Quotes about Mischief

Hence the German proverb: "All mischief begins in the name of God.

Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.

They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.

Can a corrupt throne be Your ally—one devising mischief by decree?

For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.

He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.

for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.

No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

1 Kings 1:6: his father had never crossed him at any time by asking, "Why have you done so?" That was the foundation of all the mischief. David was an overindulgent father, a father who let his children have their own way, and he reaped according as he had sown.

Th' invention all admir'd, and each, how hee   To be th' inventer miss'd, so easie it seemd   Once found, which yet unfound most would have thought   Impossible: yet haply of thy Race   In future dayes, if Malice should abound,   Some one intent on mischief, or inspir'd   With dev'lish machination might devise   Like instrument to plague the Sons of men   For sin, on warr and mutual slaughter bent.

Satan finds some mischief still, for idle hands to do'...He might have written with as much truth, 'Satan finds some mischief for busy hands too.' The busy people achieve their full share of mischief in the world, you may rely upon it. What have the people been about, who have been the busiest in getting money, and in getting power, this century or two? No mischief?

The terrible announcement that the baby had been taken in the act of putting a doll's frying-pan into his mouth, and was more than suspected of having swallowed a fictitious turkey, glued on a wooden platter! The immense relief of finding this a false alarm! The joy, and gratitude, and ecstasy!