Quotes about Sinful

Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end. Votes: 4

There are many reasons why vulnerable young people join militant groups, but among them are poverty and ignorance. Indeed Boko Haram - which translates in English, roughly, as 'Western Education Is Sinful' - preys on the perverted belief that the opportunities that education brings are sinful. Votes: 4

Sinful heart blames. Votes: 3

Sinful zeal doth make men doubly sinful. Votes: 3

Thoughts and feelings produce actions. Sinful thoughts and feelings produce sinful actions. Votes: 3

Sinful man really hopes when he no longer has anything of his own. Votes: 3

Sex is not sinful, but sin has perverted it. Votes: 2

Do not deprive someone of his livelihood. This is a sinful tendency. Votes: 2

The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world. Votes: 2

The only sexual act that is sinful is the one that uses or abuses. Votes: 2

To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. Votes: 2

God created a good world that was subjected to futility because of the sinful, treasonous choice of the first human beings. Votes: 2

A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better. Votes: 2

The inward area is the first place of loss of true Christian life, of true spirituality, and the outward sinful act is the result. Votes: 2

You can't have virtue without sin. What I'm after is having my characters' virtues defined by how they operate in a very sinful environment. That's how you test people. Votes: 2

If you were not a sinful, polluted, helpless, and miserable creature, this Savior would not be suited to you, and you would not be comprehended in his gracious invitations to the children of men. Votes: 2

God tells me that I need to provide for my family, discipline and teach my children, and love my wife as Christ loves the church. If I don't do that, I'm being unfaithful and sinful. Votes: 2

Jesus is coming back for a church without a spot or a wrinkle. His righteous blood covers the spots and the wrinkles of those who believe unto righteousness, allowing once sinful men to be holy. Votes: 2

Sanctification is the work of the Holy Spirit in us whereby our inner being is progressively changed, freeing us more and more from sinful traits and developing within us over time the virtues of Christlike character. Votes: 2

When everyone in the world spoke the same language, God came down in judgment, breaking the world apart. But at just the right time, he came down again, this time to reconcile that sinful world to himself. Votes: 2

I do not believe evil men are led by God. I believe there are plots of evil. We live in a sinful world, and there are a lot of things that happen as a result of sin. Votes: 2

We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but also because we have not yet eaten of the Tree of Life. The state in which we are is sinful, irrespective of guilt. Votes: 2

The difficulties we face originate from one of three sources. Some are sent to us by the Lord to test our faith, others are the result of Satan's attacks, and still others are due to our own sinful choices. Votes: 2

All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it becomes sinful and contradicts the rule of Scripture when it is conceived upon slight and inadequate provocation, and when it continues long. Votes: 2

It will never do to plead sin as an excuse for sin, or to attempt to justify sinful acts by pleading that we have an evil heart. This instead of being a valid apology, is the very ground of our condemnation. Votes: 2

The Bible and several other self help or enlightenment books cite the Seven Deadly Sins. They are: pride, greed, lust, envy, wrath, sloth, and gluttony. That pretty much covers everything that we do, that is sinful... or fun for that matter. Votes: 2

I'm not saying dating is sinful, and I'm not saying a guy and a girl should never spend time alone together. I'm saying let's wait until we can be purposeful, so there's a reason behind our relationship, and we're not just stirring up passion for the sake of a good time. Votes: 2

The great and important duty which is incumbent on Christians, is to guard against all appearance of evil; to watch against the first risings in the heart to evil; and to have a guard upon our actions, that they may not be sinful, or so much as seem to be so. Votes: 2

If you wish to strengthen your confidence in God still more, often recall the loving way in which He has acted toward you, and how mercifully He has tried to bring you out of your sinful life, to break your attachment to the things of earth and draw you to His love. Votes: 2

So much of the world's suffering results from the sinful action or inaction of ourselves and others. For example, people look at a famine and wonder where God is, but the world produces enough food for each person to have 3,000 calories a day. It's our own irresponsibility and self-centeredness that prevents people from getting fed. Votes: 2

A sinful heart makes feeble hand. Votes: 0

Sin is not so sinful as hypocrisy. Votes: 0

Non-co-operation in itself is unnatural, vicious and sinful. Votes: 0

Pride is never sinful when it is Justice. Votes: 0

Anything done against faith or conscience is sinful. Votes: 0

Then love is sin, and let me sinful be. Votes: 0

a person is never entirely holy or entirely sinful. Votes: 0

The sinful emotions are stirred most deeply by self-love. Votes: 0

If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful. Votes: 0

If you inflict your unhappiness onto others, it is sinful Votes: 0

The Bible teaches that all sin begins with sinful thinking. Votes: 0

Job's unraveling wasn't wrong or sinful; rather, it was emotionally realistic. Votes: 0

Christianity teaches that the human race is depraved, fallen, and sinful. Votes: 0

