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The devil20 quotes
The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. — Verbal · 1995And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. — Genesis 3:4-5 · 1405 BCHow do you shoot the devil in the back? What if you miss? — Verbal · 1995And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. — Genesis 3:13-14 · 1405 BCThat there is a Devil, is a Thing Doubted by none but such as are under the Influence of the Devil. For any to Deny the Being of a Devil must be from an Ignorance or Profaneness, worse than diabolical. — Cotton Mather · 1693Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. — 1st Peter 5:8 · 65All 20 quotes →Original sin4 quotes
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. — Genesis 3:4-5 · 1405 BCAnd the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. — Genesis 3:13-14 · 1405 BCThe infernal serpent; he it was, whose guile,
Stirr'd up with envy and revenge, deceiv'd
The mother of mankind. — John Milton · 1667Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field. — Genesis 3:1 · 1405 BCEve2 quotes
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. — Genesis 3:4-5 · 1405 BCThe infernal serpent; he it was, whose guile,
Stirr'd up with envy and revenge, deceiv'd
The mother of mankind. — John Milton · 1667Existence of the devil2 quotes
The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. — Verbal · 1995That there is a Devil, is a Thing Doubted by none but such as are under the Influence of the Devil. For any to Deny the Being of a Devil must be from an Ignorance or Profaneness, worse than diabolical. — Cotton Mather · 1693Temptation2 quotes
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. — Genesis 3:4-5 · 1405 BCAnd the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. — Genesis 3:13-14 · 1405 BCAdam and Eve1 quote
And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. — Genesis 3:13-14 · 1405 BCEye opening experience1 quote
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. — Genesis 3:4-5 · 1405 BCFalse humility1 quote
And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin
Is pride that apes humility. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1799God's protection1 quote
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. — Ephesians 6:11 · 62Hell1 quote
If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. — Winston Churchill · 1950Hitler1 quote
If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. — Winston Churchill · 1950Lies1 quote
He is a liar, and the father of it. — Jesus · 90My enemy's enemy1 quote
If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. — Winston Churchill · 1950Pride1 quote
And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin
Is pride that apes humility. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1799Snakes1 quote
And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. — Genesis 3:13-14 · 1405 BCWaiting1 quote
Waiting gives the devil time. — Simon Biship · 1997