Righteousness exalts a nation, and sin brings reproach.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Sin is the reason we rebel against authority.
Righteousness is easy in retrospect.
Prosperity often leads to pride, which leads to sin.
Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.
Sin leads to wickedness and to hearts that become hardened to things of the Spirit.
Every contrition for sin is apt to encourage a not quite charitable wish that other people should exhibit a similar contrition.
Then, in the next place, we must know that every being which is endowed with reason, and transgresses its statutes and limitations, is undoubtedly involved in sin by swerving from rectitude and justice.
The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought.
To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.