"As the wicked are hurt by the best……" — William Jenkyn
"As the wicked are hurt by the best things, so the godly are bettered by the worst."
More Affliction Quotes
- The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. — Francis Bacon
- The true believer is rewarded in every thing, even in affliction. — Abu Bakr
- Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested… — James A. Baldwin
- As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue. — Christian Nestell Bovee
- Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss! — Robert Burns
- God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often is to put him into… — Richard Cecil
- No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never… — Victor Hugo
- What I point out to you is only that you shouldn't allow yourselves to be confused by others. Act when… — Unknown Author
- A characteristic of those who are still progressing in blessed mourning is temperance and silence of the lips; and of… — John Climacus
- Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to… — Tryon Edwards
- In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God. — John Bunyan
- When old companions, old lusts, and sins crowd in upon you, and when you feel that you are ready to… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne