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Quotes about Presumption

The third occurrence of the words4 fits our own and the last times, where the lukewarm, the presumptuous, and those easily offended abound, whom of all people it is most difficult to move forward to better things.
— Martin Luther
Our faith in Christ does not free us from works but from false opinions concerning works, that is, from the foolish presumption that justification is acquired by works.
— Martin Luther
Lord, I still move and live in a dim world, feeling Thee near by faith, but I will not presume. I would hide in Thee in security and patience until I am as Thou wouldst have me to be.
— Oswald Chambers
So I spoke to you, but you would not listen. You rebelled against the command of the LORD and presumptuously went up into the hill country.
— Deuteronomy 1:43
But the man who acts presumptuously, refusing to listen either to the priest who stands there to serve the LORD your God, or to the judge, must be put to death. You must purge the evil from Israel.
— Deuteronomy 17:12
And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
— Matthew 3:9
I beg you that when I come I may not need to be as bold as I expect toward those who presume that we live according to the flesh.
— 2 Corinthians 10:2
We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
— 2 Corinthians 10:5
St. Thomas thus detects a primary source of presumption in seeking genuinely good things, like human happiness on earth, as if we did not need divine grace to attain them; and in the hope that we can obtain God's pardon and mercy without our confessing and repenting of sin.
— Peter Kreeft
Presumption and despair are opposite deadly sins. We hear a lot about despair, and the need for hope; but what is presumption?
— Peter Kreeft
Our faith here can only be in God, not in our faith (that's presumption). He will never abandon us, but we can abandon Him. That's why we must be vigilant.
— Peter Kreeft
1.) To repent without despairing; (2.) To believe without being presumptuous; (3.) To rejoice without falling into levity; (4.) To be angry without sinning.
— JC Ryle