The state we find ourselves in is sinful quite independent of guilt. Votes: 0

Above all Christians are not allowed to correct by violence sinful wrongdoings. Votes: 0

All dams are ugly, but the Glen Canyon Dam is sinful ugly. Votes: 0

The step between ecstatic vision and sinful frenzy is all too brief Votes: 0

What I go for in my cooking is sinful, bold and real. Votes: 0

Blessed are the peacemakers, For they have freed themselves from sinful wrath. Votes: 0

Anything that's natural can't be sinful-it may be inconvenient, but it's not sinful. Votes: 0

Medicine makes people ill, mathematics make them sad and theology makes them sinful. Votes: 0

Idleness is righteous if it is comfortable. Uncomfortable idleness is sin & sinful waste. Votes: 0

New York... Babylon-on-the-Hudson, sinful, extravagant, full of the nervous hilarity of the doomed. Votes: 0

I find the world and all it contains extremely fascinating. Is this sinful? Votes: 0

The worst kind of sin is not to acknowledge that you are sinful. Votes: 0

Flirting is the sin of the virtuous and the virtue of the sinful Votes: 0

If there is no challenging of the sinful heart, there is no gospel preaching, Votes: 0

the disorders of your hearts, and their sinful workings are as words before God. Votes: 0

I am a seeker, a poor, sinful creature, there is no weaker than I. Votes: 0

Gentleman, it is a terrifying thing for a woman to trust a sinful man. Votes: 0

Even for the most excitable preacher, there was nothing inherently sinful about a waffle. Votes: 0

It is God alone who can subdue and govern the unruly wills of sinful men. Votes: 0

Sanctification is the process in which we become more aware of how sinful we are. Votes: 0

Let sinful bachelors their woes deplore full well they merit all they feel and more Votes: 0

I want her sinful arms wrapped around me,bloodied and angry and triumphant in shame. Votes: 0

Do no sinful action, speak no angry word; ye belong to Jesus, children of the Lord. Votes: 0

All the wealth in this sinful world, cannot buy one second of life in God's Paradise. Votes: 0

Economics that hurt the moral well-being of an individual or a nation are immoral and, therefore, sinful. Votes: 0

God is always near His people, but their sinful behavior may cause His presence to be grievous. Votes: 0

I've never met anybody who was helped by being told how wretched,miserable and sinful they are. Votes: 0

People are no longer sinful, they are only immature or underprivileged or frightened or, more particularly, sick. Votes: 0

We are all sinful. Therefore whatever we blame in another we shall find in our own bosoms. Votes: 0

Faith, amid the disorders of a sinful life, is like the lamp burning in an ancient tomb. Votes: 0

It is great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to keep a sinful oath. Votes: 0

I live by the spirit so I don't gratify all them old sinful desires that never satisfy. Votes: 0

I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all. Votes: 0

Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate,Hate of my sin, grounded on sinful loving, Votes: 0

It is sinful for students to badmouth their teachers and sinful for teachers to mislead their students. Votes: 0

The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence. Votes: 0

I've never known about anyone being helped by being told how wretched, miserable, sinful, and evil they are. Votes: 0

That sorrow for sin that keeps the soul from looking towards the mercy seat is a sinful sorrow. Votes: 0

None are so sinful that they cannot find strength, purity, and righteousness in Jesus, who died for them. Votes: 0

If a leader engages in sinful activity that becomes the standard, if he is strict that becomes the standard. Votes: 0

As a forgiven son, I am justified, cleansed, washed clean. This is a greater reality than my sinful past. Votes: 0

To say that God turns away from the sinful is like saying that the sun hides from the blind. Votes: 0

I wonder if that isn't the most sinful thing of all -- thinking all the pleasant things are wicked. Votes: 0

As holy zeal is the fervency of our grace, so sinful zeal is the intention and fervency of sin. Votes: 0

We manage to swallow flesh, only because we do not think of the cruel and sinful thing we do. Votes: 0

A man and a woman wanting each other is by far one of the least sinful things I've seen Votes: 0

The Cross sanctifies the ego trip. For the Cross protected our Lord's perfect self-esteem from turning into sinful pride. Votes: 0

Whether you realize it or not, your ongoing battle with unbelief drives all your sinful thoughts, emotions, desires, and actions. Votes: 0

If you are unable to compete with the pious in their good deeds, compete with the sinful in their repentance. Votes: 0

And what would we be, we sinful creatures, without fear, perhaps the most foresighted, the most loving of the divine gifts? Votes: 0

The rosary in the hand, repentance on the lips, and the heart full of sinful longings-sin itself laughs at our repentance! Votes: 0

No matter how sinful one may have been, if he has devotion to Mary, it is impossible that he be lost. Votes: 0

