Quotes about Cling
We find no rest for our weary bones unless we cling to the word of grace.
- Martin Luther
When we grab hold of "correct" thinking for dear life, when we refuse to let go because we think that doing so means letting go of God, when we dig in our heels and stay firmly planted even when we sense that we need to let go and move on, at that point we are trusting our thoughts rather than God. We have turned away from God's invitation to trust in order to cling to an idol.
- Peter Enns
For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,
- Joshua 23:12
Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
- Jonah 2:8
But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.
- Luke 8:15
‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.’
- Luke 10:11
“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
- John 20:17
But he who desireth to walk at liberty with Me, must of necessity mortify all his evil and inordinate affections, and must cling to no creature with selfish love.
- Thomas a Kempis
And I reckon this is jut my lice, too, the other said. 'But I know now why it is,' Byron things. 'It is because a fellow is more afraid of the trouble he might have than he ever is of the trouble he's already got. He'll cling to trouble he's used to before he'll risk a change. Yes. A man will talk about how he'd like to escape from living folks. But it's the dead folks that do him the damage. It's the dead ones that lay quiet in one place and dont try to hold him, that he cant escape from.
- William Faulkner
Wild rumours abound, wherever there is any adequate reality for them to cling to.
- Herman Melville
Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings. My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me. PSALM 63 : 7 — 8
- Sarah Young
We must believe this and cling to this in the face of adversity and tragedy, if we are to glorify God by trusting Him.
- Jerry Bridges