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The Bible Can Be

  • Jul 12, 2023
  • 12 min read

Updated: Mar 20, 2025

A balm

Gospel

A guide

Counsel

The law

The book

A refiner

Good news

Holy Writ

Our light

Scripture

A purifier

Scriptures

A telescope

An ennobler

God's voice

Our adviser

An anthology

An authority

An open book

Our director

The standard

Our studybook

The good book

A history book

A vigour giver

Our counsellor

A book of faith

A mind enlarger

A perfect guide

Holy Scriptures

Life and health

Our lesson book

Sacred writings

Spirit and life

The Word of God

Wonderful truth

A book of morals

A feast prepared

A mind energizer

A wonderful book

An inspired book

God's Word to us

Our constitution

An unerring guide

Its own expositor

Not just one book

The best of books

The book of books

A book of doctrine

A book of religion

A fountain of life

A knowledge of God

A thought elevator

Not a mystery book

The great educator

A precious treasure

Its own interpreter

Our safe guide book

The poor man's book

A character ennobler

God’s great educator

One harmonious whole

The food of the soul

The joy of our heart

A guide and counselor

A landscape of Canaan

A precious storehouse

A revelation from God

Common-sense inspired

Our great lesson book

The fountain of truth

A revelation of Christ

Old and new testaments

The philosophy of life

A perseverance inspirer

A soother of the nerves

God's great lesson book

God's love letter to us

Our guide in all things

Pages filled with truth

The written word of God

An intellect discipliner

Our only source of power

The Christian scriptures

The fullness of our hope

The inspired word of God

The revelation of Christ

A manifestation of Christ

An intellect strengthener

Grand, far-reaching truth

The story of resurrection

The truth about the Truth

The voice of God in print

God's sacred Word of truth

Inspiration for everything

The best book in the world

The cornerstone of liberty

The infallible word of God

The mirror of our thoughts

The Word of the Living God

A letter God has sent to us

God's will expressed to man

Special revelation from God

The consoler of our sorrows

Instruction in righteousness

The revelation of God to man

The revelation of God’s will

The voice of God to our soul

A recipe for Christian living

The greatest of all educators

"His story" - the story of God

A communication from God to us

Our guide to lead us to heaven

Our rule of faith and doctrine

The greatest book ever written

The light of our understanding

The revelation of Jesus Christ

A living power, not just a book

The clarified of our affections

The Magna Carta of a Christian

An authentic account of creation

God's Word given in our language

The bestselling book of all time

The code of conduct for everyone

The Constitution of Christianity

The foundation of good education

The only safeguard for the young

A book which speaks of everything

Instruction on practical goodness

The best school book in the world

The cradle wherein Christ is laid

The greatest love story ever told

The story of God's search for man

A fountain of wisdom and knowledge

A prophecy that unveils the future

An ocean of instruction and wisdom

The foundation of all true science

The place where God bears His soul

A light to them who are in darkness

The inerrant Word of the living God

The most inspired book of all times

The most precious book in the world

The word of God from cover to cover

A revelation of the character of God

An ennobling influence upon the mind

A compilation of 66 books and letters

A baseline where all stories come from

The best gift God has ever given to us

The great family chronicle of the Jews

The ultimate book of wisdom and advice

An inexhaustible fountain of all truths

Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth

Our guidebook showing the way to heaven

The Old Testament and the New Testament

A great source of wisdom and consolation

The infallible declaration of God’s mind

A light to guide our footsteps heavenward

The bedrock upon which our faith is built

The only infallible authority in religion

A revelation of the glory of God in Christ

The greatest educational book in the world

The text that will lead us into the future

A chart, pointing out the waymarks of truth

A map of our travels through the wilderness

The only sure means of intellectual culture

A compilation of texts of a variety of forms

The most instructive history that we possess

An authentic account of the origin of nations

The mine of the unsearchable riches of Christ

The true guide, not the idle sophistry of men

A lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path

A story that moves from promise to fulfillment

God's word about man, not man's word about God

A proclaimer of God's plan to save His children

The inspired, infallible word of the living God

The most precious lesson book that we can study

The one book that is essential for all to study

A history that opens up to us the past centuries

Imparter of solidity of mind and firm principles

The foundation for and the creator of the church

The storehouse of the unsearchable riches of God

A statement, not of theories, but of actual facts

The divine means of developing spiritual maturity

The inevitable outcome of God's continuous speech

The sacred scriptures of Judaism and Christianity

The unique repository of eternal spiritual truths

A collection of inspired wisdom, reality, and hope

A whole treasure house of revelation and knowledge

God's Word expressed and revealed to his creatures

Instruction concerning the wonders of the universe

The history of this world and of the world to come

The only book that can make us wise unto salvation

A book completely true and absolutely authoritative

The authoritative Word of God, containing all truth

The best book in the world for intellectual culture

The guide of our souls through the labyrinth of time

