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The goddess of Lakshmi is depicted with four hands, which are meant to represent the four main goals in life and the four Vedas (Hindu scripture).
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Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 19 Jan. 2025
Cassidy downplayed his primary opponent by citing a biblical scripture, Matthew 6:34.
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Dec. 2024
When the mind has no priors left: Cessation In the past year, meditation researchers have begun to corroborate long-standing claims from Buddhist scripture that if your meditation goes deep enough, the whole show of consciousness can be extinguished — temporarily, that is — altogether.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 8 Jan. 2025
It is expected, for instance, that players will have to ask their dungeon master whether their characters recognize a glowing rune or can quote the ancient scriptures.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2024
So the excessive resort to violence of all kinds, plus misinterpretation of biblical scriptures are two of the generic causes.
—Marianne Schnall, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Who Was Jesus’s Grandma? Livia Gershon December 22, 2022
Canonical scripture never mentions the parents of the Virgin Mary, but the body of St. Anne was vital to Christianity in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 16 Dec. 2024
Services feature songs and scripture readings in four languages.
—Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
In all this, Jesus was retrieving and modeling some of the remarkable kingship themes from Israel’s own scriptures.
—N.t. Wright, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 19 Jan. 2025
Cassidy downplayed his primary opponent by citing a biblical scripture, Matthew 6:34.
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Dec. 2024
When the mind has no priors left: Cessation In the past year, meditation researchers have begun to corroborate long-standing claims from Buddhist scripture that if your meditation goes deep enough, the whole show of consciousness can be extinguished — temporarily, that is — altogether.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 8 Jan. 2025
It is expected, for instance, that players will have to ask their dungeon master whether their characters recognize a glowing rune or can quote the ancient scriptures.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2024
So the excessive resort to violence of all kinds, plus misinterpretation of biblical scriptures are two of the generic causes.
—Marianne Schnall, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Who Was Jesus’s Grandma? Livia Gershon December 22, 2022
Canonical scripture never mentions the parents of the Virgin Mary, but the body of St. Anne was vital to Christianity in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 16 Dec. 2024
Services feature songs and scripture readings in four languages.
—Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
In all this, Jesus was retrieving and modeling some of the remarkable kingship themes from Israel’s own scriptures.
—N.t. Wright, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Scripture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Scripture. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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