Bruised Reed Quotes

#1. He does not regard the quantity of faith, but the quality. He does not measure its degree, but its truth. He will not break any bruised reed, nor quench any smoking flax. He will never let it be said that any perished at the foot of the cross.

J.C. Ryle

#2. A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, till he leads justice to victory. Matthew 12:20

Thomas Watson

#3. Will not break a bruised reed, or quench a smoldering wick (Isa. 423; Matt. 12:20).

Richard J. Foster

#4. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

Anonymous

#5. 20 a bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not quench, until he brings justice to victory; 21 v and in his name the Gentiles will hope.

Anonymous

#6. The smoking flax before it burst to flame Was quenched by death, and broken the bruised reed.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#7. Above, the stars shone hard and bright, sparks struck off the dark skin of the universe.

Stephen King

#8. The devil is merely a fallen angel, and when God lost Satan he lost one of his best lieutenants.

Walter Lippmann

#9. I've always been worried about people who are willing to work for nothing. Sometimes that's all you get from them, nothing.

Sam Ervin

#10. Oh Diamond! Diamond! thou little knowest the mischief done! [Apocryphal]

Isaac Newton

#11. When I see images of a girl who is obviously far too thin, I am just as shocked as anyone else.

Marie Helvin