The greatest blessing which humanity ever experienced

A simple and complete system of theology and philosophy

The sceptre by which the Heavenly King rules His Church

A directory by which we may know the way to eternal life

Subject for the deepest thought, the loftiest aspiration

The only guide to direct the soul to the paradise of God

A supernatural book - understood only by supernatural aid

History, biography, song and praise, prayer, and prophecy

Our only authoritative source of information about Heaven

The foundation of all study, the basis of education given

The place where God's records of right and wrong are kept

An instruction on how God wants us to live a life on earth

The storehouse that supplies our souls with nourishing food

A grand truth teller possessing power to elevate and ennoble

The Book of books, most deserving of our study and admiration

The garden of God, sprinkled with the lovely flowers of promise

The Spirit of God exposed to humanity in the language of heaven

Like a mirror before our mind's eye - in it we see our inner face

The best book for regulating the temporal secular concerns of men

The very breath of God, giving life eternal to those who seek Him

A history of our race, unsullied by human prejudice or human pride

A book which is now speaking, not only a book which was once spoken

A teller of how bad people can become good, not how good people are

The inspired word of God - in it are to be found the laws of heaven

The most ancient and the most comprehensive history that we possess

A book of truth that explains the attitude and heart of almighty God

One of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men

One story that unfolds in one book, by one author, about one subject

A revealer of the character of the Author of the heavens and the earth

The record of God always bringing life where we expected to find death

A book revealing truth, designed to bring us into living union with God

A revelation book of Jesus who is the answer to our un-Christian living

A perfect map and chart to the Christian on pilgrimage through the world

The great standard of right and wrong, clearly defining sin and holiness

The most comprehensive and the most instructive history which we possess

A necessity, not an option – we cannot grow spiritually strong without it

The bread of life and the water of salvation to all who make it their study

The most precious thing in the world because it tells us the story of Jesus

A single true story with teachings sprinkled through to illustrate the story

A collection of books, whose complex development is not completely understood

The best and most effectual means of purifying and strengthening the intellect

The manna from heaven for the soul to feed upon and receive spiritual strength

A book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed

A proven revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts

A revelation of the mind and will of God to men, wherein we may learn who God is

Not a choose your own adventure book where everyone can make up their own meaning

No mere book, but a living creature, with a power that conquers all that oppose it

A history that tells us of the creation of the world and opens to us past centuries

God's voice speaking to us, just as surely as though we could hear it with our ears

The chief moral cause of all that is good and the best corrector of all that is evil

The great textbook of education - it carries in every page the evidence of its truth

The cradle that holds the Christ - without him it is nothing more than wood and straw

The most thought suggesting book in the world - no other deals with such grand themes

The only guide of life which really leads the spirit in the way of peace and salvation

The story of the redemption plan, the restoration in the human soul of the image of God

The rule of life, teaching us of the character we must form for the future immortal life

A remarkable fountain - the more one draws and drinks of it, the more it stimulates thirst

The only perfect standard of character, marking out our duty in every circumstance of life

The expression of divine wisdom, announcing to all human intelligence the true method of life

The great textbook of education in our world, carrying the evidence of its truth in every page

The telescope from heaven that reveals to our eye the amazing glories of the far distant world

The great instrumentality in the transformation of character, if received, believed, and obeyed

The one Word of the one God about the one way of salvation through the one Savior, Jesus Christ

The most deserving of all the books in the world of study and attention, for it is eternal wisdom

No ordinary book - the words are like medicine to our soul and it has the power to change our life

A divine manual written by the manufacturer of humanity by which the product man is supposed to live

The book that makes fools of the wise of this world, only understood by the plain and simple hearted

A book that has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter

A stream of running water, where alike the elephant may swim, and the lamb walk without losing its feet

One book, written by one Author, with one subject: Jesus Christ and the salvation God provides through Him

A book which teaches us our own individual responsibility, our own dignity, and our own equality with others

A book on the restoration of humanity and, through humanity, of the whole of creation to its original harmony

Our guidebook - every motive, every action is to be tried by the moral principles contained in the Word of God

The greatest of all books - to study it the noblest of all pursuits, to understand it, the highest of all goals

A progressive book - the communication of intelligence grows with the opening of God’s Word to the understanding

The one supreme source of revelation of the meaning of life, the nature of God and our spiritual nature and need

