Of course you can counter scripture with scripture. The most famous example in the entire Bible is of Jesus citing Deuteronomy in response to the tempter citing Psalms 91.
Tempter: "For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone."
Jesus: "It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the LORD thy God."
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions? Scott Adams