The Seven Deadly Sins.
208. The Seven Deadly Sins of the Bible: Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Laziness, Wrath, envy, Pride. These sins though not really mentioned as seven deadly sins in the bible, are still considered deadly sins by the Christian theologians, and are still considered deeds that will lead the person entangled into these vices down the road to hell by the believers in the other religions. So, the performer of these vices is in danger of losing his or her eternal soul, as far as the believers of most of these religions are concerned:
- Lust – to have an intense desire or need: “But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart” (Matthew 5:28)
- Gluttony – excess in eating and drinking: “for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags” (Proverbs 23:21)
- Greed – excessive or reprehensible acquisitiveness: “Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more” (Ephesians 4:19)
- Laziness – disinclined to activity or exertion: not energetic or vigorous: “The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway” (Proverbs 15:19)
- Wrath – strong vengeful anger or indignation: “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger” (Proverbs 15:1)
- Envy – painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage: “Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation” (1 Peter 2:1 thru 2:2)
- Pride – quality or state of being proud – inordinate self esteem: “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall” -(Proverbs 16:18)
a. Lust – To have an intense desire or need: Matthew 5:28 ‘But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”
JUDAISM: Proverbs 6:25 “Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.” Psalms 81:12 “So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.” Sirach “Go not after thy lusts, but refrain thyself from thine appetites.” (Deuterocanonical Apocrypha) 
Christianity: Matthew 5:28 “But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart” 1 John 2:16 “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.” Romans 6:12 “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.” James 4:1 “From whence come wars and fighting’s among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?” 4:2 “Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.” 4:3 “Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.” 4:4 “Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.” 4:5 “Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?”
ISLAM: “Your mind will corroborate and confirm this if it is kept free from intemperate ambitions, from lust for alluring things, from sensuality and from vicious affections and attachments.” “May Allah (God) protect me from and may withhold me from behaving towards mankind the way you have behaved and from tyranny, exploitations and murders that you commit. Take care! You are being madly driven by the lust of wealth, power and vicious indulgence, you are behaving hypocritically against man and Allah. You shall be damned forever.”
(Islam, Ali b. Abi Taalib, Letters from Nahjul Balaagh)
Islam: 24. “Also (prohibited are) women already married, except those whom your right hands possess. Thus hath Allah ordained (prohibitions) against you: except for these, all others are lawful, provided ye seek (them in marriage) with gifts from your property, desiring chastity, not lust.” “Follow not the lusts (of your hearts), lest ye swerve, and if ye distort (justice) or decline to do justice, verily Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do.”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 4)
Islam: 50. “But if they hearken not to thee, know that they only follow their own lusts: and who is more astray than one who follows his own lusts, devoid of guidance from Allah? For Allah guides not people given to wrongdoing.”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 28)
ZOROASTRIANISM: 32. “Against the body of the harlot, with her magic minds overthrowing with (intoxicating) pleasures, to the lusts her person offering, whose mind as vapor wavers as it flies before the wind, for the righteous saint that perishes, yellow Haoma, hurl thy mace!”
(Zoroaster, The Zend-Avesta, Avesta – Yasna 9)
Zoroastrianism: “Let no thought of Angra Mainyu ever infect thee, so that thou shouldst indulge in evil lusts, make derision and idolatry, and shut (to the poor) the door of thy house.” “Do not deliver me into the hands of the fiend; if the fiend take hold of me, then fever with loss of all joy will dry up the milk of the good Spenta-Armaiti. The fiend is powerful to distress, and to dry up the milk of the woman who indulges in lust and of all females.”
(Zoroaster, The Zend-Avesta, Avesta Fragments)
HINDUISM: “The Doors of Hell Are threefold, whereby men to ruin pass, The door of Lust, the door of Wrath, the door Of Avarice. Let a man shun those three!” “Now we will enumerate the faults which tend to destroy the creatures. (These are) anger, exultation, grumbling, covetousness, perplexity, doing injury, hypocrisy, lying, gluttony, calumny, envy, lust, secret hatred, neglect to keep the senses in subjection, neglect to concentrate the mind.”
