Reckoning Quotes

“When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic. Benjamin Franklin”
― Mark Goodwin, Reckoning

“For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. Psalm 18:39”
― Mark Goodwin, Reckoning

“Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities… because it is the quality which guarantees all others. Winston Churchill”
― Mark Goodwin, Reckoning

“Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical. Sun Tzu-The Art of War”
― Mark Goodwin, Reckoning

“Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; to turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory? Isaiah 10:1-3”
― Mark Goodwin, Reckoning

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. 1 Peter 5:8”
― Mark Goodwin, Reckoning

“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12”
― Mark Goodwin, Reckoning

“Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. Luke 22:36”
― Mark Goodwin, Reckoning

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28”
― Mark Goodwin, Reckoning

“A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. Proverbs 22:3”
― Mark Goodwin, Reckoning

“A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps. Proverbs 16:9”
― Mark Goodwin, Reckoning

“My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: that thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. Proverbs 5:1-5”
― Mark Goodwin, Reckoning

“Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it: though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord God. Ezekiel 14:13-14”
― Mark Goodwin, Reckoning

“For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge. Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? Jeremiah 5:26-29”
― Mark Goodwin, Reckoning

“God sets the deserted in families; he brings out prisoners into prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. Psalm 68:6 MEV”
― Mark Goodwin, Reckoning

“And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. Luke 11:2-4”
― Mark Goodwin, Reckoning

“As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds. Jeremiah 6:7”
― Mark Goodwin, Reckoning

“Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. Lamentations 5:7”
― Mark Goodwin, Reckoning

“Unto the upright there arises light in the darkness. Psalm 112:4a NKJV”
― Mark Goodwin, Reckoning