Quotes about Temptation
Govern well thy appetite, lest sin surprise thee, and her black attendant, Death.
- John Milton
Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve.
- John Milton
Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden.
- John Milton
And out of good still to find means of evil.
- John Milton
Better reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.
- John Milton
understood the necessity of religion as a means of escaping hell, but I loved sin and was unwilling to forsake it.
- John Newton
Steadfastness in believing doth not exclude all temptations from without. When we say a tree is firmly rooted, we do not say the wind never blows upon it.
- John Owen
be killing sin or it will be killing you.
- John Owen
Let not man think he makes any progress in holiness who walks not over the bellies of his lusts.
- John Owen
Let not that man think he makes any progress in holiness who walks not over the bellies of his lusts.
- John Owen
Woe to us if we get our satisfaction from the food in the kitchen and the TV in the den and the sex in the bedroom with an occasional tribute to the cement blocks in the basement!
- John Piper
Jesus calls for violence against our own lust because he loves our true and lasting joy.
- John Piper