--- title: "29 Sin Committed Quotes by 26 authors" description: "Browse 29 Sin Committed quotes by 26 authors. Discover the best Sin Committed sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59d/v-s-pritchett-13789_committed_there-is-more-magic-in-sin-if-it-is-not_247908.jpg" --- > [There is more magic in sin if it is not committed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-pritchett/there-is-more-magic-in-sin-if-it-is-not-committed/) [V. S. Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-pritchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59d/v-s-pritchett-13789_committed_there-is-more-magic-in-sin-if-it-is-not_247908.jpg) > [when a swinging sin is to be committed, there is nothing like a gown and a cassock to cover it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laetitia-pilkington/when-a-swinging-sin-is-to-be-committed-there-is-nothing-like-a-gown/) [Laetitia Pilkington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laetitia-pilkington/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2a/laetitia-pilkington-50348_committed_when-a-swinging-sin-is-to-be-committed-t_415000.jpg) > [Standing by and doing nothing while a sin is committed is as bad as committing the sin itself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amish-tripathi/standing-by-and-doing-nothing-while-a-sin-is-committed-is-as-bad-as/) [Amish Tripathi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amish-tripathi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/711/amish-tripathi-2348_committed_standing-by-and-doing-nothing-while-a-si_1731240.png) > [It is the sin which we have not committed which seems the most monstrous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-boileau-despreaux/it-is-the-sin-which-we-have-not-committed-which-seems-the-most/) [Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-boileau-despreaux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cee/nicolas-boileau-despreaux-1070_committed_it-is-the-sin-which-we-have-not-committe_1753037.jpg) > [“The advice to love yourself may sound beautiful to the ear, but it was the only sin committed by the first narcissist.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mwanandeke-kindembo/the-advice-to-love-yourself-may-sound-beautiful-to-the-ear-but-it-was/) [Mwanandeke Kindembo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mwanandeke-kindembo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69f/mwanandeke-kindembo-1107_attraction-quotes_the-advice-to-love-yourself-may-sound-be_140215.jpg) > [The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at his word, to see in his work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/the-worst-sin-that-can-be-committed-against-the-artist-is-to-take-him/) [Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/115/henry-miller-179_art_the-worst-sin-that-can-be-committed-agai_579710.jpg) > [Vanity, showing off, is an attitude that reduces spirituality to a worldly thing, which is the worst sin that could be committed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/vanity-showing-off-is-an-attitude-that-reduces-spirituality-to-a/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaf/pope-francis-85_attitude_vanity-showing-off-is-an-attitude-that-r_2595525.png) > [“Because of Jesus, I can never say about a person, “She must be suffering because of some sin she committed”; Jesus, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/because-of-jesus-i-can-never-say-about-a-person-she-must-be-suffering/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3d/philip-yancey-840_suffering_because-of-jesus-i-can-never-say-about-a_1212738.png) > [Be assured that there is no sin you have ever committed that the blood of Jesus Christ cannot cleanse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/be-assured-that-there-is-no-sin-you-have-ever-committed-that-the/) [Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b47/billy-graham-234_assured_be-assured-that-there-is-no-sin-you-have_3000572.png) > [But I'm no hero. I had to keep my dirty little secret. The worst sin I committed was holding it in; letting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-anne-peters/but-i-m-no-hero-i-had-to-keep-my-dirty-little-secret-the-worst-sin-i/) [Julie Anne Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-anne-peters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/julie-anne-peters-2961_committed_but-i-m-no-hero-i-had-to-keep-my-dirty-l_994491.png) > [God does not work salvation for fictitious sinners. Be a sinner and sin vigorously... Do not for a moment imagine that this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/god-does-not-work-salvation-for-fictitious-sinners-be-a-sinner-and/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed6/martin-luther-106_abiding_god-does-not-work-salvation-for-fictitio_827018.jpg) > [“Why should the private pleasure of some one Become the public plague of many moe? Let sin, alone committed, light alone Upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/why-should-the-private-pleasure-of-some-one-become-the-public-plague/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5a/william-shakespeare-4_tragedy_why-should-the-private-pleasure-of-some_515426.jpg) > [“Teach those who are ignorant as many things as possible; society is culpable, in that it does not afford instruction gratis; it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/teach-those-who-are-ignorant-as-many-things-as-possible-society-is/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91d/victor-hugo-32_spirituality_teach-those-who-are-ignorant-as-many-thi_1388902.jpg) > [“Those who are ignorant should be taught all you can teach them; society is to blame for not providing free public education;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/those-who-are-ignorant-should-be-taught-all-you-can-teach-them/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b88/victor-hugo-32_education_those-who-are-ignorant-should-be-taught_2510856.jpg) > [“The sin I have committed is the sin of adoption. I have adopted a different set of beliefs from the beliefs I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/the-sin-i-have-committed-is-the-sin-of-adoption-i-have-adopted-a/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b8/terry-tempest-williams-835_adoption_the-sin-i-have-committed-is-the-sin-of-a_2108010.png) > [Thou shalt not, it is said, make unto thee any graven image of God. The same commandment should apply when God