everything is all about Jesus and the Bible. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He went to the annual steak feed, where the coaches and the booster club board sat at long tables inside a warehouse and ate delicious slabs of rib eye as thick as a Bible. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mother had taught her to read using the Bible and occasional pieces of newsprint that came their way, but Polly longed for books of her own. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z His stars are different from the ones in the Bible: they’re wordless, they flame in an obliterating silence. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She gently pokes her broom around the table leg propped up by the Bible. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he was preaching, leaping from one Bible verse to the next. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “She read the Bible for you the night you preached, didn’t she?” asked another of the elders, in a conciliatory tone. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He also found that the evangelical ministries were hobbled without adequate salaries to attract professional staff members and without centers of their own where students could gather, socialize, and study the Bible. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Brew was getting ready to go to bed and I went over to his bunk and asked him if he knew where the Lord’s Prayer was in the Bible. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Afterwards we played our old childhood game, opening the Bible and teasing a fortune out of whatever verse our hands landed on. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Horatio jingled the coins in his purse, and the priest nearly dropped his Bible in his eagerness to comply. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Just a chapter from the Bible, from Matthew, with a single verse set apart in bold: O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He’d become convinced that only by following Armstrong’s interpretation of the Bible could he find health and happiness, become successful, and gain eternal life, and he urged her to read the Bible and Armstrong’s writings. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Got a man in the Bible, son, who liked music, too. And he got to dancing one day before the Lord. You reckon you going to dance before the Lord one of these days?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I started reading to myself and he covered the Bible with his hand. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes when I couldn’t find any I would watch the Growing Souls Gospel Hour, where they would tell Bible stories for children and sing hymns. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “If any of those Christian white traders behaved the way their Bible tells them to live, they would all go broke.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He said it was a hymn, then ran from the living room and came back carrying a soft blue Bible with large gold lettering across its front. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z We let Big Ma sit in her chair with her big Bible while we cooked. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z At each meeting every man swore on a Bible that he would keep the Sons’ secrets. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the little ones could rattle off long passages from the Bible, the Declaration, and the Constitution. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I have a Bible, on loan from Grace, her second-best. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She read a page from the Bible and Shakespeare every night the same as always. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Lee asked, “How does Mrs. Hamilton feel about the paradoxes of the Bible?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The Bible tells us that gardens preceded gardeners, but that was not the case at Pollsmoor, where I cultivated a garden that became one of my happiest diversions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I never missed the annual Easter egg hunt held at Kelly Ingram Park or vacation Bible school, which was held for two weeks every summer. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And I had heard Mama tell Aunt Loma right after the funeral, “I’m go’n bring Ma’s Bible over here, if Pa don’t mind.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I loved it when he had a moment to come out on the church porch and tell me a quick Bible story while I listened, astride my bike, fascinated by his sonorous voice. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z First, we had to play that Bible Detective game again, and Howard added to his collection of Bible bucks. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z There was a piece of paper inside, folded up as small as it could go: that very thin kind of paper that Bibles were printed on. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z That’s why some people will tell you that the Bible and Shakespeare are full of cliches! Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The minister placed the Bible in his leather satchel and pulled it up over his shoulder. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The fear of the void was so great that Christian scholars tried to fix the Bible to match Aristotle rather than vice versa. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Like the Bible said,” Gary whispered, “man brought nothing into this world and he’ll carry nothing out. Sometime we care about stuff too much. We worry when there’s nothing to worry about.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z We read the Psalms and other verses from the Bible. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The priest took the Bible from Hamlet and considered the passage, stroking his bearded chin. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But sure enough, one night my little brother Johnny, he pulled our Bible off the shelf. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the depths of my sleepless nights I would turn to the Bible for comfort, only to find myself regaled yet again. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Pap liked to tell Bible stories, often to me, dramatizing them as he sat in our small kitchen. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z "Let's take a poll. I'll bet ten cents it's from the Bible." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Bible....They know how to play piano but they’ve stopped practicing now. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Out of nowhere the words from the Bible came into my head: "And a little child shall lead them." Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In Bible school, which I attended summers at the Church of the Master, I had learned to weave a lanyard out of plastic strips. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “Well, what about giving up television to spend more time reading your Bible?” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At its annual convention in Washington, DC, a group of women offered a resolution officially dissociating the group from Stanton and The Woman's Bible. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Carole carried a small Bible in her pocket whenever she went to church and was involved in most of the Sixteenth Street programs, usually with a speaking part. