Quotes about Cunning
Be as wise as a fox. Be as harmless as a dove.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Those who tread among serpents, and along a tortuous path, must use the cunning of the serpent.
— Thomas Becket
Artificial methodizing of spiritual truths may make men ready in notions, cunning and subtile in disputations; but it is the Scripture itself that is able to "make us wise unto salvation.
— John Owen
To be pure in heart is to take no delight in cunning, but converse sincerely with men, and express nothing, by word or look, which is not felt in the heart.
— John Calvin
With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,
— Psalm 83:3
Be that as it may, I was not a burden to you; but crafty as I am, I caught you by trickery.
— 2 Corinthians 12:16
Then Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said, “Why did you deceive us by telling us you live far away from us, when in fact you live among us?
— Joshua 9:22
I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
— James Garlow
He is the playfulness of creation, scandal and utter goodness, the generosity of the ocean and the ferocity of a thunderstorm; he is cunning as a snake and gentle as a whisper; the gladness of sunshine and the humility of a thirty-mile walk by foot on a dirt road.
— John Eldredge
In order to become a great man, one must first be a great rascal.
— Winston Churchill
He who plots evil will be called a schemer.
— Proverbs 24:8
He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
— Job 5:13