Religious literature

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But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

God

Jeremiah 31:33

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God's covenant Right and wrong Morality

Speaker

God

Source

Jeremiah The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

570 BC 570s BC 6th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Jeremiah 31:33).

And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

Luke 4:3-4

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The devil

Speaker

The devil

Source

Gospel of Luke The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

61 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 4:3-4).

For this thing was not done in a corner.

Apostle Paul

Acts 26:26

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Jesus's resurrection

Speaker

Apostle Paul

Source

Acts The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Acts 26:26).

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

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Omnipotence of God God

Source

Ecclesiastes The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Ecclesiastes 3:11).

No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.

Jesus

Luke 11:33

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Evangelism Candles

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Luke The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

61 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 11:33).

I am all-powerful Time which destroys all things, and I have come here to slay these men. Even if thou dost not fight, all the warriors facing thee shall die.

Krishna

Bhagavad Gita

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God taking sides God

Speaker

Krishna

Source

Bhagavad Gita

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Sanskrit

Time

200 BC 200s BC 3rd century BC

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Vyasa. The Bhagavad Gita. c. 200 BCE, ch. 11, v. 32.

Current Citation

Vyasa. The Bhagavad Gita, translated W. J. Johnson. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 11, v. 32.

There is a sound of abundance of rain.

1st Kings 18:41

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Rain

Speaker

Elijah

Source

1st Kings The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

538 BC 530s BC 6th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Kings 18:41).

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1:1

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Beginning of time Origin of the universe Creation of the world Creation The world

Source

Genesis The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Genesis 1:1).

But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Joshua

Joshua 24:15

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Topic

Serving God

Speaker

Joshua

Source

Joshua The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Promises and vows

Language

Hebrew

Time

1385 BC 1380s BC 14th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Joshua 24:15).

That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

Ecclesiastes 1:15

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Pessimism Impossibility of progress

Source

Ecclesiastes The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 1:15).

And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.

Acts 17:19-21

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Athens and Jerusalem

Source

Book of Acts The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Acts 17:19-21).

All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

Proverbs 14:23

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Words vs. actions Hard work Work

Source

Proverbs The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Proverbs 14:23).

You do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

James 4:14

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Ephemeral nature of life Shortness of life Life

Source

James The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

49 40s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (James 4:14).

Obstinacy in a bad cause, is but constancy in a good.

Sir Thomas Browne

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Steadfastness Obstinacy Relativism

Author

Sir Thomas Browne

Source

Religio Medici

Genre

Autobiography and memoir Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1643 1640s 17th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Browne, Thomas, Sir. Religio Medici. London, 1643, pt. 1, sect. 25.

Current Citation

Browne, Thomas, Sir. "Religio Medici (1643)." Thomas Browne: Selected Writings, edited by Kevin Killeen. Oxford University Press, 2018, pt. 1, sect. 25.

Thus shall ye think of all this fleeting world:
A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream;
A flash of lightning in a summer cloud.
A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream.

Nagarjuna

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The ephemeral Impermanence

Author

Nagarjuna

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Sanskrit

Time

180 180s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra [The Diamond Sutra]. c. 868.

Current Citation

The Diamond Sutra, translated by Red Pine. Counterpoint, 2002.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Alan Watts

The Way of Zen

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Stillness Inaction Patience

Author

Alan Watts

Source

The Way of Zen

Genre

Religious literature Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Watts, Alan. The Way of Zen. Vintage Books, 1957.

The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.

Psalm 115:17

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The afterlife Death Oblivion

Source

Psalms The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

450 BC 450s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 115:17).

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead.

G.K. Chesterton

Orthodoxy

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Tradition

Author

G.K. Chesterton

Source

Orthodoxy

Genre

Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1908 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Chesterton, G.K. "Orthodoxy." The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton. Vol. 1, Ignatius Press, 1986, ch. 4. Originally published by John Lane Co., 1908.

The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure; and he that hath little business shall become wise.

Ben Sira

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Wisdom Leisure

Author

Ben Sira

Source

Ecclesiasticus

Genre

Religious literature Wisdom literature

Language

Greek

Time

175 BC 170s BC 2nd century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 0

Original Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastus 38:24).

Current Citation

The Bible: Authorized King James Version, edited by Robert Carroll and Stephen Prickett. Oxford University Press, 2008. (Ecclesiastus 38:24).

He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Jesus

Matthew 11:15

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Listening

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 11:15).