Quotes about Proper
Unless we are constantly aware, in reading the gospels, that they are telling the Jesus story in such a way as to bring out the Israel story, we will never hear their proper harmony.
— NT Wright
The abuse doesn't take away the proper use. Magic is, in fact, a parody of the truly human vocation. Image-bearing humans, obedient to the Creator, are meant to exercise delegated authority in the world in order that life can flourish.
— NT Wright
I am, of course, aware that for over two hundred years scholars have laboured to keep history and theology, or history and faith, at arm's length from one another. There is a good intention behind this move: each of these disciplines has its own proper shape and logic, and cannot simply be turned into a branch of the other.
— NT Wright
All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.
— 1 Kings 14:13
It was because you Levites were not with us the first time that the LORD our God burst forth in anger against us. For we did not consult Him about the proper order.”
— 1 Chronicles 15:13
Blessed are you, O land whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes feast at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.
— Ecclesiastes 10:17
He said to me, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be properly restored.”
— Daniel 8:14
I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the Lord.
— 1 Corinthians 7:35
Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
— 1 Corinthians 11:13
But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.
— 1 Corinthians 14:40
but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.
— 1 Timothy 2:10
So although in Christ I am bold enough to order you to do what is proper,
— Philemon 1:8