Gods Wrath Quotes

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
“Volume II: Chapter 5
The God sends down his angry plagues from high,
Famine and pestilence in heaps they die.
Again in vengeance of his wrath he falls
On their great hosts, and breaks their tottering walls;
Arrests their navies on the ocean's plain,
And whelms their strength with mountains of the main.”
Mary Shelley, The Last Man

“Who can stand the weight of God's wrath?”
Lailah Gifty Akita

Alessandro Manzoni
“At such a proposal, the indignation of the friar, which had hitherto been restrained with difficulty, loudly burst forth. All his prudence and patience forsook him: 'Your protection!' exclaimed he, stepping back, and stretching forth both his hands towards Don Roderick, while he sternly fixed his eyes upon him, 'your protection! You have filled the measure of your guilt by this wicked proposal, and I fear you no longer.'

'Dare you speak thus to me?'

'I dare; I fear you no longer; God has abandoned you, and you are no longer an object of fear! Your protection! this innocent child is under the protection of God; you have, by your infamous offer, increased my assurance of her safety. Lucy, I say; see with what boldness I pronounce her name before you; Lucy—'

'How! in this house—'

"I compassionate this house; the wrath of God is upon it! You have acted in open defiance of the great God of heaven and earth; you have set at naught his counsel; you have oppressed the innocent; you have trampled on the rights of those whom you should have been the first to protect and defend. The wrath of God is upon you! A day will come!”
Alessandro Manzoni, The Betrothed

Clarice Lispector
“And the churches are full of those who fear God's wrath. And those who plead for mercy which is the opposite of wrath.
No, no, I do not feel sorry for those who die of hunger. What I feel is rage. And I see no harm in stealing to eat.”
Clarice Lispector, Selected Crônicas

Anaru Bickford
“God may have created the earth in seven days but it took him far less time to destroy it.”
Anaru Bickford, Aroha

“Leave room for God's wrath; when seeking justice, we can trust Him to vindicate us and fight for us.”
Shaila Touchton