Quotes About Sin

The substance of the eminent Socialist gentleman's speech is that making a profit is a sin, but it is my belief that the real sin is taking a loss.

When a person has been given up by God, he will never do good things. He will not improve but only descend lower and lower.

As long as he can keep us from God's way and frustrate us in fulfilling God's purpose, Satan will even motivate us to do things for God. This was how he worked in Cain.

All sin tends to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is what is called damnation.

I don't believe in any form of unjustified extremism! But when a man is exercising extremism -- a human being is exercising extremism -- in defense of liberty for human beings it's no vice, and when one is moderate in the pursuit of justice for human beings I say he is a sinner.

Si la cursilería fuera un pecado, yo cada noche me ganaría el infierno.

Broken down, beaten in again Feel the pain, lose control Bent around, lie and sin All in vain, lost my soul Can I pick myself up again? Just to fall again, lost in sin.

All men are dirty in one way or another. Only there are those who can be washed by a simple glass of water, and those who could not be purified by all the oceans of the earth.

What is my sin, Cock? Have I eaten innocent tissue, innocent muscle too often? I always killed them, in the old days, before I ate them. Now I'm afraid I wouldn't hesitate to eat them alive.

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. Amen. —ANCIENT EASTERN ORTHODOX PRAYER

he does intimate here that a sin or failing can be quantified by the transgressor's degree of freedom.

to humble the sinner; to exalt the Saviour; to promote holiness.

A sense of sin perfects all sensual contents

The blood of Christ stands not simply for the sting of sin on God, but the scourge of God on sin, not simply for God's sorrow over sin but for God's wrath on it.

Sometimes the sins you haven't committed are all you have left to hold onto.

Because the rituals of the larger culture play a formative role in fashioning our affections, it must be recognized that idolatry is not merely an individual sin but is embedded in the very patterns of civilizations where they take on a systemic character.

The best friend of a nation is he who most faithfully rebukes her for her sins—and he her worst enemy who, under the specious . . . garb of patriotism seeks to excuse, palliate or defend them.

Riches and the things that are necessary in life are not evil in themselves. And all of us face cares and troubles in this life. The sin comes in the time and energy we spend in pursuing these things, at the expense of neglecting Christ.

He thought: Because when you tell a lie it must be to keep from saying a worse thing. Then lying is not a Sin and God will not punish you. (But what if God is one of them?)

Lie is the beginning of man's journey towards corruption.

Repentance is the grace that Yahweh has granted first to His people otherwise punishment will follow.

There are no explanations for human evil. Only excuses.

Everyone knows the Devil takes care of his own.

If we read the scriptures, we shall escape the evils of sin.