Quotes about Ruin
If prayer do not constantly endeavour the ruin of sin, sin will ruin prayer, and utterly alienate the soul from it.
— John Owen
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
— Proverbs 18:24
The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently.
— Isaiah 24:19
Therefore it is better to endure troubles with the hope of eternal deliverance than to avoid them and rush into eternal ruin.
— Martin Luther
The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.
— Isaiah 24:10
The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
— Proverbs 10:15
The Devil often transforms himself into an angel to tempt men, some for their instruction, some for their ruin.
— St. Augustine
The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.
— Isaiah 25:12
As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man.
— St. John Chrysostom
(Now the flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley was ripe and the flax was in bloom;
— Exodus 9:31
The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”
— 2 Samuel 16:8
A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
— Proverbs 19:13