Covetousness Quote by Henry Ward Beecher Download Open image “To the covetous man life is a nightmare, and God lets him wrestle with it as best he may.” — Henry Ward Beecher ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Covetousness Life Life is May Men Nightmare
The covetous man feareth not God. This also is plain from the word because it setteth covetousness and the fear of God in direct… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
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God pours out love upon all with a lavish hand -- but He reserves vengeance for His very own. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
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How amazing it is to be alive Anyone who lives and breathes and puts both feet on the ground, What possible reason could he… — Paul Claudel Copy Share Image
“How can God be happy and decree calamity? Consider that he has the capacity to view the world through two lenses. Through the narrow… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
“Men's souls are naturally inclined to covetousness; but if ye be kind towards women and fear to wrong them, God is well acquainted with… — Nevil Shute Copy Share Image
God sacrifices himself for man and puts himself where only man deserves to be. — John Stott Copy Share Image
Astronomers have built telescopes which can show myriads of stars unseen before; but when a man looks through a tear in his own eye,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it. The worst lies are those whose blade is false, but whose handle is… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Miracles are like candles lit up until the sun rises, and then blown out. Therefore, I am amused when I hear sects and churches… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Even a liar tells a hundred truths to one lie; he has to, to make the lie good for anything. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Our sweetest experiences of affection are meant to be suggestions of that realm which is the home of the heart. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
In America there is not one single element of civilization that is not made to depend, in the end, upon public opinion. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Mirthfulness is in the mind and you cannot get it out. It is just as good in its place as conscience or veneration. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There are three things against which the wise man guards: lust when young, quarrels when strong, and covetousness when old. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Let us avoid debt as we would avoid a plague...Let every head of every household see to it that he has on hand enough… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
Perfect love is to feeling what perfect white is to color. Many think that white is the absence of color. It is not. It… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If we are to say no to covetousness, we must learn to say yes to contentment. This involves learning to be content with what… — Alistair Begg Copy Share Image
There are four Powers: memory and intellect, desire and covetousness. The two first are mental and the others sensual. The three senses: sight, hearing… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
I have heard thousands of confessions, but never one of covetousness. — Francis Xavier Copy Share Image
It was with good reason that God commanded through Moses that the vineyard and harvest were not to be gleaned to the last grape… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The evils of the body are murder, theft, and adultery; of the tongue, lying, slander, abuse and idle talk; of the mind, covetousness, hatred… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Covetousness, anger and foolishness are things to sort out well. When bad things happen in the world, if you look at them comparatively, they… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
The Word says, ‘Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world’ (1 John 2:15). Jesus warned, ‘Beware of covetousness: for… — David Wilkerson Copy Share Image
While it is undeniable that many have been driven to immorality and crime by the need to survive, it is equally evident that the… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Bare-faced covetousness was the moving spirit of civilization from its first dawn to the present day; wealth, and again wealth, and for the third… — Friedrich Engels Copy Share Image