In the Middle Ages, anyone who objected to the Holy Scriptures was put to death.

We call scriptures the sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.

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!

“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.”

The Koran is Islamic scripture.

One day a man came to the Buddha and said: "May I be so bold as to suggest that what you are teaching us is actually not to be found in the scriptures?" "Then put it in there," the Buddha said.

The Quran is the holy scripture of Muslims.

Throughout the Scriptures, we find this usage of the number forty.

Where is this mentioned in the scriptures?

While I had knowledge from studying for the ancient scriptures exam, I wish I had read more about it. Even though I was discussing Japanese language with people, I never actually read the material properly.