(Hindu, Bhagavad Gita (Edwin Arnold tr) chapter 16 and The Dharma Sutras, Apastamba Prasna I, Patala 8, Khanda 23)
Hinduism: “Blind to reason and to widow, Ravan seek thy destined fate, For thy impious lust of woman, for thy dark unrighteous hate, Blind to danger and destruction, deaf to word of counsel given, By the flaming shaft, of Rama thou shalt die by will of Heaven!” “But for impious lust of woman — all forgetful of thy wife, Thou hast lost thy crown and kingdom, thou hast lost thy fated life!”
(Hindu, Ramayana (R. Dutt, abridged tr))
Hinduism: “O Saint, What is the use of the enjoyment of pleasures in this offensive, pithless body – a mere mass of bones, skin, sinews, marrow, flesh, seed, blood, mucus, tears, phlegm, ordure, water, bile, and slime! What is the use of the enjoyment of pleasures in this body which is assailed by lust, hatred, greed, delusion, fear, anguish, jealousy, separation from what is loved, union with what is not loved, hunger, thirst, old age, death, illness, grief, and other evils!” “The mind, it is said, is of two kinds, pure or impure; impure from the contact with lust, pure when free from lust.”
(Hindu, Upanishads vol. 2, Maitrayana-Brahmaya-Upanishad)
BUDDHISM: “Whatever kind of ‘Feeling’ one experiences, pleasant, unpleasant, or indifferent one approves of, and cherishes the feeling, and clings to it; and while doing so, lust springs up; but lust for feelings, means Clinging; and on Clinging, depends the ‘Process of Becoming;’ on the Process of Becoming (Karma-process), depends (future) Birth;’ and dependent on Birth, are Decay and Death, Sorrow, Lamentation, Pain, Grief, and Despair. Thus arises this whole mass of suffering.” “Enraptured with lust, enraged with anger, blinded by delusion, overwhelmed, with mind ensnared, man aims at his own ruin, at others’ ruin, at the ruin of both parties, and he experiences mental pain and grief.”
((The Eightfold Path), Buddha, the Word (The Eightfold Path))
Buddhism: 2. “Fools follow after vanity, are ignorant and careless. The wise keep awareness as their best treasure. Do not follow after vanity nor after sensual pleasure nor lust.” 15. “There is no fire like lust, no misfortune like hate; there is no pain like this body; there is no joy higher than peace. Craving is the worst disease; disharmony is the greatest sorrow.
(Buddhist, Dhammapada – Sayings of the Buddha 2 (tr. J. Richards))
Buddhism: 14. “There is no satisfying lusts even by a shower of gold pieces. Whoever knows that lusts have a short taste and cause pain is wise. Even in heavenly pleasures one finds no satisfaction; the disciple who is fully awakened finds joy only in the destruction of all desires.” 16. “From lust comes grief; from lust comes fear.” 24 “Driven by lust, people run around like a hunted hare; bound in chains they suffer for a long time again and again. Driven by lust, people run around like a hunted hare; therefore let the mendicant wishing to conquer lust shake off one’s own craving.
