Scripture has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken. | |
| 2. | I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. | |
| 3. | He has till now been the apple of your eye; but if thine eye offend you, says Scripture, pluck it out. It is better to enter heaven with one eye than hell with two! | |
| 4. | The Koran is Islamic scripture. | |
| 5. | “She speaks truly,” said Lady Ashton, “it WAS I who, authorised alike by the laws of God and man, advised her, and concurred with her, to set aside an unhappy and precipitate engagement, and to annul it by the authority of Scripture itself.” | |
| 6. | The Holy Scripture begins with a description of paradise and ends with a description of paradise. | |
| 7. | The Quran is the holy scripture of Muslims. |