How to Use scriptural in a Sentence

scriptural

adjective

• This is most explicit when the basis of the law is scriptural.
  — Marilynne Robinson, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022
• 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
• 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
• Preachers have been told to incorporate these values in their scriptural teachings.
  — The Economist, 26 Sep. 2019
• 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
• Hundreds of visitors make this pilgrimage each week, with many sitting in on lectures and scriptural readings.
  — Ben Brazil, latimes.com, 16 Feb. 2018
• 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
• Mike keeps dreaming about a little girl (Ann'Jewel Lee) who speaks in scriptural-sounding riddles.
  — Margaret Gray, latimes.com, 9 Apr. 2018
• Like many faiths, Mormonism has explicit scriptural mandates to turn belief into action.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Feb. 2022
• The My Faith Assistant app helps provide scriptural translations to tens of thousands of users.
  — Brian Unger, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
• 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
• The letter, addressed directly to Muse, was stuffed in a large manila envelope along with three pages of scriptural references.
  — John Blake, CNN, 15 July 2024
• The Messiah is a collection of gnomic scriptural passages that are prophetic in import but offer no story at all.
  — Jan Swafford, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
• 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
• The report also examines platforms that go beyond simple scriptural guidance.
  — Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 16 Sep. 2025
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The first part of this definition gives the spiritual sense or original scriptural meaning of the word, while the second is the material sense of the word.
  — Judy Wolff, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2025
• 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
• While reference to the scriptural tradition might be enough for many Muslims, some might look to the Muslim legal tradition for precedence.
  — Zahra Ayubi, The Conversation, 8 July 2022
• 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
• 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 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
• 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
• 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
• Boko Haram has advocated for the direct payment of the bride price to the bride, in line with more moderate scriptural interpretations that conclude that the dowry belongs to the woman.
  — Hilary Matfess, Foreign Affairs, 17 Aug. 2016
• The ceremonies will include the singing of the scriptural prophecies concerning the passion and the crucifixion and the singing of the passion proper, followed by the veneration of the cross.
  — From Staff Reports, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 2 Apr. 2026
• 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
• The Seed of the Sacred Fig is a half-skeptical lament for the process of tyranny and dissent, as alluded to in the scriptural epigraph about the strangling Ficus religiosa tree that gives the film its title.
  — Armond White, National Review, 22 Jan. 2025