(Buddhist, Dhammapada – Sayings of the Buddha 2 (tr. J. Richards))
Buddhism: “He will not be filled with anger or malice, his mind will be pure free of lust, he will have self mastery he will be free from cares, and this one at death at the dissolution of his body will become united with Brahma (God) who is of the same condition.” (Buddha, Tevigga Sutra)
SABEANISM: “Who is filled with compassion for these souls. Praised be thou, my lord, Manda-d-Hiia, 70. O Hibil-Ziwa (Manda-d-Hiia), great Fulfiller who deliverest us from evil plots and deliverest us from all that is evil and ugly, O High King of Light (Haiyi, God), thou wilt give me comeliness of body, compassion of heart, fullness of hand and integrity of eye. O Life, and my Lord Manda-d-Hiia Thou deliverest me savest me and guardest me. (from lust, greed, envy, hate, pride and all number of other afflictions that assail us in this life) O High King of Light (God)!” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 176)
BABI RELIGION: “Free himself (man) from the bonds of carnal lusts,”
(Shoghi Effendi, The Dawn-Breakers, p. 354)
BAHA’I FAITH: “The reality of man becomes purified and sanctified from the impurities of the world of nature. These natural impurities are evil qualities: anger, lust, worldliness, pride, lying, hypocrisy, fraud, self-love, etc. Man cannot free himself from the rage of the carnal passions except by the help of the Holy Spirit.” “When they are delivered through the light of faith from the darkness of these vices, and become illuminated with the radiance of the sun of reality, and ennobled with all the virtues, they esteem this the greatest reward, and they know it to be the true paradise. In the same way they consider that the spiritual punishment — that is to say, the torture and punishment of existence — is to be subjected to the world of nature; to be veiled from God; to be brutal and ignorant; to fall into carnal lusts; to be absorbed in animal frailties; to be characterized with dark qualities, such as falsehood, tyranny, cruelty, attachment to the affairs of the world, and being immersed in satanic ideas. For them, these are the greatest punishments and tortures.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Abdu’l-Baha, Some Answered Questions, pp. 91 and 224)
b. Gluttony – “Excess in eating and drinking: Proverbs 23:21 ‘for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.”’
CHRISTIANITY: 1 Peter 4:3 “For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess (gluttonous) of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:” 4:4 “Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:” 4:5 “Who shall give account to Him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.” 1 Corinthians 6:12 “All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.” 6:13 “Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them,” (If taken in excess). Philippians 3:17 “Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.” 3:18 “For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: 3:19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.” Romans 16:18 “For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly;” (gluttonous they are). 
Judaism: Proverbs 13:25 “The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.” (more) Proverbs 23:20 “Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:” 23:21 “For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.”
ISLAM: 87. “O ye who believe! make not unlawful the good things which Allah hath made lawful for you, but commit no excess: for Allah (God) loveth not those given to excess,” (gluttony).
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 5)
Islam: 81. “Eat of the good things We have provided for your sustenance, but commit no excess therein, lest My Wrath should justly descend on you: and those on whom descends My Wrath do perish indeed!
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 20)
Islam: “I heard Ibn Az-Zubair who was on the pulpit at Mecca, delivering a sermon, saying, ‘O men! The Prophet used to say,’ ‘If the son of Adam were given a valley full of gold, he would love to have a second one; and if he were given the second one, he would love to have a third, for nothing fills the belly of Adam’s son.”
(Hadith, Bukhari Vol 8, Book 76, # 446)
ZOROASTRIANISM: “The fiend is powerful to distress, and to dry up the milk of the woman who indulges in lust and of all females. Let no thought of Angra Mainyu ever infect thee, so that thou shouldest indulge in evil lusts (over indulgences, gluttony), make derision and idolatry, and shut (to the poor) the door of thy house. kept away greed and need from the creation of Ohrmazd (Ahura Mazda, God);”
(The Zend-Avesta, Avesta Fragments)
HINDUISM: 57. “Excessive eating is prejudicial to health, to fame, and to (bliss in) heaven; it prevents (the acquisition of) spiritual merit, and is odious among men; one ought, for these reasons, to avoid it carefully.”
(Hindu, Laws of Manu chapter 2)
Hinduism: 175. “Let him always delight in truthfulness, (obedience to) the sacred law, conduct worthy of an Aryan, and purity; let him chastise his pupils according to the sacred law; let him keep his speech, his arms, and his belly under control.”
(Hindu, Laws of Manu chapter 4)
Hinduism: 62. Let him not eat anything from which the oil has been extracted; let him not be a glutton; let him not eat very early (in the morning), nor very late (in the evening), nor (take any food) in the evening, if he has eaten (his fill) in the morning.
(Hindu, Laws of Manu chapter 4)
Hinduism: 2. “He shall eat at the two (appointed) times, (morning and evening Haradatta thinks that this Sutra is intended to prevent householders from having more than two meals a day, and to keep them from gluttony).”
