100 Quotes About Old-testament

The point is, if you pay attention to the women, a more complex history of Israel's conquests emerges. Their stories invite the reader to consider the human cost of violence and patriarchy, and in that sense prove instructive to all who wish to work for a better world.

The male inferiority complex is manifested throughout history starting with the Old Testament; in seven centuries of the Inquisition, when 98% of the three million burned at the stake were women; through property rights, inheritance and voting laws; through income inequalities; and through burgeoning rape worldwide. Has he outgrown it yet?

Maisha tunayoishi ni mafupi, maisha ya mbinguni ni ya milele. Fundisha familia yako upendo na hofu ya Mungu, kwani hiyo ndiyo akili kushinda zote. Hekima ya kutunza familia inapatikana katika kitabu cha Mithali cha Agano la Kale.

My people perish from a lack of knowledge... -- Hosea 4:6

The sentiments attributed to Christ are in the Old Testament. They were familiar in the Jewish schools and to all the Pharisees, long before the time of Christ, as they were familiar in all the civilizations of the earth — Egyptian, Babylonian, and Persian, Greek, and Hindu.

Jesus explained his identity and mission through his interpretation of the Old Testament and expected his disciples to see him in the words of the Old Testament Luke 24:25–27

It is no coincidence that Christian fundamentalist movements worldwide seek a return to Old Testament laws - because they fundamentally reject Christ as the New Covenant - which replaced all that.They are not Christians - they are Leviticans.

Those who abandon the law praise the wicked man, but those who keep the law war against him. Evil men understand nothing of justice, but those who seek the Lord understand all.Proverbs: 28:4-5

The most classic horror tale of this latter type is the Old Testament story of Job, who becomes human Astro-Turf in a kind of spiritual Superbowl between God and Satan.