Which preposition to use with scriptures

of Occurrences 57%

But the darkest scriptures of the mountains are illumined with bright passages of love that never fail to make themselves felt when one is alone.

in Occurrences 53%

The Jews practised this ancient night prayer, as the scripture in several places shows, "in noctibus extollite manus vestras in sancta" (Psalm 133).

as Occurrences 26%

The dove is the emblem of something else, pure and holy, but not of gentleness; and therefore the Holy Spirit is not spoken of in Scripture as brooding as a gentle dove; but very differently, as it seems to me.

to Occurrences 24%

"Another very important point is the excellent effect we have found to result from religious education; we constantly read the Scriptures to them twice a day; many of them are taught, and some of them have been enabled to read a little themselves.

into Occurrences 19%

That it was, indeed, kept out of sight was undeniable; and the notorious Alfonso de Castro, chaplain of Philip II, boasted in his book against heresies that there was "an edict of the most illustrious and Catholic sovereigns of Spain, Ferdinand and Isabella, in which, under the severest penalties, they forbade anyone to translate the holy Scriptures into a vulgar language, or to have any such version in his possession.

by Occurrences 17%

They reconciled Greek literature and the Scriptures by allegorizing both, much as today Darwin and Genesis are reconciled by allegorizing Genesis.

for Occurrences 16%

If you are not aware of this, the real meaning of a day of the Lord, a day of the Son of Man, let me entreat you to go and search the Scriptures for yourselves; for in them ye think ye have eternal life, and they are they which testify of the Lord, of that Eternal Son of whom the second Psalm speaks, in words which mobs and tyrants, the atheist and the superstitious, are alike willing to forget.

on Occurrences 14%

Besides, we rather enjoyed thinking of ourselves as keeping step with the whole Sunday school worldall over the wide earth everybody studying the same scripture on the same Sunday.

from Occurrences 11%

It is a legitimate yet underrated department of Christian inquiry to establish the authenticity and meaning of texts of Scripture from which deductions are made.

among Occurrences 7%

Religious persecution ran high, and the clergy were extremely jealous of the propagation of the Scriptures among the people.

with Occurrences 7%

I believe it would be an advantage to these pious people, if they were to read and compare one part of the Scripture with another more diligently.

under Occurrences 5%

But the Holy Spirit is spoken of in Scripture under the likeness of a dove?

than Occurrences 4%

[transubstantiation] in Scripture than for our Saviour's being substantially changed into all those things which are said of him, as that he is a rock, a vine, a door, and a hundred other things.'

against Occurrences 3%

And both may go on arguing against each other, and quoting texts of Scripture against each other till the last day; if they will not listen to St John's message in the text.

out Occurrences 2%

As his education had been strict, so he was always of a religious disposition, and would not enter upon the business of the day, till he had performed his devotion, and read several portions of scripture out of the Psalms, the Prophets, and the New-Testament.

about Occurrences 2%

A Protestant may accept and even amplify the ideas suggested by Scripture about the Blessed Virgin; but he may feel that he cannot tell how the Redeemer was preserved from sinful taint; what was the grace bestowed on His mother; or what was the reward and prerogative which ensued to her.

TO Occurrences 1%

* VALUE OF THE SCRIPTURES TO THE YOUNG How shall the young secure their hearts, And guard their lives from sin?

at Occurrences 1%

What may we hope, if thou go'st on thus fast, Scriptures at first; enthusiasms at last!

like Occurrences 1%

and dares in extremis to pervert Holy Scripture like any Wycliffite!

through Occurrences 1%

I do not altogether disapprove the manner of interweaving texts of scripture through the style of your sermons, wherein however, I have sometimes observed great instances of indiscretion and impropriety, against which I therefore venture to give you a caution.

without Occurrences 1%

Accordingly I entered into a thorough searching of the Scripture without bias, and was amazed to find how baseless was the tenet for which in fact I had endured a sort of martyrdom.

Which preposition to use with  scriptures