(Hindu, The Dharma Sutras, Apastamba Prasna 2, Patala 1, Khanda 1)
Hinduism: 4. “Now we will enumerate the faults which tend to destroy the creatures. (These are) anger, exultation, grumbling, covetousness, perplexity, doing injury, hypocrisy, lying, gluttony, calumny, envy, lust, secret hatred, neglect to keep the senses in subjection, neglect to concentrate the mind.”
(Hindu, The Dharma Sutras, Apastamba Prasna I, Patala 8, Khanda 23)
BUDDHISM: 1. “The Tempter masters the lazy and irresolute man who dwells on the attractive side of things, ungoverned in his senses, and unrestrained in his food, like the wind overcomes a rotten tree.” 14. “Not to speak harshly and not to harm others, self restraint in accordance with the rules of the Order, moderation in food, a secluded dwelling, and the cultivation of the higher levels of consciousness – this is the teaching of the Buddhas.”
(Buddhist, Dhammapada – Sayings of the Buddha 1 (tr. J. Richards))
Buddhism: 6. Those whose minds are well grounded in the elements of enlightenment, who without clinging to anything find joy in freedom from attachment, whose appetites have been conquered, and who are full of light, they are free in this world.
(Buddhist, Dhammapada – Sayings of the Buddha 2 (tr. J. Richards))
Buddhism: 23. “When a man is a lie abed and over-eats, a lazy person who wallows in sleep like a great over-fed (glutton) hog, a fool like that will be reborn time after time.”
(Buddhist, Dhammapada – Sayings of the Buddha 1 (tr. J. Richards))
SABEANISM: “Drink not and do not become intoxicated, and do not (over indulge your belly and become a glutton), and (do not) forget your Lord in your thoughts.” (Sabeanism, Instruction of Adam)
BABI RELIGION: “The excesses in which a few indulged (the gluttony) provoked the wrath of the Almighty.”
(Shoghi Effendi, The Dawn-Breakers, p. 298)
BAHA’I FAITH: “Indulge not your bodies with rest, and to indulge their appetites. Deliver them from intoxicating drinks and tobacco, save them, rescue them, from this opium that bringeth on madness, suffer them to enjoy the sweet savours of holiness, that they may drink deep of the mystic cup of heavenly love.”
(Selections from the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha, p. 149, 244 and 258)
Baha’i Faith: “Fear ye God, and take heed not to outstrip the bounds of moderation, and be numbered among the extravagant.” the gluttonous.
(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah, p. 250)
Baha’i Faith: “Today, all the peoples of the world are indulging in self-interest and exert the utmost effort and endeavour to promote their own material interests. They are worshipping themselves and not the divine reality, nor the world of mankind. They seek diligently their own benefit and not the common weal. This is because they are captives of the world of nature and unaware of the divine teachings, of the bounty of the Kingdom.”
Baha’i Faith: “Abandoned the temperance and moderation of a natural way of life. The result was the engendering of diseases both violent and diverse. For the animal, as to its body, is made up of the same constituent elements as man. Since, however, the animal contenteth itself with simple foods and striveth not to indulge its importunate urges to any great degree, and committeth no sins, its ailments relative to man’s are few. We see clearly, therefore, how powerful are sin and contumacy as pathogenic factors. And once engendered these diseases become compounded, multiply, and are transmitted to others. Such are the spiritual, inner causes of sickness.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Selections from the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha, pp. 103 and 152)
c. Greed – “Excessive or reprehensible acquisitiveness: Ephesians 4:19 ‘Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.”’
JUDAISM: Proverbs 15:27 “He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.” Tobias 5:18 “Be not greedy to add money to money: but let it be as refuse in respect of our child.” (Deuterocanonical Apocrypha,)
CHRISTIANITY: 1 Timothy 3:2 “A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;” 3:3 “Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre (shameful gain); but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;” 3:4 “One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;” 3:5 “For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?” Ephesians 4:17 “This I say therefore, and testify in The Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,” 4:18 “Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:” 4:19 “Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.”
