Quotes about Cease

That is what Reason can neither grasp nor endure, and what has offended all these men of outstanding talent who have been so received for so many centuries. Here they demand that God should act according to human justice, and do what seems right to them or else cease to be God.

When human beings give their heartfelt allegiance to and worship that which is not God, they progressively cease to reflect the image of God.

We are always looking for justice, yet the essence of the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount is—Never look for justice, but never cease to give it.

When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart—he and his officials.

For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.

Then Saul gave up his pursuit of the Philistines, and the Philistines returned to their own land.

Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.

you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!

‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’

If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.

Suffering ceases for him who is pure.