It would almost be sinful to say that I regretted doing 'Charlie's Angels' because it did so much for my career. Votes: 0

Christians need never be sick, any more than they need to be sinful. It is always God's desire to heal you. Votes: 0

We are as near to heaven as we are far from self, and far from the love of a sinful world. Votes: 0

We are supposed to share the gospel. So, I believe it can actually be a sinful thing to not do it. Votes: 0

Ibn Mas'ud said that Allah's Messenger said: Abusing a Muslim is sinful and fighting with his tantamount to Kufr. Bukhari Muslim Votes: 0

This solution may not appeal to our human pride, but the problem is that our human pride in itself is sinful. Votes: 0

Any pleasure that would keep you from Christ is a sinful pleasure that will doubtless cause you anguish, heartache, tears and remorse. Votes: 0

Temples are like spiritual hospitals, and the sinful, who are spiritually diseased, have the first right to be ministered to by them. Votes: 0

Regret for a sinful past will remain until we truly believe that for us in Christ that sinful past no longer exists. Votes: 0

You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope. Votes: 0

Pride is when sinful human beings aspire to the status and position of God and refuse to acknowledge their dependence upon Him. Votes: 0

Line dancing is as sinful as any other type of dancing, with its sexual gestures and touching. It is an incitement to lust. Votes: 0

The pure and simple truth Is rarely pure and never simple. What's a boy to do When lies and truth are both sinful? Votes: 0

Truth and nonviolence demand that no human being may debar himself from serving any other human being, no matter how sinful he may be. Votes: 0

On thee, Jesus, all our hopes depend. In thee all power is vested, even power to make sinful creatures instrumental in enlightening the heathen. Votes: 0

Whatever we do or say without prayer always ends up either sinful or harmful and convicts us through the deeds in some mysterious way. Votes: 0

With arms outstretched on the cross. Jesus took holy God in one hand and sinful man with the other and brought the two together. Votes: 0

Christ gives peace to the most sinful and miserable that come to Him. He heals the broken in heart and binds up their wounds. Votes: 0

Because the sinless Savior died My sinful soul is counted free. For God the just is satisfied To look on Him and pardon me. Votes: 0

I see so many ways America uses to rob Negroes and it is sinful and America can't keep holding on, and doing these things. Votes: 0

If you would know Christ at all, you must go to Him as a sinful man, or you are shut out from Him altogether. Votes: 0

All of salvation is to make us look good! We who are dirty, worn, broken, and sinful are to be the showcase of heaven. Votes: 0

The eternal Son of God became the sinless son of Man that the sinful sons of men might become the beloved sons of God. Votes: 0

Condemning others as bad or sinful is a way to feel righteous. Such a feeling is a powerful mood alteration and can become highly addictive. Votes: 0

The Gospel is this: You're more sinful, evil and weak than you'd ever believe. But you're more valued, accepted and loved than you dared hope. Votes: 0

A lover would find life less broken apart after a misguided love affair if they could feel that they had been sinful rather than foolish. Votes: 0

I am weaker and more sinful than I ever before believed, but through Jesus Christ I'm more loved and accepted than I ever dared hope. Votes: 0

Of all the documents that have come down from antiquity, Genesis three is the only one that explains how the world became sinful and evil Votes: 0

Judaism, I would argue, does demand love for our fellow human beings, but only to an extent. 'Hate' is not always synonymous with the terribly sinful. Votes: 0

Your grandchildren will likely find it incredible - or even sinful - that you burned up a gallon of gasoline to fetch a pack of cigarettes! Votes: 0

We do not attach any intrinsic value to the Cross; this would be sinful and idolatrous. Our veneration is referred to Him who died upon it. Votes: 0

A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the Divine Being is not only sinful, but it is also prima facie evidence of vulgar associations. Votes: 0

We're too Christian to enjoy sin and too sinful to enjoy Christ. We've got just enough Jesus to be informed, but not enough to be transformed. Votes: 0

I don't just commit sin. Apart from God, I am sinful. My problem is not just what I do; it's who I am without His nature. Votes: 0

The Bible warns us clearly that we must not attack men of God no matter how sinful they may have become or wicked in our eyes. Votes: 0

Selfishness is the controlling force of sinful living. It is this motive which pulsates through the natural mind, emotions and will - self-pleasing, self-serving, living for self. Votes: 0

Whatever makes us feel superior to other people, whatever tempts us to convey a sense of superiority, that is the gravity of our sinful nature, not grace. Votes: 0

Almost every sinful action ever committed can be traced back to a selfish motive. It is a trait we hate in other people but justify in ourselves. Votes: 0

I never thought that sex was wrong, sinful, dirty. When you take away the thought of things being dirty or forbidden, then you can really enjoy your sensuality. Votes: 0

