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* ''Series/GilmoreGirls'': [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in "Say Goodnight, Gracie." Dave, Lane's LoveInterest in season 3, is trying to convince her very strict mother to let them date. Mrs. Kim cryptically quotes "Let never day nor night unhallow'd pass, But still remember what the Lord hath done." Since Mrs. Kim is devoutly religious, Lane and Dave assume it's a Bible quote, and he spends the night reading the whole thing to try and figure out what she means by it. He comes up empty, only for Mrs. Kim to tell him it's not from the Bible--it's Creator/WilliamShakespeare (specifically from ''Henry VI''). While we never do find out how the quote relates to the issue at hand, Dave reading the [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome entire Bible in one night]] impresses Mrs. Kim enough to allow him to date her daughter.

* ''Series/GilmoreGirls'': [[InvokedTroped Invoked]] in "Say Goodnight, Gracie." Dave, Lane's LoveInterest in season 3, is trying to convince her very strict mother to let them date. Mrs. Kim cryptically quotes "Let never day nor night unhallow'd pass, But still remember what the Lord hath done." Since Mrs. Kim is devoutly religious, Lane and Dave assume it's a Bible quote, and he spends the night reading the whole thing to try and figure out what she means by it. He comes up empty, only for Mrs. Kim to tell him it's not from the Bible--it's Creator/WilliamShakespeare (specifically from ''Henry VI''). While we never do find out how the quote relates to the issue at hand, Dave reading the [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome ''entire Bible in one night'']] impresses Mrs. Kim enough to allow him to date her daughter.

* The Netscape and Firefox browsers have the EasterEgg "about:mozilla", which brings up a quotation from the Book of Mozilla.

* ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'' has the ''Maten Sutra'' that the priest Sanzo carries around. It's a reference to the unidentified scriptures in ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'', and the parts that are read are mangled versions of real life Buddhist sutras.

-->And they brought to him on a stretcher a man who was sick of the palsy, and they cried unto him, "Maestro, this man is sick of the palsy." And the Lord said, "If I had to spend my whole life on a stretcher, [[IncrediblyLamePun I'd be pretty sick of the palsy too!]]" And they were filled with joy, and cried out, "Lord, thy one-liners are as good as thy tricks; thou art indeed an all-round family entertainer."

* The ''Manga/DeathNote'' fanfic ''Fanfic/IWontSay'' has "The First Book of Mello." He hasn't written the second one yet but chances are it will get a parental advisory sticker.

-->"Moses was right. He that...he that abideth in truth will have frankincense and myrrh smeared on his gums in abundance, and he shall dwell in the house of the Lord for six months, with an option to buy. But the wicked man...the wicked man shall have all kinds of problems. His tongue shall cleave to the roof of his upper palate, and he shall speak like a woman, if you watch him closely. And he shall...he shall...the wicked man shall be delivered into the hands of his enemy, whether they can pay the delivery charge or not. And...wait, I have more about the wicked man. I shall walk through the valley of the shadow of death...In fact, now that I think of it, I shall run through the valley of the shadow of death, 'cause you get out of the valley quicker that way. And he that hath clean hands and a pure heart is okay in my book. But he that fools around with barnyard animals has gotta be watched."

-->26 And the Angel said, I had it here only a moment ago, I must have put it down some where, forget my own head next.

** In the same book, a scribe jotted down Cut-Me-Own-Hand-Off Dhblah's eyewitness account of [[spoiler: Om's ascension and Brutha's reaction]], and it's written like this as well. Except that Dhblah's still trying to shift his very old produce, and tries to sell it to the scribe.

* Each game in the ''VideoGame/NexusWar'' series has findable verses of the Lore of Haldon, the scripture-styled ravings of a ''very'' UnreliableNarrator who in turn learned much of what he knew from an even [[BigBad more]] unreliable source but who nevertheless knew far more than usual about the workings of the CosmicChessGame that drives the series. Finding the entire text grants some potent benefits without the madness, but is considered to be ThatOneAchievement for ''very'' good reason.

-->1 And it was after these things, and there was a man from the city of the Field of Spring and his name was Shalmer, the great supervisor over all its learnings. 2 And it was one day, and Shalmer rose and went by Simor Haskiner, administrator of the school house, and he came to the entrance of his house. 3 And Shalmer said to him, saying: "Lo, Simor, behold I have come before thee, for I have transgressed thine instructions."

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', the newly-christened villain Blight (a man with powers to melt and wither things with his touch) seemingly recites a (fictitious) bible verse. It's from that "verse" that he gets his name.

* The King James Bible itself is kind of guilty of this - the style of English it used was already antiquated at the time it was written, it was just written that way to sound clever. The revision of the Douay-Rheims Bible by Richard Challoner is even more anachronistic by comparison -- intentionally imitating the King James a good century and a half later -- though this was actually considered an improvement over the wooden, overly-Latinate first edition.
* Brazilian Preacher Josue Yrion is infamous because of this. One of These is: "The Bible says that the child fell into the fire, and fell into the water, the disciples could not cast out the demon. And when Jesus came, he asked the boy's father "How long has he been like this?" Since he was a child, He replied, and the Bible gives that the name: epileptic seizure"

* The WebAnimation/DaThings WebAnimation/YoutubePoop "[[https://youtu.be/aHQY9oBeyZQ Products™]]" uses several infomercials as its source material, one of them being for the "My Lil' Prayer Box", an ornamental music box that's supposed to store things like prayer notes. The infomercial is edited to include an "inspirational passage of scripture".

-->''These people have forgotten the order and grace of their precious Father above - their lives no longer spiritually important, their regrettable souls ferment in sin.'' -- Allegedly Psalms 38:7-8[[note]]The real Psalms 38:7-8 is: "My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body. I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart."[[/note]]

* The Hell Bible in ''Film/{{Constantine}}'', which has a different Book of Revelation.

* "Suffer Not The Mutant To Live", from Creator/JohnWyndham's ''Literature/TheChrysalids''.

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* The [[TomeOfEldritchLore Necronomicon]] is often portrayed this way.

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