Quotes about Peril
But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”
- Acts 27:31
But the vessel struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.
- Acts 27:41
The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.
- Acts 27:44
And why do we endanger ourselves every hour?
- 1 Corinthians 15:30
He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,
- 2 Corinthians 1:10
In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,
- 2 Corinthians 11:26
If the hoods don't get you, the monoxide will.
- Tom Lehrer
To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.
- Pierre Corneille
If we confuse legalism and discipline, we do so to our soul's peril.
- Kent Hughes
Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
- JRR Tolkien
Self-deceived religious people may be the most dangerous people in the world, because they are convinced that their cause is of God and their victory endorsed by God.
- Dan Boone
Now I saw in my dream, that just as they had ended this talk they drew near to a very miry slough, that was in the midst of the plain; and they, being heedless, did both fall suddenly into the bog. The name of the slough was Despond. Here, therefore, they wallowed for a time, being grievously bedaubed with the dirt; and Christian, because of the burden that was on his back, began to sink in the mire.
- John Bunyan