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “God said so. It’s in the Bible,” he says. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z A change gradually came over me; I began to read the Bible more for renewal of strength and courage. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’ll point you to some passages in the Bible,” Mom said. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She just said, “Oh,” and studied her Bible bingo card. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Her Bible, some candy, and all the sins of our family. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Then she picked up her Bible and read aloud the verse that cleared away the tears in her eyes: “And Ethiopia shall stretch forth her wings.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I have wondered, incidentally: does Our Father have his Bibles so entirely in mind that he can select an instructive verse and calculate backward to the one-hundredth previous? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have to memorize ten Bible verses plus the books of the Old and New Testaments. And it’s a park.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z At least three times a week, I looked forward to Mother Lois taking me to Bethel AME for choir practice, speeches by people from out of town who talked about God, and Bible study. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He snorted when he picked up the last book, the Bible. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z By accepting the Bible, the priests explain, the Mexica “will be able to cool the heart / of He by Whom All Live, / so He will not completely destroy you.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Bertha followed along behind her chattering a mile a minute about what a big help I am around the house and how much I’d loved Vacation Bible School. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z It dominated all, the pulpit: a wooden platform raised above the congregation, with a high stand in the center for the Bible, before which the preacher stood. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He carried his Holy Bible, his holy Quran. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He asks the church to stand for the reading of scripture and says, “Turn your Bible to Galatians 6:7.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I remembered a passage from the Bible my mother had read to us: “God helps those who help themselves.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Have fun at Vacation Bible School.I will be missing you. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He watched them all gather in the dining room for Bible study and laugh through television shows in the living room. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z They would quote the Bible like regular people toss out song lyrics. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I hope you are reading your Bible and using the Scripture to temper your emotions, to always keep a cool head about you. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Old Childs was a Quaker and all, and he read the Bible all the time. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z I see her reading her Bible every now and then. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He then opened the Bible inscribed to him by Queen Alexandra and ripped out a page from the Book of Job: Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Big Ma whomped her black Bible against the arm of her easy chair and pulled herself up from its comfy cushions. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He pointed at his open Bible, nodding, like he hadn’t heard a word I just said. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The preacher is quoting verses from the Bible, and the family is weeping, and everyone is weeping, even Amanda Monk and some of the cheerleaders. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He held a Bible in his huge hands and read from Job and Ecclesiastes until I could hardly stand to listen. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Even now he dared not assert himself but held the Bible uncertainly in his hands and asked, “What would you have me read, sir?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z There, I was expected to learn Hebrew and study the Bible. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “Don’t break the law of the Bible. Don’t go into that gentile church,” he said. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A recent bestseller, The Bible Code, purported to find prophecies by this method. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “White people once used the Bible to say that we should be slaves.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “That’s not just our way of thinking. It happens to be in the Bible.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been Ethel’s childhood Bible that Martin gave to Cora, smudged and stained by her fingers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When he does, he lights his pipe and reads his Bible. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They laughed at him when they saw him—“a pretty man like you?”—and they told him that they knew a long brown girl who could make him lay his Bible down. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She was taught to read the Bible, play tennis, and use a typewriter, which was the only useful thing she was left with after all those years in a foreign language. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was just the synagogue where Tateh taught Hebrew lessons and gave Bible study to children and taught cantoring to boys and that sort of thing. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He found it hard to believe anything in the Bible was literally true—including the Gospels. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z If you believe the Bible is the literal truth, the immortality of Henrietta’s cells makes perfect sense. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The Jehovah’s Witnesses took the Bible as the sole rule of faith and believed in a coming Armageddon between good and evil. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On day three, Mother calls up the stairs to ask what in the world I’m doing up there all day and I holler down, Just typing up some notes from the Bible study. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She taught him verses and whole chapters of the Bible which she had memorized. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z William says, "I don't think my abbot would have sent a Bible to be burned." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z After dinner he washed and put on a clean white shirt, pulled a rosary and a Bible from his dresser, and started out the door. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He had a fancy old hat on his head and was carrying the kind of spear they use to chuck at folks in the Bible. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “That’s right. So the Bible says. It’s a good thing to keep in mind.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Cecile wasn’t what the Bible meant when it spoke of love and forgiveness. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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