How to Use the Bible in a Sentence

the Bible

noun
  • A lot of the Bible is, in fact.
    — Barry Levitt, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Harold rose and laid the Bible down on his seat.
    — Joshua Sharpe august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Fuller's wife, Kate, holds the Bible.
    — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 15 Apr. 2026
  • That's not what the Bible teaches.
    — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
  • There was no sequel to the Bible, was there?
    — Merve Emre, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • Doesn’t the Bible tell us to welcome the stranger?
    — Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Doesn’t the Bible say we’re supposed to have hope?
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
  • Because the Bible tells us to judge not lest ye be judged.
    — NBC news, 31 May 2026
  • Yet the Bible tells us that is where Christ chose to be born.
    — Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • And the Bible talks about this, too; there are hypocrites out there.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Hilton credited the Bible for his change of heart.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • But also, look at what happened with the Bible.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Nowhere in the Bible is it linked to the giving of the Torah.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Stone said parts of the Bible instructs people how to shave.
    — Idaho Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026
  • This is a quote taken from Matthew 7 of the Bible.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
  • That starts changing you, reading the Bible, etc.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Trump reads the Bible on television?
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • So many churches tone down the Bible in order to gain a crowd and that is wrong.
    — Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 4 July 2025
  • Michael reads the Bible every morning.
    — Bob Brody, New York Daily News, 21 June 2026
  • The part in the Bible about Sodom also lacked key details.
    — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
  • An initial list named about 300 texts – many of them from the Bible.
    — Charles J. Russo, The Conversation, 27 Apr. 2026
  • In the Bible, Jesus is tempted three times.
    — Isaac Butler, New Yorker, 30 May 2026
  • But the number 40 is common in the Bible.
    — Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Feb. 2026
  • In the Bible, dreams of the future are not wishes or desires.
    — Matthew Scogin, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Many passages in the Bible would have also fit on the hat in this spirit.
    — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 14 June 2026
  • There was a widespread agreement that the Bible was clear on these matters.
    — Ruth Graham, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Likewise, the Bible once read by Josephine’s mother leaves her cold.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Eclipses appear as ill omens in Shakespeare and, of course, the Bible.
    — John Penner, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
  • In the Bible, this was the name of one of Adam and Eve's grandsons.
    — Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 23 Mar. 2023
  • People were going to be able to read the Bible themselves and not talk to the priest.
    — Steven Levy, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2023

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