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Top 30 John Knox Quotes (2025 Update)

John Knox Quote: “A man with God is always in the majority.”

1. “A man with God is always in the majority.”

John Knox Quote: “Lord, give me Scotland or I die!”

2. “Lord, give me Scotland or I die!”

John Knox Quote: “The Scriptures of God are my only foundation and substance in all matters of weight and importance.”

3. “The Scriptures of God are my only foundation and substance in all matters of weight and importance.”

John Knox Quote: “You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.”

4. “You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.”

John Knox Quote: “I have never once feared the devil, but I tremble every time I enter the pulpit.”

5. “I have never once feared the devil, but I tremble every time I enter the pulpit.”

John Knox Quote: “O Lord Eternal, move and govern my tongue to speak the truth.”

6. “O Lord Eternal, move and govern my tongue to speak the truth.”

John Knox Quote: “Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.”

7. “Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.”

John Knox Quote: “Live in Christ, die in Christ, and the flesh need not fear death.”

8. “Live in Christ, die in Christ, and the flesh need not fear death.”

John Knox Quote: “I will keep the ground that God has given me and perhaps in his grace, he will ignite me again. But ignite me or not, in his grace, in his power, I will hold the ground.”

9. “I will keep the ground that God has given me and perhaps in his grace, he will ignite me again. But ignite me or not, in his grace, in his power, I will hold the ground.”

John Knox Quote: “When I think of those who have influenced my life the most, I think not of the great but of the good.”

10. “When I think of those who have influenced my life the most, I think not of the great but of the good.”

John Knox Quote: “Let no day slip over without some comfort received of the Word of God.”

11. “Let no day slip over without some comfort received of the Word of God.”

John Knox Quote: “I sought neither preeminence, glory, nor riches; my honor was that Jesus Christ should reign.”

12. “I sought neither preeminence, glory, nor riches; my honor was that Jesus Christ should reign.”

John Knox Quote: “Prayer is an earnest and familiar talking with God.”

13. “Prayer is an earnest and familiar talking with God.”

John Knox Quote: “In youth, in middle age, and now after many battles, I find nothing in me but corruption.”

14. “In youth, in middle age, and now after many battles, I find nothing in me but corruption.”

John Knox Quote: “Let a thing here be noted, that the prophet of God sometimes may teach treason against kings, and yet neither he nor such as obey the word, spoken in the Lord’s name by him, offend God.”

15. “Let a thing here be noted, that the prophet of God sometimes may teach treason against kings, and yet neither he nor such as obey the word, spoken in the Lord’s name by him, offend God.”

John Knox Quote: “Here lies one who neither flattered nor feared any flesh.”

16. “Here lies one who neither flattered nor feared any flesh.”

John Knox Quote: “As the world is weary of me so am I of it.”

17. “As the world is weary of me so am I of it.”

John Knox Quote: “Here lies one who feared God so much that he never feared the face of any man.”

18. “Here lies one who feared God so much that he never feared the face of any man.”

John Knox Quote: “To promote a woman to bear rule, superiority, dominion, or empire above any realm, nation, or city, is repugnant to nature; contumely to God, a thing most contrary to his revealed will and approved ordinance; and finally, it is the subversion of good order, of all equity and justice.”

19. “To promote a woman to bear rule, superiority, dominion, or empire above any realm, nation, or city, is repugnant to nature; contumely to God, a thing most contrary to his revealed will and approved ordinance; and finally, it is the subversion of good order, of all equity and justice.”

John Knox Quote: “The testimony of scripture is so plain that to add anything were superfluous, were it not that the world is almost now come to that blindness, that whatsoever pleases not the princes and the multitude, the same is rejected as doctrine newly forged, and is condemned for heresy.”

20. “The testimony of scripture is so plain that to add anything were superfluous, were it not that the world is almost now come to that blindness, that whatsoever pleases not the princes and the multitude, the same is rejected as doctrine newly forged, and is condemned for heresy.”

John Knox Quote: “Un homme avec Dieu est toujours dans la majorite. One man with God is always a majority.”

21. “Un homme avec Dieu est toujours dans la majorite. One man with God is always a majority.”

John Knox Quote: “All that the Lord thy God commands thee to do, that do thou to the Lord thy God: add nothing to it, diminish nothing from it.′ By this rule, think I, the Kirk of Christ will measure God’s religion, and not by that which seems good in their own eyes.”

22. “All that the Lord thy God commands thee to do, that do thou to the Lord thy God: add nothing to it, diminish nothing from it.′ By this rule, think I, the Kirk of Christ will measure God’s religion, and not by that which seems good in their own eyes.”

John Knox Quote: “The Monstrous Regiment of Women.”

23. “The Monstrous Regiment of Women.”

John Knox Quote: “No one else holds or has held the place in the heart of the world which Jesus holds. Other gods have been as devoutly worshipped; no other man has been so devoutly loved.”

24. “No one else holds or has held the place in the heart of the world which Jesus holds. Other gods have been as devoutly worshipped; no other man has been so devoutly loved.”

John Knox Quote: “But hereof be assured, that all is not lawful nor just that is statute by civil laws; neither yet is everything sin before God, which ungodly persons allege to be treason.”

25. “But hereof be assured, that all is not lawful nor just that is statute by civil laws; neither yet is everything sin before God, which ungodly persons allege to be treason.”

John Knox Quote: “Neither can oath nor promise bind any such people to obey and maintain tyrants against God and against his truth known.”

26. “Neither can oath nor promise bind any such people to obey and maintain tyrants against God and against his truth known.”

John Knox Quote: “No man is so regenerate, but that continually he has need of the means which Christ Jesus has appointed to be used in his kirk.”

27. “No man is so regenerate, but that continually he has need of the means which Christ Jesus has appointed to be used in his kirk.”

John Knox Quote: “Those who have arrived at any very eminent degree of excellence in the practice of an art or profession have commonly been actuated by a species of enthusiasm in their pursuit of it. They have kept one object in view amidst all the vicissitudes of time and torture.”

28. “Those who have arrived at any very eminent degree of excellence in the practice of an art or profession have commonly been actuated by a species of enthusiasm in their pursuit of it. They have kept one object in view amidst all the vicissitudes of time and torture.”

John Knox Quote: “Considering myself called of my God to instruct the ignorant, comfort the sorrowful, confirm the weak, and rebuke the proud; by tongue and lively voice in these corrupt days rather than to compose books for the age to come, seeing that so much is written, and yet so little well observed, I decree to contain myself within the bounds of that vocation whereunto I found myself especially called.”

29. “Considering myself called of my God to instruct the ignorant, comfort the sorrowful, confirm the weak, and rebuke the proud; by tongue and lively voice in these corrupt days rather than to compose books for the age to come, seeing that so much is written, and yet so little well observed, I decree to contain myself within the bounds of that vocation whereunto I found myself especially called.”

John Knox Quote: “I cannot praise the common superfluity which women now use in their apparel.”

30. “I cannot praise the common superfluity which women now use in their apparel.”

John Knox Quote: “That the Pape is not the successour of Petir, but whare he said, “Go behynd me, Sathan.”

31. “That the Pape is not the successour of Petir, but whare he said, “Go behynd me, Sathan.”

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