Quotes about Sin
Sin and the child of God are incompatible. They may occasionally meet; they cannot live together in harmony
— John Stott
You and your sins must separate, or you and your God will never come together.
— Charles Spurgeon
Family prayer is the greatest deterrent to sin, and hence the most beneficent provider of joy and happiness. The old saying is yet true: 'The family that prays together stays together.'
— Thomas Monson
Forgive me, O Heavenly Father, according to the multitude of Thy mercies. I have lusted in my heart to break a man's skull and scatter the stench of his brains across several people's back yards.
— Barbara Kingsolver
Like Daniel she enteres the lions' den, but lacking Daniel's pure and unblemished soul, Ada is spiced with the flavors of vice that make for a tasty meal. Pure and unblemished souls must taste very bland, with an aftertaste of bitterness.
— Barbara Kingsolver
A disappointed-looking Jesus eyed her from the wall...Look, look, her steps called out, here is a red headed sinner on the move.
— Barbara Kingsolver
If no one has said outright that spying on Mr. Axelroot is a sin, then God probably couldn't technically hold it against me.
— Barbara Kingsolver
The cross shows us the seriousness of our sin-but it also shows us the immeasurable love of God.
— Billy Graham
For as long as love takes up the whole heart, what room is there for sin therein?
— John Wesley
How about you hate your sin, and I'll hate my sin and we'll just love each other!
— Mark Lowry
In the realm of evil thoughts none induces to sin as much as do thoughts that concern the pleasure of the flesh.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Not only the guilt, but the love of sin, and its dominion, are taken away, subdued by grace, and cordially renounced by the believing pardoned sinner.
— John Newton