What non-Canonical books are quoted in Scripture?

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In another thread discussing alternate Canons of Scripture, one post says that the Book of Enoch (apparently regarded as canonical by Ethiopian Catholics) is quoted in New Testament writings.

Of course, this itself doesn’t merit any claim of Canonical merit for the Book of Enoch. But it got me to wondering…

What non-Canonical books are quoted in Scripture (OT or NT)? I distinctly recall that Paul quoted some secular Greek writer in one of his epistles, but I don’t remember the particulars. What other instances do we see in Scripture where non-Canonical books are quoted?
 
In 1 Corinthians 15:33, Paul qoutes from the 4th Century Greek Poet Menander: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

I don’t think any apocyrphal literature is “qouted” in scripture but there a few little tidbits their influence, like in:

Jude v.6 refers to Enoch 6-16 with the rebellious angels. Jude goes into deatial about Enoch in v.14-16. he also speaks of the Jewish tradition of the Archangel Michael’s dispute with Satan over Moses’ body in v.9.

There should be a little more. That’s some stuff, alright.
 
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In 1 Corinthians 15:33, Paul quotes from the 4th Century Greek Poet Menander: “Bad company ruins good morals.”
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Yes, thanks, that was it. A little further research reveals that the name of the work is Menander. Of course, that would be 4th Century B.C.
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I don’t think any apocryphal literature is “quoted” in scripture…
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I presume by “apocryphal” you do not mean to include the Catholic Deuterocanonicals. I discovered in this thread that the Deuterocanonicals are quoted or referenced quite a lot.
 
Enoch and Jasher are the only two I know of that are quoted or refered to in canonical scripture, however I’m not very familiar with the deuterocanonical books of the RCC.

Enoch and Jasher are both very interesting reads if you’ve read the entire Bible. I don’t consider them to be in the same league as the canonical books though.
 
No Deutero-canonical writings are directly quoted from in the Old Testament. This is interesting but should not be troubling as quotation has never determined canonicity. Paul himself quotes three pagan poets. That does not make them canon.
 
1 Kings 14:29 “As for the other events of Rehoboam’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?” and elsewhere in Kings IIRC

1 Kings 15:31 " As for the other events of Nadab’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?" and elsewhere also IIRC.

These books are obviously quoting from the existing royal annals of Israel and Judah.

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