Sinned

Since the fall of man [at the beginning of our world] the devil is (ever) sinning (this is the force of "sinneth"; he has sinned from the beginning, is the cause of all sins, and still goes on sinning; present). ❋ Unknown (1871)

"Woe unto us, that we have sinned", is the inspired rule which connects cause and effect, and binds them together with the chains of God's omnipotence. ❋ Unknown (1865)

Gibeah, and here (v. 9), O Israel! thou hast sinned from the days of ❋ Unknown (1721)

True, they have sinned, which is often alleged as a reason for dealing with them more harshly; _but who has not sinned? ❋ Various (N/A)

Who is it, then, his father or mother, or he himself, that has sinned, that is the cause of it? ❋ Unknown (1879)

These are the great works of the Lord, sought out according to all His good pleasure [Psalm 111: 2], and wisely sought out, that when the angelic and the human creature sinned, that is, did not do what He willed but what the creature itself willed, so by the will of the creature, by which was done what the Creator did not will, He carried out what He himself willed; the supremely Good thus turning to account even what is evil; to the condemnation of those whom He has justly predestinated to punishment and to the salvation of those whom He has mercifully predestinated to grace. ❋ Joseph Cullen Ayer (1905)

In the Chilam Balam of Mani we read that an unspecified person "sinned" against Ah Ulil, ruler of Izamal ( "... against the wife of his fellow-ruler"). ❋ Unknown (2008)

Here, he's trying to draw a parallel between how we treat alcoholics and how we treat others who've somehow "sinned" in our society (the other example he picks is the overweight). ❋ Unknown (2009)

The controversy surrounding the stall tactics of Senator Larry "happy feet" Craig has renewed national interest in Senator David Vitter's admission last month that he had "sinned" with prostitutes. ❋ Unknown (2007)

How has McCain "sinned" against conservative orthodoxy? ❋ Unknown (2008)

I "sinned" by omission and needed to rectify that. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Sam would say: before his baptism, I have no qualms about thinking that Jesus may have "sinned" in terms of doing something seen as wrong by his community eg his mother - that would simply be a part of normal human development and maturation. ❋ Sam Norton (2006)

Todd came to our room and ranted for a while about what hypocrites his parents were, and it took all my restraint not to remind him that he had "sinned" himself with a Lisa-from-Sony just the previous evening. ❋ Coupland, Douglas (1995)

[66] Michelet, whose poetic-prose may appear hardly suitable to the philosophic dignity of history, relating the fate of two knights accused with a monk of having 'sinned' with the king's daughter-in-law 'even on the holiest days,' and who were castrated and flayed alive, truly enough infers that ❋ Howard Williams (N/A)

As He deceived the angels, who, in consequence, "sinned," and shared his fall; and lied to our first parents in the garden (Gen. iii.); and made the nations rebel (Gen. xi.), so again will he succeed in his final rebellion. ❋ 1837-1913 (1909)

In individual cases they have "sinned" as we term it, but qui voulez vous! ❋ Unknown (1905)

His or her name is often not mentioned, the deity being simply referred to as god or goddess, and at times it is left doubtful whether the sinner has 'sinned' against the demands of a god or a goddess, or against several deities. ❋ Morris Jastrow (1891)

If in a moment of danger or an access of selfish greed you deserted your brother tribesman or took a mean advantage of him, you 'sinned' against him; and naturally you expiated the sin by an equivalent sacrifice of some kind made to the one you had wronged. ❋ Edward Carpenter (1886)

Napier had 'sinned' because his orders were merely to put down the rebellious natives, not to conquer the whole province. ❋ Unknown (2010)