The key that unlocks the mysteries which it is essential for human beings to understand in order to gain eternal life

A leaf from the tree of life - by eating it, by receiving it into our minds, we shall grow strong to do the will of God

A garden where God has placed rich roses, and lilies, and pinks of promise, and they are for us if we will only pluck them

The story of ordinary people who went to impossible places and did wondrous things simply because they decided to obey God

A thing to be looked through, like a telescope, to see that which is beyond, not only to be looked at seeing only the letter

The only force known to history that has freed entire nations from corruption while simultaneously giving them political freedom

An unfolding of the wondrous theme of man's uplifting and the power of God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ

The word of God unfolding to us the plan of salvation, pointing out the way by which we may escape eternal death and gain eternal life

A field where are concealed heavenly treasures, which remain hidden until, by diligent mining, they are discovered and brought to light

Like a telescope - if we look through it, we see the worlds beyond, but if we look at it, then we do not see anything but the telescope

An entire library, with stories, songs, poetry, letters and history, as well as literature that might more obviously qualify as religious

A field where are concealed heavenly treasures which will remain hidden until, by diligent mining, they are discovered and brought to light

The one book to which any thoughtful person may go with any honest question of life or destiny and find the answer of God by honest searching

The grand stimulus, the constraining force, that quickens the physical, mental, and spiritual powers, and directs the life into right channels

One long story of God meeting our rebellion with His rescue, our sin with His salvation, our guilt with His grace, our badness with His goodness

A library of books - some long, some short, written over hundreds of years by many authors, Behind each of which is the Author: the Spirit of God

The story of God and man - a love story in which you and I must write our own ending, our unfinished autobiography of the creature and the Creator

No lazy man's book - much of its treasure, like the valuable minerals stored in the bowels of the earth, only yield up themselves to the diligent seeker

A revealer of the Creator of the heavens and the earth, with the universe that He has brought into being, shedding a glorious light over the world to come

The only book giving a positive description of Christ Jesus - if every human being would study it as his lesson book, and obey it, not a soul would be lost

God's chart for us to steer by, to keep us from the bottom of the sea, and to show us where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars

God's declaratory revelation to man containing the great truths about God, about man, about history, about salvation, and about prophecy that God wanted us to know

The only credible guide either as to the real relationship between man and the earth and the great Creator of both or concerning the purpose of the creation of both

The statute-book of God's Kingdom, wherein is comprised the whole body of the heavenly law, the perfect rules of a holy life, and the sure promises of a glorious one

A chart pointing out the waymarks of truth - those who are acquainted with this chart will be enabled to tread with certainty the path of duty wherever they may be called to go

The book that makes us wise unto salvation - it tells us of the love of God as shown in the plan of redemption, imparting the knowledge essential for all students - the knowledge of Christ

The great standard of right and wrong, clearly defining sin and holiness - its living principles, running through our lives like threads of gold, are our only safeguard in trial and temptation

An inspired, faithful, and infallible record of what God determined essential for us to know about Himself, the cosmos in which we live, our spiritual allies and adversaries, and our fellow man

An educating lesson book for children and for youth, giving to the young and to those of mature age, and the aged of every nation, the instruction of truth in heavenly things, which is the higher education

A constant companion - no matter how often we read it or how familiar we become with it, some new truth is likely to spring out at us from its pages whenever we open it, or some old truth will impress us as it never did before

A means to bring us to an intimate and satisfying knowledge of God, that we may enter into Him, that we may delight in His Presence, may taste and know the inner sweetness of the very God Himself in the core and centre of our hearts

The truest utterance that ever came by alphabetic letters from the soul of man, through which, as through a window divinely opened, all men can look into the stillness of eternity, and discern in glimpses their far-distant, long-forgotten home

The book of all others, to be read at all ages, and in all conditions of human life, not to be read once or twice or thrice through, and then laid aside, but to be read in small portions of one or two chapters every day, and never to be intermitted, unless by some overruling necessity

A body of oral messages, announcements, prophecies, promulgations, recitals, histories, songs of praise, lamentations, etc., which are meant either to be uttered or at least read aloud, or chanted, or sung, or recited in a community convoked for the purpose of a living celebration, not primarily a written or printed text to be scrutinized in private, in a scholar's study or a contemplative cell

A casket containing jewels of inestimable value, which should be so presented as to be seen in their intrinsic luster. But the beauty and excellence of these diamonds of truth are not discerned by the natural eye. The lovely things of the material world are not seen until the sun, dispelling the darkness, floods them with its light. And so with the treasures of God's word; they are not appreciated until they are revealed by the Sun of Righteousness.


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