Let sinful bachelors their woes deplore; full well they merit all they feel, and more: unaw by precepts, human or divine, like birds and beasts, promiscuously they join. Votes: 0

There is a feeling which persists in England that making a sandwich interesting, attractive, or in any way pleasant to eat is something sinful that only foreigners do. Votes: 0

Theologians consider that it was the sin of pride, the sinful thought conceived in an instant: non serviam: I will not serve. That instant was his [Lucifer's] ruin. Votes: 0

I think we got much better poetry when it was all regarded as sinful or subversive, and you had to hide it under the cushion when somebody came in. Votes: 0

The gospel confronts us with the hopelessness of our sinful condition. But we don't like what we see of ourselves in the gospel, so we shrink back from it. Votes: 0

The true Gospel of Jesus Christ is a revelation of how God has taken sinful man and made him a new creature and imparted to him a perfect righteousness. Votes: 0

Neither does man have gills for living in a water environment; yet it is not sinful to explore the depths of the oceans in search of food or other blessings. Votes: 0

I love the bicycle. I always have. I can think of no sincere, decent human being, male or female, young or old, saintly or sinful, who can resist the bicycle. Votes: 0

We are so evil and sinful and flawed that Jesus had to die for us... But we are so lobed and valued that he was willing to due for us. Votes: 0

Sin doesn't always look sinful to us; sometimes it looks beautiful. That's why we need grace to see sin for what it really is - dark, dangerous, enslaving and destructive. Votes: 0

The more sinful and guilty a person tends to feel, the less chance there is that he will be a happy, healthy, or law-abiding citizen. He will become a compulsive wrong-doer. Votes: 0

Stiff-necked America, in flagrant rebellion against God, is indulging a caterwauling orgy of sinful maudlin cinementality on the 5th anniversary of God's 9/11 vengeance upon this evil nation for its sodomite sins! Votes: 0

A man who is enticed by sinful thoughts is blinded by them, and he sees the action of sin in himself, but he can not see the cause of this action. Votes: 0

I was taught growing up not to be unequally yoked with unbelievers, to withdraw myself from the sinful 'others'. But we are all others. We are all sinners in someone's eyes. Votes: 0

Good intentions, regular worship, Bible study, do not prevent blindness. Part of our sinful nature instinctively chooses to see what we want to see and to ignore what we want to ignore. Votes: 0

I think it's sinful to give the audience material it knows already, whether the material is about race relations or the car culture or the depiction and placement of a candy bar. Votes: 0

I have decided to follow in my sinful ways, and have largely abandoned the increasingly religious life I was leading over the previous months, including several hours of Talmudic study a day. Votes: 0

Even if we were not sinful by nature, the sin of having private property would suffice to condemn us before God; for that which he gives us freely, we appropriate to ourselves. Votes: 0

The West needs to relearn what the rest of the world has never forgotten - that there is nothing sinful in leisure as long as it does not degenerate into mere sloth. Votes: 0

Be not afraid. God loves you & wants us to love one another as He loves us. As miserable, weak and sinful as we are, He loves us with an infinitely faithful love. Votes: 0

Sin is a dangerous toy in the hands of the virtuous. It should be left to the congenitally sinful, who know when to play with it and when to let it alone. Votes: 0

For to pretend that men may live habitually sinful lives without any attempt by the Spirit to mortify sin in them, nor with any desire for repentance, is to deny the Christian religion. Votes: 0

We are not the healers, we are not the reconcilers, we are not the givers of life. We are sinful, broken, vulnerable people who need as much care as anyone we care for. Votes: 0

As the criminal, sinful war in Iraq enters its third year, the president goes to Europe to heal the wounds between the United States and its former allies, on his own terms of course. Votes: 0

Thou shalt not covet means that it is sinful even to contemplate the seizure of another man's goods - which is something which Socialists, whether Christian or otherwise, have never managed to explain away. Votes: 0

The Tenth Commandment sends a message to socialists, to collectivists, to people who believe that wealth is best obtained by redistribution, and that message is clear and concise . . . Egalitarianism is sinful; it's also cowardly. Votes: 0

I felt like a sinful person when I dated men and allowed them to feel for me in a way I knew I could never naturally feel for them. That felt wrong and a lie. Votes: 0

The more clearly we see the infinite chasm between God's glory and our sinful falling short thereof, the greater will be our appreciation of His grace and love in bridging that gulf to redeem us. Votes: 0

Know that once we have received Jesus, we can't continue to live our old sinful lifestyle. Now that we have His Holy Spirit living in us, guiding us, and transforming us, we have no excuse. Votes: 0

When you get saved, you get saved not because you deserve it, but because you simply let God save you and because you confess your own poor sinful state and your inability to save yourself. Votes: 0

Abstain from all sinful, unwholesome actions, perform only pious wholesome ones, purify the mind; this is the teaching of enlightened ones Votes: -1