Sin Quotes
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I believe that, that Christ became sin for us.
William P. Young -
The prophet shows that, for the sake of silence, we are to abstain even from good talk. If this be so, how much more needful is it that we refrain from evil words, on account of the penalty of the sin!
Benedict of Nursia
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Nothing is a sin when you obey the orders of a priest.
Alfred de Musset -
Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves
Anne Baxter -
He who devoutly hears holy Mass will receive a great vigor to enable him to resist mortal sin, and there shall be pardoned to him all venial sins which he may have committed up to that hour.
Saint Augustine -
Strange, that I came into the world with nothing, and now I am going away with this stupendous caravan of sin! Wherever I look, I see only God... I have sinned terribly, and I do not know what punishment awaits me.
Aurangzeb -
Preserve your conscience always soft and sensitive. If but one sin force its way into that tender part of the soul and dwell there, the road is paved for a thousand iniquities.
Isaac Watts -
Christians are not perfect, and all of us do sin along the way. But genuine Christians hear His voice and follow Him.
David Jeremiah
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We are most unfair to God; we do not allow Him to sin.
Friedrich Nietzsche -
He Christ died for me. He made His righteousness mine and made my sin His own; and if He made my sin His own, then I do not have it, and I am free.
Martin Luther -
It is a sin directly against one's neighbour, since one man cannot over-abound in external riches, without another man lacking them.
Thomas Aquinas -
There was a time when ministers spoke forthrightly and named things. We don't name anything anymore. Finney had a sermon on How to Preach so as to Convert Nobody. He said 'Preach on sin but never mention any of the sins of your congregation - that will do it.'
Vance Havner -
Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity of God's image.
William Ames -
Well-lit streets discourage sin, but don't overdo it.
William Kennedy
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The starting point of sanctification is the filthiness, corruption, or stain of sin.
William Ames -
Part of the sin of Pride is a subtle but deep racism.
K. P. Yohannan -
What is it that renders death terrible? Sin. We must therefore fear sin, not death.
Alphonsus Liguori -
Die for adultery! No: The wren goes to't, and the small gilded fly does lecher in my sight
William Shakespeare -
I regard untouchability as such a grave sin as to warrant divine chastisement.
Mahatma Gandhi -
There is a great deal of sin that comes from homosexuals who believe their homosexuality is a sin.
Andrew Solomon
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In any age, our problems are a result of sin, and the solution is faith and obedience.
R.J. Rushdoony -
Any analysis of 'sin' or 'evil' or 'demonic influence' or 'negative thinking' or 'systemic evil' or 'antisocial behavior' that fails to see the lack of self-dignity as the core of the problem will prove to be too shallow.
Robert H. Schuller -
One has to weigh all of one's values always in relative terms. On the upside, you get people who are not acting on their homosexual attraction, who are avoiding the sin of practicing homosexuality. On the downside, you have destroyed marriages, traumatized children, and dead people who have taken their own lives.
Andrew Solomon -
You did not kill the fish only to keep alive and to sell for food, he thought. You killed him for pride and because you are a fisherman. You loved him when he was alive and you loved him after. If you love him, it is not a sin to kill him. Or is it more?
Ernest Hemingway