Quotes about Perverse
For the devious person is an abomination to the Lord, but the upright are in his confidence.
— Proverbs 3:32
Your wrong habits of eating have so educated your moral powers that you have not the spirit of a Christian. Your temper is perverse, and your treatment of dumb [voiceless] animals is wrong.
— Ellen White
“O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”
— Luke 9:41
We do not then reject good works; nay, we embrace them and teach them in the highest degree. It is not on their own account that we condemn them, but on account of this impious addition to them and the perverse notion of seeking justification by them. These things cause them to be only good in outward show, but in reality not good, since by them men are deceived and deceive others, like ravening wolves in sheep's clothing.
— Martin Luther
He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation—children of unfaithfulness.
— Deuteronomy 32:20
The angel of the LORD asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you, because your way is perverse before me.
— Numbers 22:32
A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil.
— Psalm 101:4
The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk are His delight.
— Proverbs 11:20
He turned, as he spoke, a peculiar look in her direction, a look of hatred unless he has a most perverse set of facial muscles that will not, like those of other people, interpret the language of his soul.
— Emily Bronte
They who restrict this appellation to the inferior part of the soul are greatly deceived. For since the soul of man is vitiated in every part, and the reason of man is not less blind than his affections are perverse, the whole is properly called carnal.
— John Calvin
“O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to Me.”
— Matthew 17:17
so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
— Philippians 2:15