is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/thou-shalt-not-it-is-said-make-unto-thee-any-graven-image-of-god-the-2/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fa/anonymous-1_things-happen-for-a_thou-shalt-not-it-is-said-make-unto-thee_2009555.jpg) > [The essence of man is his freedom. Sin is committed in that freedom. Sin can therefore not be attributed to a defect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reinhold-niebuhr/the-essence-of-man-is-his-freedom-sin-is-committed-in-that-freedom/) [Reinhold Niebuhr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reinhold-niebuhr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/390/reinhold-niebuhr-1881_committed_the-essence-of-man-is-his-freedom-sin-is_57069.jpg) > [Thou shalt not, it is said, make unto thee any graven image of God. The same commandment should apply when God is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-frisch/thou-shalt-not-it-is-said-make-unto-thee-any-graven-image-of-god-the/) [Max Frisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-frisch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/841/max-frisch-7469_commandments_thou-shalt-not-it-is-said-make-unto-thee_701638.jpg) > [The magnitude of the punishment matches the magnitude of the sin. Now a sin that is against God is infinite; the higher…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/the-magnitude-of-the-punishment-matches-the-magnitude-of-the-sin-now/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/549/thomas-aquinas-837_citizens_the-magnitude-of-the-punishment-matches_3204235.jpg) > [Almost every sin is committed for the sake of sensual pleasure; and sensual pleasure is overcome by hardship and distress arising either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/almost-every-sin-is-committed-for-the-sake-of-sensual-pleasure-and/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f9/anonymous-1_committed_almost-every-sin-is-committed-for-the-sa_1732032.jpg) > [No sin is committed merely because a thought enters the mind, provided it is not made welcome. Perhaps we may use the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-vincent-peale/no-sin-is-committed-merely-because-a-thought-enters-the-mind-provided/) [Norman Vincent Peale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-vincent-peale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e3/norman-vincent-peale-539_acting_no-sin-is-committed-merely-because-a-tho_1886335.jpg) > [“She thought she could see the lines on his forehead even in this darkness, she thought she could hear his heart beat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indu-sundaresan/she-thought-she-could-see-the-lines-on-his-forehead-even-in-this/) [Indu Sundaresan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indu-sundaresan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ae/indu-sundaresan-51440_heart_she-thought-she-could-see-the-lines-on-h_1588115.jpg) > [“cannot make yourself righteous by simply changing your behavior,’’ Mother replied. Essie stiffened. ‘‘I’m sure I don’t know what you mean.’’ ‘‘What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deeanne-gist/cannot-make-yourself-righteous-by-simply-changing-your-behavior/) [Deeanne Gist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deeanne-gist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/133/deeanne-gist-22561_habits_cannot-make-yourself-righteous-by-simply_911756.jpg) > [“Do you want in? Into the heart of God? Into His unending provisions, His boundless love, and His eternal mercy and grace?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosemary-hines/do-you-want-in-into-the-heart-of-god-into-his-unending-provisions-his/) [Rosemary Hines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosemary-hines/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/574/rosemary-hines-67512_boundless-love_do-you-want-in-into-the-heart-of-god-int_1272161.jpg) > [“He said, moreover, "Teach those who are ignorant as many things as possible; society is culpable, in that it does not afford…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/he-said-moreover-teach-those-who-are-ignorant-as-many-things-as/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/945/victor-hugo-32_christianity_he-said-moreover-teach-those-who-are-ign_1712923.jpg) > [He was doing missionary work. But from the outset he had little success in convincing his charges of their responsibility for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gaddis/he-was-doing-missionary-work-but-from-the-outset-he-had-little/) [William Gaddis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gaddis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b09/william-gaddis-7794_capable_he-was-doing-missionary-work-but-from-th_2306232.jpg) > [You cannot stay the shell in its flight; after it has left the mortar, it goes on to its mark, and there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mackergo-taylor/you-cannot-stay-the-shell-in-its-flight-after-it-has-left-the-mortar/) [William Mackergo Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mackergo-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba3/william-mackergo-taylor-41788_committed_you-cannot-stay-the-shell-in-its-flight_3157393.png) > [“The face that Moses had begged to see – was forbidden to see – was slapped bloody (Exodus 33:19-20) The thorns that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/the-face-that-moses-had-begged-to-see-was-forbidden-to-see-was-2/) [Joni Eareckson Tada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-eareckson-tada/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/240/joni-eareckson-tada-2943_false-religion_the-face-that-moses-had-begged-to-see-wa_621583.jpg) > [“Leo wondered what unknown sin they must have committed in some previous life to deserve this. The answer came the same way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-orner/leo-wondered-what-unknown-sin-they-must-have-committed-in-some/) [Peter Orner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-orner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb6/peter-orner-12957_life_leo-wondered-what-unknown-sin-they-must_869450.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sin-committed/#itemlist", "name": "Sin Committed Quotes", "numberOfItems": 29, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is more magic in sin if it is not committed.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "V. S. 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As well as all the ones you have committed in the past and will commit in the future.’’ Cracking another pecan, Essie stuffed down the lump rising in her throat. ‘‘Have you so little appreciation for His sacrifice that you would fling it back in His face by trying to earn your way to heaven?’’ Mother rose.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Deeanne Gist" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deeanne-gist/cannot-make-yourself-righteous-by-simply-changing-your-behavior/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/133/deeanne-gist-22561_habits_cannot-make-yourself-righteous-by-simply_911756.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/133/deeanne-gist-22561_habits_cannot-make-yourself-righteous-by-simply_911756.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/133/deeanne-gist-22561_habits_cannot-make-yourself-righteous-by-simply_911756.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“cannot make yourself righteous by simply changing your behavior,’’ Mother replied. 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And then trust Him to begin guiding you from this point on.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rosemary Hines" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosemary-hines/do-you-want-in-into-the-heart-of-god-into-his-unending-provisions-his/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/574/rosemary-hines-67512_boundless-love_do-you-want-in-into-the-heart-of-god-int_1272161.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/574/rosemary-hines-67512_boundless-love_do-you-want-in-into-the-heart-of-god-int_1272161.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/574/rosemary-hines-67512_boundless-love_do-you-want-in-into-the-heart-of-god-int_1272161.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Do you want in? Into the heart of God? 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The guilty one is not the person who has committed the sin, but the person who has created the shadow.\" It will be perceived that he had a peculiar manner of his own of judging things: I suspect that he obtained it from the Gospel.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Victor Hugo" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/he-said-moreover-teach-those-who-are-ignorant-as-many-things-as/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/945/victor-hugo-32_christianity_he-said-moreover-teach-those-who-are-ign_1712923.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/945/victor-hugo-32_christianity_he-said-moreover-teach-those-who-are-ign_1712923.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/945/victor-hugo-32_christianity_he-said-moreover-teach-those-who-are-ign_1712923.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He said, moreover, \"Teach those who are ignorant as many things as possible; society is culpable, in that it…” — Victor Hugo", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 26, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He was doing missionary work. 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But the soldier’s heart must continue pumping as he readies the prisoner’s wrist. Someone must sustain the soldier’s life minute by minute, for no man has this power on his own. Who supplies breath to his lungs? Who gives energy to his cells? Who holds his molecules together? Only by the Son do “all things hold together” (Colossians 1:17). The victim wills that the soldier live on – he grants the warrior’s continued existence. The man swings. As the man swings, the Son recalls how he and the Father first designed the medial nerve of the human forearm – the sensations it would be capable of. The design proves flawless – the nerves perform exquisitely. “Up you go!” They lift the cross. God is on display in his underwear and can scarcely breathe. But these pains are a mere warm-up to his other and growing dread. He begins to feel a foreign sensation. Somewhere during this day an unearthly foul odor began to waft, not around his nose, but his heart. He feels dirty. Human wickedness starts to crawl upon his spotless being – the living excrement from our souls. The apple of his Father’s eye turns brown with rot. His Father! He must face his Father like this! From heaven the Father now rouses himself like a lion disturbed, shakes His mane, and roars against the shriveling remnant of a man hanging on a cross.Never has the Son seen the Father look at him so, never felt even the least of his hot breath. But the roar shakes the unseen world and darkens the visible sky. The Son does not recognize these eyes. “Son of Man! Why have you behaved so? You have cheated, lusted, stolen, gossiped – murdered, envied, hated, lied. You have cursed, robbed, over-spent, overeaten – fornicated, disobeyed, embezzled, and blasphemed. Oh the duties you have shirked, the children you have abandoned! Who has ever so ignored the poor, so played the coward, so belittled my name? Have you ever held a razor tongue? What a self-righteous, pitiful drunk – you, who moles young boys, peddle killer drugs, travel in cliques, and mock your parents. Who gave you the boldness to rig elections, foment revolutions, torture animals, and worship demons? Does the list never end! Splitting families, raping virgins, acting smugly, playing the pimp – buying politicians, practicing exhortation, filming pornography, accepting bribes. You have burned down buildings, perfected terrorist tactics, founded false religions, traded in slaves – relishing each morsel and bragging about it all. I hate, loathe these things in you! Disgust for everything about you consumes me! Can you not feel my wrath? Of course the Son is innocent He is blamelessness itself. The Father knows this. But the divine pair have an agreement, and the unthinkable must now take place. Jesus will be treated as if personally responsible for every sin ever committed. The Father watches as his heart’s treasure, the mirror image of himself, sinks drowning into raw, liquid sin. Jehovah’s stored rage against humankind from every century explodes in a single direction. “Father! Father! Why have you forsaken me?!” But heaven stops its ears. The Son stares up at the One who cannot, who will not, reach down or reply. The Trinity had planned it. The Son had endured it. The Spirit enabled Him. The Father rejected the Son whom He loved. Jesus, the God-man from Nazareth, perished. The Father accepted His sacrifice for sin and was satisfied. 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