Good Book

Christian sacred text

The Good Book is the Bible, treated as the definitive source of moral and spiritual guidance: My grandmother swore on the Good Book every Sunday.

The capitalization signals reverence, distinguishing scripture from ordinary reading material.

The phrase appears most often in religious or Southern American speech. (Lowercase good book is any enjoyable or worthwhile book.)

bible

scripture

Sacred religious writings

chapter · psalm · proverb · parable · Genesis · Exodus · Revelation · Matthew · John · King James

Opposites
sacred vs. profane texts

Good Bookgrimoire

Textbook of sorcery

Satanic Bible · forbidden books · banned books · Malleus Maleficarum

religious scripture traditions

Good BookQuran

Islam's central scripture

Torah · Bhagavad Gita · Book of Mormon · Tao Te Ching · Vedas

quality assessment (general sense)

Good Bookdreck

Worthless trash

pulp fiction · potboiler · schlock · dime novel · drivel

Family

good, book, good books

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G