Good book

"Good book" in a Sentence (13 examples)

I told him "If Red men will learn the good Book, they may know as much as white men [...]"

"[...] Spare the rod and spile the child, as the Good Book says. I'm a laying up sin and suffering for us both, I know. [...]"

"Mind ye, Paitrick," he used to say, "that the Good Book says, 'A soft answer turneth away wrath.' Now keep your temper, laddie. [...]"

Hellish as it is for an employee to feel Galotti's wrath, being in his good book is no picnic, either.

“Going all he-man on her isn't exactly going to put you in her good book.” He blinked. “You have eyes in the back of your head now?” A beatific smile.

2012, David Pawson, JESUS: The Seven Wonders of HIStory, Anchor Recordings Ltd. ... and then, because Jesus died for you and paid for your sin already, you can be acquitted, justified in God's sight, put in his good book.

We've got to lick the big boss's boots so that we'll be in his good book. For survival we have to be Sunday saint and everyday sinner.

A smile brightened her face, and Dante knew he was back in her good book. “Are you taking me to the opera?” she asked. Now it was his turn to frown.

These two criteria had given me a slight advantage over others, and maybe because of this, I was one of the staff listed in her good book.

And ever take Give not your soul to vain philosophy: / In his good book delight; there lies / The drooping Christian at the hour of death […]

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Now our Indian children can read the good book. 167. In consequence of the introduction of the gospel, I suppose your tribe have relinquished […]

We read the good book because it is a good book. We explore the stories because they are transfixing stories, dense and compelling.

And don't worry about why god chose not to include that prediction about being a Nazarene anywhere in his good book. Just take his word for it ...

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