The Bible

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Categories: Christian Books & Bibles, Religion & Spirituality

The Bible is the sacred scripture of Christianity; its Old Testament largely corresponds to the Hebrew Bible of Judaism. Written and compiled over many centuries, it gathers law, history, poetry, wisdom literature, prophecy, gospels and letters. It is available in many translations and editions, such as the King James Version, the New International Version and the English Standard Version. This entry covers the Bible in general rather than any single translation or edition.

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• Ella Langley: “I always travel with my Bible because it helps keep me centered when life gets hectic.”
• Dennis Prager: “For nearly all of American history, the Bible was the most important book in America. It is no longer. This is a moral and intellectual catastrophe.”
• Jordan Peterson: “what should you have read? And the answer to that could easily be, well, you probably should have read the Bible.”
• Russell Brand: “The Book of Acts is what made me become a Christian. I love the book of Acts”
• Russell Moore: “As a Christian, I love all the Bible, and all the Gospels.”
• Maya Angelou: “I'm trying to be a Christian and the Bible helps me to remind myself what I'm about.”
• Steve Harvey: “the best book you can read is the Bible”
• Matthew McConaughey: “The Bible has been very important to me.”
• Kathie Lee Gifford: “This is why I have grown so passionate about learning what the Bible really says.”
• John Piper: “There has been no period in my life as early as I can remember when I have not loved and longed to understand the Bible.”
• Hillary Clinton: “At the risk of appearing predictable, the Bible was and remains the biggest influence on my thinking.”
• Donald Trump: “All Americans need a Bible in their home, and I have many. It's my favorite book.”
• Oprah Winfrey
• Mark Zuckerberg: “The more you sort of study the Bible or the Torah or whatever, I mean, there is like just a lot of wisdom in it.”
• Justin Bieber: “Favorite book? The Bible.”
• Mark Wahlberg: “Sometimes I have to try to condense my prayer time and then, of course, read my daily scripture. And then I go and I do my workout, and then I feel like I can conquer the day.”
• Tom Bilyeu: “I believe the Bible is the original self-help book. It's full of timeless wisdom that really will make your life better.”
• Winston Churchill: “I might therefore console myself from the Bible: 'Better a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king.'”
• Michael Bloomberg: “The book of Genesis reminds us that all of us – no matter what religion we practice – come from one family.”
• Neil deGrasse Tyson: “The Bible (to learn that it's easier to be told by others what to think, than to think for yourself)”
• Dave Ramsey: “Some people have a broken mindset when it comes to wealth. They think that having money is somehow evil or wrong. That's a huge misreading of Scripture. The Bible doesn't say that money is the root of all evil. It says that the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.”
• Jonathan Sacks, Baron Sacks: “If someone were to ask me which ten books to read to understand what Jews are and what we believe... (1) The book of Devarim, Deuteronomy... (2) Sefer Tehillim, the book of Psalms... the book of Psalms is supreme. It is the music of the Jewish soul in its conversation with God.”
• Mel Gibson: “Especially with something like the Passion that I did, the written word was very important. Because it was, you know, you got all those books, the Bible, you know, you have the different gospels.”
• Stephen Curry: “I’ll start with the Bible, that is an obvious one for me.”