"The Lord uses his flail of tribulation to……" — John Bunyan

"The Lord uses his flail of tribulation to separate the chaff from the wheat."

— John Bunyan

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161 Quotes by John Bunyan

John Bunyan has 161 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper…
There was a castle called Doubting Castle, the owner whereof was Giant Despair.
He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.
One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner.
Look how fears have presented themselves, so have supports and encouragements; yea, when I have started, even as it were…
The best prayers have often more groans than words.
Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance…
Prayer is an ordinance of God, that must continue with a soul so long as it is on this side…
Sincerity is the same in a corner alone, as it is before the face of the world. It knows not…
It is not the mouth that is the main thing to be looked at in prayer, but whether the heart…
We know not the matter of the things for which we should pray, neither the object to whom we pray,…
The truths that I know best I have learned on my knees. I never know a thing well, till it…

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More Chaff Quotes

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As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Blood mixture and the result drop in the racial level is the sole cause of the dying out of old… — Adolf Hitler
But oh! the blessing it is to have a friend to whom one can speak fearlessly on any subject; with… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
As you get older, you find that often the wheat, disentangling itself from the chaff, comes out to meet you. — Gwendolyn Brooks
Oh, the comfort - the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person - having neither to weigh thoughts nor… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
As difficult as it is for a writer to find a publisher-admittedly a daunting task-it is twice as difficult for… — Olivia Goldsmith
So this estate is given each of us to determine whether or not we will merit glory and honor "for… — ElRay L. Christiansen
The spirit of Lincoln still lives; that spirit born of the teachings of the Nazarene, who promised mercy to the… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The grain of real knowledge is concealed in a vast deal of esoteric chaff. — Unknown Author
How easy it is to see your brother's faults, How hard it is to face your own. You winnow his… — Gautama Buddha
Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains… — William Shakespeare
When the flood cometh it sweepeth away grain as well as chaff. — Howard Pyle

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