ISLAM: Letter 31. “Their inordinate desires and their greed has such a complete hold over them that you will find some of them like animals tamed and tied with a rope round their feet and necks.”
(Ali b. Abi Taalib, Letters from Nahjul Balaagh)
Islam: Letter 31. “Beware, my son, that avarice and greed may not drive you towards destruction and damnation.”
(Ali b. Abi Taalib, Letters from Nahjul Balaagh)
Islam: 7. “We will indeed make smooth for him the path to Bliss. But he who is a greedy miser and thinks himself self-sufficient. And gives the lie to the Best — We will indeed make smooth for him the Path to Misery;”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 92)
ZOROASTRIANISM: “Kept away greed from the creation of Ohrmazd;” (Ahura Mazda, God)
(Zoroaster, The Zend-Avesta, Avesta Fragments)
HINDUISM: “Glad in all good they live, Nigh to the peace of God; and all those live Who pass their days exempt from greed and wrath, Subduing self and senses, knowing the Soul!”
(Hindu, Bhagavad Gita (Edwin Arnold tr) chapter 5)
Hinduism: 2. “The good and the pleasant approach man: the wise goes round about them and distinguishes them. Yea, the wise prefers the good to the pleasant, but the fool chooses the pleasant through greed and avarice.”
(Hindu, Upanishads vol. 2, Katha-Upanishad)
BUDDHISM: 18. “Unrestrained men are evil. Don’t let greed and wrong doing subject you to lasting suffering.”
(Buddhist, Dhammapada – Sayings of the Buddha 1 (tr. J. Richards))
Buddhism: 15. “Let us live in joy, free from greed among the greedy. Among those who are greedy, we live free of greed. Let us live in joy, though we possess nothing. Let us live feeding on joy, like the bright gods.”
(Buddhist, Dhammapada – Sayings of the Buddha 2 (tr. J. Richards))
SABEANISM: “To each according to the works of his hands It is awarded.” “Every man who toiled And was long-suffering shall come and take with both hands, But he who did not toil nor endure, Standeth empty in the House of Dues.” “He will seek but will not find, And ask, but naught will be given him, Because he had in his hand and (do to the greed of his nature) gave not,” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 123)
BABI RELIGION: “He urged the vast throng that gathered to hear him, to refrain from self-indulgence (greed, gluttony) and to exercise moderation in all their acts.”
(Shoghi Effendi, The Dawn-Breakers, p. 530)
BAHA’I FAITH: “If the soul identifies itself with the material world it remains dark, for in the natural world there is corruption, aggression, struggles for existence, greed, darkness, transgression and vice. If the soul remains in this station and moves along these paths it will be the recipient of this darkness; but if it becomes the recipient of the graces of the world of mind, its darkness will be transformed into light, its tyranny into justice, its ignorance into wisdom, its aggression into loving kindness; until it reach the apex. Then there will not remain any struggle for existence. Man will become free from egotism; he will be released from the material world; he will become the personification of justice and virtue.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Abdu’l-Baha, Divine Philosophy, p. 120)
Baha’i Faith: “Therefore it is evident that warfare, cruelty and bloodshed in the kingdom of man are caused by human greed, hatred and selfishness.” “All the imperfections found in the animal are found in man. In him there is antagonism, hatred and selfish struggle for existence; in his nature lurk jealousy, revenge, ferocity, cunning, hypocrisy, greed, injustice and tyranny. So to speak, the reality of man is clad in the outer garment of the animal, the habiliments of the world of nature, the world of darkness, imperfections and unlimited baseness.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Abdu’l-Baha, Foundations of World Unity, pp 24 and. 110)
d. Laziness — sloth – disinclined to activity or exertion: not energetic or vigorous: Proverbs 15:19 “The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.”
