Abraham Lincoln Bible Quotations

I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good from The Savior of the world is communicated to us through this Book.

And whereas it is the duty of nations as well as of men, to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God ... and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord.

Whereas, the Senate of the United States, devoutly recognizing the Supreme Authority and just Government of Almighty God, in all the affairs of men and of nations, has, by a resolution, requested the President to designate and set apart a day for National prayer and humiliation...

Take all that you can of this book upon reason, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier man. (When a skeptic expressed surprise to see him reading a Bible)

The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession.

I am busily engaged in the study of the Bible. I believe it is God's word because it finds me where I am.

The Bible is not my book and Christianity is not my religion. I could never give assent to the long complicated statements of Christian dogma.

In regards to this great Book [the Bible], I have but to say it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this Book. But for it we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare, here and hereafter, are found portrayed in it.

Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him, who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty.

I am busily engaged in study of the Bible.

This nation under God

Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.