Bible/Scripture

Movies/Scenes Representing the Bible/Scripture

The Apostle (1997)
- Sonny actually lays an open Bible on the ground in front of the bulldozer. It is the actual power of the book itself that discourages the driver, played perfectly by Billy Bob Thorton, from destroying the church. (submitted by Mike Clark, Hamilton Canada)
Amistad (1997)
- Bibles on the slave ship. Yamba learns the Bible story. (DVD ch 13)
Sling Blade (1996)
- Karl: "It took me four years to read the Bible. I reckon I understand a great deal of it. It wasn?t what I expected in some places. I slept in a good bed for a great long while. Now they seen fit to put me outta here. They say they?re settin? me free today."
Dead Man Walking (1995)
- Guard: "You know how the Bible says, ?an eye for an eye?..."
  Prejean: "The Bible also calls for death as punishment for adultery, prostitution, homosexuality, profaning the Sabbath, trespassing upon sacred ground, and contempt of parents."
  Guard: "I ain?t gonna get into no Bible quotin? with no nun, ?cuz I?m gonna lose."
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
- Andy Dufresne hides his rock hammer in his Bible. "Freedom is found within."
- The warden quotes from the Bible as a Pharisee - using the words as a Law which binds people to his own benefit.
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
- "As the good book says, when a poor man eats a chicken, one of them is sick." (Tevye)
  "Where does the book say that?" (Mendel)
  "Well, it doesn't say that exactly, but somewhere there is something about a chicken." (Tevye)