JUDAISM: Proverbs 6:6 “Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:” Proverbs 18:9 “He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.” Proverbs 19:15 “Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.” Proverbs 21:25 “The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.” Christianity: Hebrews 6:12 “Be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.” Romans 12:10 “Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;” Romans 12:11 “Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving The Lord;”
ISLAM: “Do not be hasty and do not precipitate your decisions and actions, when the time comes for an action to be done, or a decision to be taken, then do not be lazy and do not waste time and do not show weakness. When you do not find a true way to do the thing on hand, then do not persist on the wrong way and when you find a correct solution, then do not be lethargic in adopting it.”
(Islam, Ali b. Abi Taalib, Letters from Nahjul Balaagh)
Islam: “The Prophet said, ‘Nobody has ever eaten a better meal than that which one has earned by working with one’s own hands.’ Allah’s (God‘s) Apostle said, ‘The Prophet David used not to eat except from the earnings of his manual labor.”’
(Islam, Hadith, Bukhari Vol 3, Book 34, # 286)
ZOROASTRIANISM: “One should persist with work as long as one lives,” do not be of the slothful.(ZOROASTER, Hymns of Atharvan p. 149)
Zoroastrianism: “Sages have told acceptance of activity to be the course of conscience. To do is better than not to do. None so worse as the inactive,” the lazy. (ZOROASTER, Hymns of Atharvan pp. 306 thru 308)
HINDUISM: “He that abstains To help the rolling wheels of this great world, Glutting his idle sense, lives a lost life,”
(Hindu, Bhagavad Gita (Edwin Arnold tr) chapter 3)
Hinduism: “Sad is the steadfastness wherewith the fool Cleaves to his sloth, his sorrow, and his fears, His folly and despair. This- Pritha’s Son! Is born of Tamas, dark and miserable!” “Foul and dark the Pleasure is which springs From sloth and sin and foolishness; at first And at the last, and all the way of life.”
(Hindu, Bhagavad Gita (Edwin Arnold tr) chapter 18)
BUDDHISM: 20. “Whoever does not rise when it is time to rise, who, though young and strong, is lazy, who is weak in will and thought, that lazy and idle person will not find the path of wisdom.”
(Buddhist, Dhammapada – Sayings of the Buddha 2 (tr. J. Richards))
Buddhism: 20. “The idler who strives not when he should strive, Who though young and strong is slothful, is feeble in maintaining right-mindedness, and is sluggish and inert, Such a one finds not thy way to wisdom.”
(Buddhist, Dhammapada – Sayings of the Buddha 3 (tr. J.
SABEANISM: “Do not slumber and sleep, and forget not what your lord commanded you.” “Arise, ye sleepers who lie there, Rise up, ye stumblers who have stumbled, Arise, worship and praise The Great Life (Haiyi, God) And praise His Counterpart, that is the image of The Life Which shineth forth and is expressed In sublime light.” (Sabeanism, Instruction of Adam and Ginza Rba- chapter 114)
BABI RELIGION: “condemns cruelty to animals, idleness and sloth, backbiting and calumny!”
(Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By, p. 214)
Babi Religion: “YE perform your works for God from the beginning of your lives till the end thereof.”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 85)
BAHA’I FAITH: “It is enjoined upon every one of you to engage in some form of occupation, such as crafts, trades and the like. We have graciously exalted your engagement in such work to the rank of worship unto God, the True One.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, Tablets of Baha’u’llah, p. 26)
Baha’i Faith: “Waste not your time in idleness and sloth. Occupy yourselves with that which profiteth yourselves and others.” “Guard against idleness and sloth, and cling unto that which profiteth mankind, whether young or old, whether high or low. Beware lest ye sow tares of dissension among men or plant thorns of doubt in pure and radiant hearts.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, Tablets of Baha’u’llah, pp. 26 and 138)
e. Wrath – strong vengeful anger or indignation: Proverbs 15:1 ‘A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” Control your anger; wrath:
JUDAISM: Ecclesiastes 7:9 “Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.” Psalms 37:8 “Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.” Proverbs 16:32 “He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty;” Christianity: Colossians 3:8 “But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.” Colossians 3:21 “Fathers, provoke not your children to anger,” Ephesians 4:31 “Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:”
ISLAM: Letter 53. “Take care and keep control over your temper, your anger and your desire to be arrogant and vain.”
