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Old Testament Era10 quotes

For I am the Lord, I change not. — Malachi 3:6 · 424 BC I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me. — God · 1405 BC Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire: but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. — 1st Kings 19:11-12 · 538 BC God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM". — Exodus 3:14 · 1405 BC Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. — Moses · 1405 BC Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. — Psalm 90:2 · 450 BC All 10 quotes →

New Testament Era8 quotes

God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. — 1st John 1:5 · 90 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. — God · 90 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. — Apostle Paul · 56 God is love. — 1st John 4:8 · 95 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. — God · 96 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! — Apostle Paul · 56 All 8 quotes →

Classical antiquity6 quotes

If cows and horses or lions had hands, or could draw with their hands and make things as men can, horses would have drawn horse-like gods, cows cow-like gods, and each species would have made the gods' bodies just like their own. — Xenophanes Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend. — Elihu · 500 BC Of the gods we believe, and of men we know, that by a necessary law of their nature they rule wherever they can. — Thucydides · 404 BC Is the dwelling place of God anywhere but in the earth and sea, the air and sky, and virtue? Why seek we further for deities? Whatever you see, whatever you touch, that is Jupiter. — Lucan · 65 Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. — Elihu · 500 BC Unlike divine nature, human nature lacks sound judgments. — Heraclitus

Middle Ages3 quotes

God is that, the greater than which cannot be conceived. — Saint Anselm · 1078 God is a sea of infinite substance. — St. John of Damascus · 749 The basic tenets of our Torah and its fundamental principles are thirteen in number: The first fundamental principle is the existence of the Creator. There is a being who exists in the most perfect mode of existence, and he is the cause of he existence of all other beings. — Maimonides · 1168

Protestant Reformation3 quotes

A mighty fortress is our God, A bulwark never failing. Our helper He amid the flood Of mortal ills prevailing. — Martin Luther · 1529 A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing. — Martin Luther · 1529 Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God. — Martin Luther · 1529

Ancient Egypt1 quote

Creator uncreated. Sole one, unique one, who traverses eternity, Remote one, with millions under his care; Your splendor is like heaven's splendor. — First Hymn to the Sun God · 1334 BC