Biblical-Style quotes not from the bible.

That's pretty open-ended. Do you want quotes that seem to be about God or religion, written in the English dialect used in the King James version of the Bible (all of those "saith" etc)? Or do you want religious quotes in modern language, that seem Biblical but aren't? Are you looking for specifically non-scriptural quotes that tempt people to sin or go astray from strict Christianity, or are you making up a religion? New Testament or Old Testament?

Mimicing the style of another author is an art form. There are contests for it!

One way to make up quotes is to download a text version of the Bible from the internet. Then mix and match parts of sentences. If you care enough to want the grammar spot-on, find an expert on that dialect and have him / her proof-read or correct your fake quotes when you are done.

You might also look on-line for the keywords "Apocrypha", "Essenes", "Dead Sea Scrolls", to see if you can find translations of these in the style you want. Also various Occult and Esoteric texts might be written in the style, and you can take sentences out of context to mean whatever you want them to mean.

Do you need quotes? Why not just make up your own? If you're going for KJV style, then write any sentence you want with alterations like the following:

"you" = thee or thou (as appropriate)
"your" = thy
"does" = doeth

etc. etc.

(Note that the original Hebrew Bible doesn't have any linguistic equivalent to "thou," the appropriate verbs translate just as well to "you." In fact, the verse "thou shalt not kill" is only two words in the command form, and the verb means only specific sorts of killing, so a better version would be "Don't murder." Most commandments are in the second person future tense, so when it's translated as "thou shalt ..." what it really means is "You will ..." I dunno why they like to formalize everything when they translate it.)

You can also find hundreds of sources (books and letters) that are from the same time periods as the books of the Bible, but which weren't selected as part of the canon. The Bible as we know it is actually just an anthology that some authorities got together and picked out; it's by no means the only scripture out there that's related to Judaism and Christianity.

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I had a soul ... but NaNoWriMo eated it. :(

Breeder of Plot Wolverines

thanks everyone, I was looking for obsure quotes to start each chapter with, more on the angel/devil angle. The quote would lead story in the chapter...

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Unpublished Crime

http://www.amazon.com/Unpublished-Crime-Five-Screenplays-Love/dp/0595313...

Dude, google song lyrics! Totally the best way to go! Try your luck with metal / gothic / progressive bands. Also, check out quotes from Milton's Paradise Lost (he basically defined the modern vision of Satan), Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell ... any of the early 17th century poets (George Herbert leaps to mind) and the Romantic poets (Blake, Wordsworth, Gray, etc).

And if all else fails, Shakespeare will see you through ("Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!").

I'm not 100% sure what you're looking for, but here's what I plucked from a VNV Nation lyric site in 30 seconds using two songs ("Joy" and "Genesis," both of which deal with spiritual crises):

Have I no control, is my soul not mine? Am I not just man, destiny defined?
Am I not man, does my heart not bleed?
We are the kings of wisdom, the fools as well. We are the gods to many, we are humble men.
We who build great works just to break them down.
The abyss becomes me, I wear this chaos well
Are these not words of heresy? A venom on my lips, a poison?
With you I stand in hopet that God will save us from ourselves: every cry a wasted moment until another day is lost
And did our laughter, did our tears have some purpose after all? Did we toil in vain in hope that wisdom came from what we'd done?

Google is my saviour.

Just FYI, the reason that people think of old-fashioned Engilsh (with the "thou" and "thy" and "shalt" and whatnot) when they think of the Bible is that they're usually thinking of the King James Version. The KJV was one of the first English translations. When the KJV was translated--around the time of King James I of England--that style was pretty much normal English. For some reason, some people prefer it over newer translations. There are lots of translations now that use regular, modern-day English.

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Something Profound.

(Hey, what did you expect?)

This idea may not help with angel/devil angle, but a lot of quotes that people think are from the bible are shakespeare - same time period as KJV. Also Benjamin Franklin had a lot of sayings that remind people of proverbs.

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/s/ Moogie

"She had gowns of velvet like poured country cream...and chiffon that spiralled about her like golden smoke...Dorthy Parker

"God helps those who help themselves"

- Poor Richard's Almanack by Ben Franklin

Type about:mozilla into a Mozilla, Firefox, or Netscape browser. Or Google "The Book Of Mozilla".

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The whole "ashes to ashes" thing isn't from the Bible, either...

Also, that old quote "And the lion shall lie down with the lamb" is very, very, popular, but is actually misquoted. It's a wolf that's sleeping with the sheep. :)

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Heather
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"The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the calf and the lion and the fattling together, and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall graze, their young shall lied down together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. " Isaiah 11:6-7

Last Sunday's OT Lesson :)

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/s/ Moogie

"She had gowns of velvet like poured country cream...and chiffon that spiralled about her like golden smoke...Dorthy Parker

Cleanliness is next to Godliness.

Not what you are looking for, I know.

Leviticus Chap. 7 verse 1"And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,"
verse 2"There will come a time when a man will rise up and claim that he is my son"
verse 3"thou must take this man and stone him until he is dead"
verse 4"then thou must take 4 unblemished ewes, 5 unblemished bulls, and 5 turtle doves"
verse 5"And the high priest must offer these to me to appease me in my anger that a man would claim such BS"
verse 6"thus spoke the Lord to Moses"

heh. the Jewish spin on Jesus
Revenge is sweet >:D