(Islam, Ali b. Abi Taalib, Letters from Nahjul Balaagh)
Islam: 134. “Those who spend (freely), whether in prosperity, or in adversity; who restrain anger, and pardon (all) men; for Allah (God) loves those who do good.”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 3)
ZOROASTRIANISM: 18. “I make My claim on thee that I may overwhelm the angry hate of haters.” 28. “Bear off from us the torment and the malice!”
(The Zend-Avesta, Avesta – Yasna 9)
Zoroastrianism: “Protect us for the lives; yea, for both, of this world which is corporeal, and for the world of mind, against unhappy death, and the remorseless Wrath.”
(The Zend-Avesta, Avesta – Yasna 57)
HINDUISM: “If a man shall learn, Even while he lives and bears his body’s chain, To master lust and anger, he is blest!”
(Hindu, Bhagavad Gita (Edwin Arnold tr) chapter 5)
Hinduism: 92. “Contentment, forgiveness, self-control, abstention from unrighteously appropriating anything, (obedience to the rules of) purification, coercion of the organs, wisdom, knowledge (of the supreme Soul), truthfulness, and abstention from anger, (form) the tenfold law.”
(Hindu, Laws of Manu chapter 6)
BUDDHISM: 15. “There is no fire like desire. There is no weakness like anger. There is no suffering like the khandhas. There is no happiness greater than peace.”
(Buddhist, Dhammapada – Sayings of the Buddha 1 (tr. J. Richards))
Buddhism: 17. “Abandon anger, give up pride, and overcome all fetters.” 17. “When a man governs his rising anger like a chariot going out of control, that is what I call a charioteer. The rest are just holding the reins.” 17. “Overcome anger with freedom from anger. Overcome evil with good. Overcome meanness with generosity, and overcome a liar with truthfulness.” 17. “Speak the truth, don’t get angry, and always give, even if only a little, when you are asked. By these three principles you can come into the company of the devas.”
(Buddhist, Dhammapada – Sayings of the Buddha 1 (tr. J. Richards))
SABEANISM:“Avaunt! flee in fear all (ye) evil, restricting, wrathful spirits! Flee, begone, be vanquished and brought to naught before the glory and light of Manda-d-Hiia (Haiyi, God)!” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 17)
BABI RELIGION: “Despite the shame and cruelties they were made to suffer, not one of these captives was known either to recant or to utter one angry word against his persecutors.”
(Shoghi Effendi, The Dawn-Breakers, p. 577)
BAHA’I FAITH: “Let nothing grieve thee, and be thou angered at none. It behoveth thee to be content with the Will of God.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Abdu’l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha, p. 25)
Baha’i Faith: “Be in perfect unity. Never become angry with one another. Let your eyes be directed toward the kingdom of truth and not toward the world of creation. Love the creatures for the sake of God and not for themselves. You will never become angry or impatient if you love them for the sake of God.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Abdu’l-Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 92)
f. Envy – “Painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage: 1 Peter 2:1 “Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.” 2:2 “Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation.”
JUDAISM: Job 5:2 “For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.” Proverbs 3:31 “Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.” 3:32 “For the forward is abomination to The LORD.” Proverbs 14:30 “A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.” Christianity: James 3:14 “But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.” 3:15 “This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.” 3:16 “For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.” Romans 1:28 “And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;” 1:29 “Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,” 1:30 “Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,” 1:31 “Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:” 1:32 “Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.” Romans 13:13 “Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.”
ISLAM: Letter 53. “Do not give cause to the people to envy each other (man against man, tribe against tribe or one section of the society against the other). Try to alleviate and root out mutual distrust and enmity from amongst your subjects.”
