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* ''Film/PulpFiction''. About a third of Jules's speech is pretty close to [[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel+25 the real Ezekiel 25:17]], the rest is a pastiche of other Biblical phrases inspired by old Sonny Chiba movies.

* Let's not forget the [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars Covenant of Primus]], the Transformers equivalent of Literature/TheBible...although the parts we actually ''hear'' are all the equivalent of [[ApocalypseHow those bits at the end]] of the Bible.

* The Crime Bible in TheDCU, which even spawned its own mini-series, ''Crime Bible: Five Lessons of Blood'', each issue of which opened with a passage from the Crime Bible.

* DaveBarry's column "He Knows Not What He Writes" had this mysterious religious anecdote of the sort best explained by broadcast preachers:

# Yea, they did profit exceedingly from their craft, insomuch that they did pen all manners of diverse scripts and movie treatments.

** ''Film/TheProphecy'' uses the exact same idea for a Bible found on a dead angel [[OlderThanTheyThink before Constantine did it]].

* JossWhedon is one of the most blatant abusers of this trope.

* Borderline example is the "Book of (insert Israeli leader name here)" in ''PrivateEye'', which presents contemporary events in the Middle East in a parody of the King James Bible style.

* ''{{Homestuck}}''. [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005996 This page]] combines KJV-esque English with SophisticatedAsHell.

* Let's not forget the [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars Covenant of Primus]], the Transformers equivalent of Literature/TheBible...or at least [[ApocalypseHow those bits at the end]] (that is to say, the parts we ''hear'' are equivalent to the bits at the end).

* "Econogenesis" from ''The Journal of Irreproducible Results'':
-->In six quarters Mammon created the real world and in the seventh, He went public.

* ''Series/StargateSG1'': The Book of Origin for the Ori.

* ''Series/StaragateSG1'': The Book of Origin for the Ori.

# Behold, the text that thou shalt write shall be exceedingly ancient and obscure, insomuch that thy audience might have no expertise on the culture of origin, and will just have to take thy word for it.

** ''Film/TheProphecy'' uses the exact same idea for a Bible found on a dead angel.

* Seasons 4 and 5 of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' delve into this as well, with the show's [[DesignatedHero designated heroes]] consulting a "special" version of the Book of Revelation. What everyone else regards as The Bible is supposedly TheThemeParkVersion.

** Seasons 4 and 5 of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' delve into this as well, with the show's [[DesignatedHero designated heroes]] consulting a "special" version of the Book of Revelation. What everyday people regard as The Bible is actually TheThemeParkVersion.

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' does this occasionally, trying to pass off prophecies about the 66 Seals as extracts from obscure versions of the Book of Revelation.

** Seasons 4 and 5 of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' delve into this as well, with the show's [[DesignatedHero designated heroes]] consulting a "special" version of the Book of Revelation.

* Invoked by the title characters of ''TheBoondockSaints'' in the sequel. When asked if they say a prayer before executing someone, they decided to have a little fun, point their guns at the guy who asked them the question, and dramatically make up "verses" about the Vengeance of the Lord using YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe.
* ''PulpFiction''. About a third of Jules's speech is pretty close to [[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel+25 the real Ezekiel 25:17]], the rest is a pastiche of other Biblical phrases inspired by old Sonny Chiba movies.
* The Shepherd's Journal from ''AtlantisTheLostEmpire''.

* The classic Giant Bug movie ''{{Them}}'' has a character mutter such a verse:

* The Book of Origin for the Ori in ''{{Stargate SG-1}}''.

# The location for the fulfilling of thy prophecy shall invariably be within four score furlongs[[hottip:*:ten miles]] of the protagonist's house. Thus endeth the law.

* Literature/TheBookOfMormon is near-universally[[hottip:*:by pretty much everyone who is NOT Mormon or one of their offshoots]] agreed to have errors and phrasing consistant with this trope indicative of a man of Joseph Smith's education emulating the King James Bible's style. Whether this is an indicative and an artifact of him ''writing'' it whole-cloth or of him ''translating'' something given from on high to the best of his ability is largely a matter of faith.