How to Use scriptural in a Sentence

scriptural

adjective

• Francis smiled at him as a scriptural text was read aloud.
  — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2021
• This is most explicit when the basis of the law is scriptural.
  — Marilynne Robinson, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022
• Today, far fewer people are likely to catch the scriptural echoes of this question than would have been the case 50 years ago.
  — TheWeek, 28 Mar. 2020
• So flip through the pages for tiny pieces of paper that may contain more than scriptural references.
  — Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal, 9 Apr. 2018
• The only scriptural guideline for iftar is to break the fast with dates and water, as Muhammad himself did.
  — Marty Patail| For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 13 Apr. 2022
• The adoration of the Harry Potter books, like the nearly scriptural status of the Star Wars movies, involves more than just fandom.
  — Adam Kirsch, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2018
• The scriptural flexibility in worship has allowed Christians from all parts of the world to worship the same God in their own ways.
  — Dominic Pino, National Review, 1 Aug. 2021
• Mike keeps dreaming about a little girl (Ann'Jewel Lee) who speaks in scriptural-sounding riddles.
  — Margaret Gray, latimes.com, 9 Apr. 2018
• But there is also strong scriptural teaching behind it all.
  — Laurie Goodstein, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2017
• They were rankled not just by the policy change, but also by the scriptural language that some supporters of the shift used to justify it.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Nov. 2019
• Just like Luther’s Reformation, these movements claimed to go back to the scriptural roots of the religion to question the existing tradition.
  — Mustafa Akyol, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2017
• These books and only these books have scriptural authority.
  — Christopher Beha, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
• The study committee was asked to put together a scriptural analysis of the question of women in the church and compile a list of recommendations.
  — Emma Green, The Atlantic, 5 July 2017
• Hundreds of visitors make this pilgrimage each week, with many sitting in on lectures and scriptural readings.
  — Ben Brazil, latimes.com, 16 Feb. 2018
• Preachers have been told to incorporate these values in their scriptural teachings.
  — The Economist, 26 Sep. 2019
• Some members say church leaders should make more vigorous statements about the environment because of scriptural commands to be good stewards of the earth.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2022
• There is scriptural precedent for stopping Friday prayers: for example, an uncle of the Prophet Muhammad is said to have urged followers to stay at home during foul weather.
  — The Economist, 21 Mar. 2020
• In the early debate about scriptural interpretation, Pastor Paul pretty clearly seems to have the upper hand.
  — Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2017
• The office of cardinal — unlike that of pope, bishop, priest, or deacon — has no scriptural or dogmatic basis, but is instead a practical creation of the church.
  — Grayson Quay, The Week, 7 June 2022
• Prothero also said there is no scriptural foundation for clothing choices and it’s about personal comfort in worship.
  — Micha Green, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2022
• To call something scriptural is to give it a kind of authority, and most books that ever achieve such authority do so soon after their initial appearance.
  — Christopher Beha, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
• These meetings, many of which are still held today, focus heavily on events in the Christian Book of Revelation, and attempt to connect scriptural elements with current events in the world.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 27 Sep. 2022
• But the true genius of using linear perspective is that its elements—a vanishing point and a horizon line—express the painting’s scriptural message.
  — Robert E. Gordon, WSJ, 13 July 2018
• For nearly fifteen hundred years, scriptural interpretations of the role of women in the church and in marriages were more flexible, prone to shifting and evolving, than is commonly known.
  — Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 25 July 2021
• Like many faiths, Mormonism has explicit scriptural mandates to turn belief into action.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Feb. 2022
• Discerning readers can account for the humanity of scriptural authors who, though inspired, were not devoid of biases and blind spots.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 July 2022
• But as the day passed and the tribulations continued, some didn’t need obscure scriptural passages or complicated astrological projections to feel the end was near.
  — Rick Hampson, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2017
• The musical and scriptural celebration of Stephon Clark’s life was interrupted by his emotional brother Stevante, who hugged and kissed the casket, led the crowd in chanting his brother’s name, pounded his chest, and shouted.
  — Don Thompson, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2018
• Although the force of the passage is driven by a debate about scriptural interpretation, its logic strikingly anticipates the case for reparations in the U.S. today.
  — David Lincicum, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2021
• The Rapture has no scriptural basis besides an obviously metaphorical verse in Paul’s first epistle to the Thessalonians.
  — Michael Robbins, Harper’s Magazine , 9 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 22 Jul 2024