Quotes about Peril
We're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country.
— Ronald Reagan
They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.
— Isaiah 59:5
You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:
— Proverbs 23:34
A bad man can do a million times more harm than a beast.
— Aristotle
As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
— Genesis 19:17
He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.
— Job 20:16
Our condition as men is risky and ticklish enough. One can not be sure of himself and his fortune an hour, but he may be whisked off into some pitiable or ridiculous plight.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
— Genesis 42:9
Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.
— Isaiah 24:17
Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one--the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts,...Your affectionate uncle, Screwtape.
— CS Lewis
The arrows of death fly unseen at noon-day; the sharpest sight cannot discern them.
— Jonathan Edwards
Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.
— Proverbs 5:5