(Islam, Ali b. Abi Taalib, Letters from Nahjul Balaagh)
Islam: 109. “Quite a number of the People of the Book wish they could turn you (people) back to infidelity after ye have believed, from selfish envy, after the truth hath become manifest unto them; but forgive and overlook, till Allah (God) accomplish His purpose; for Allah hath power over all things.” 110. “And be steadfast in prayer and regular in charity: and whatever good ye send forth for your souls before you, ye shall find it with Allah; for Allah sees well all that ye do.”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 2)
Islam: 17. “And We granted them clear Signs in affairs (of Religion): it was only after knowledge had been granted to them that they fell into schisms, through insolent envy among themselves. Verily thy Lord will judge between them on the Day of Judgement as to those matters in which they set up differences.”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 45)
ZOROASTRIANISM: 5. “Tell me therefore what ye, O thou Right, have appointed me as the better portion, for me to determine, to know and to keep in mind, O thou Good Thought — which portion they envy me. Tell me of all these things. O Mazda Ahura (God), that shall not or shall be.” 6. “To him shall the best befall, who, as one that knows, speaks to me Right’s truthful word of Welfare and of Immortality; even the Dominion of Mazda which Good Thought shall increase for him,” “(not) envy demon-made.”
(The Zend-Avesta, Avesta – Yasnas 9 and 31)
HINDUISM: 48. “Tale-bearing, violence, treachery, envy, slandering, unjust seizure of property, reviling, and assault are the eightfold set (of vices) produced by wrath,” to be avoided.
(Hindu, Laws of Manu chapter 7)
Hinduism: 4. “Now we will enumerate the faults which tend to destroy the creatures.” “(These are) anger, exultation, grumbling, covetousness, perplexity, doing injury, hypocrisy, lying, gluttony, calumny, envy, lust, secret hatred, neglect to keep the senses in subjection, neglect to concentrate the mind.”
(Hindu, The Dharma Sutras, Apastamba Prasna I, Patala 8, Khanda 23)
Hinduism: 5. “And it has been said elsewhere: Bewilderment, fear, grief, sleep, sloth, carelessness, decay, sorrow, hunger, thirst, niggardliness, wrath, infidelity, ignorance, envy, cruelty, folly, shamelessness, meanness, pride, changeability, these are the results of the quality of darkness.”
(Hindu, Upanishads vol. 2, Maitrayana-Brahmaya-Upanishad)
BUDDHISM: 25. “One should not underestimate what one has got, and one should not live envying others.”
(Buddhist, Dhammapada – Sayings of the Buddha 1 (tr. J. Richards))
Buddhism: 25. “Let one not despise what one has received nor envy others.”
(Buddhist, Dhammapada – Sayings of the Buddha 2 (tr. J. Richards))
Buddhism: 25. “Let him not despise his own gains Let him not envy those of others. The bhikkhu envying the other’s gains, Does not attain concentration.”
(Buddhist, Dhammapada – Sayings of the Buddha 3 (tr. J. Richards))
SABEANISM: “Praise Thee, for amongst them all hatred, Envy and dissensions exist not. The Place which is all portals of radiance, light and glory Praiseth Thee.” “no man will covet his neighbour’s goods.” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 75)
BABI RELIGION: “God‘s chosen companions has no desire to safeguard its own property, much less to covet the property of others.”
(Shoghi Effendi, The Dawn-Breakers, p. 329)
BAHA’I FAITH: “Man possesses two kinds of susceptibilities: the natural emotions, which are like dust upon the mirror, and spiritual susceptibilities, which are merciful and heavenly characteristics.” “There is a power which purifies the mirror from dust and transforms its reflection into intense brilliancy and radiance so that spiritual susceptibilities may chasten the hearts and heavenly bestowals sanctify them. What is the dust which obscures the mirror? It is attachment to the world, avarice, envy, love of luxury and comfort, haughtiness and self-desire; this is the dust which prevents reflection of the rays of the Sun of Reality in the mirror. The natural emotions are blameworthy and are like rust which deprives the heart of the bounties of God. But sincerity, justice, humility, severance, and love for the believers of God will purify the mirror and make it radiant with reflected rays from the Sun of Truth.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Abdu’l-Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 244)
Baha’i Faith: 6. “O SON OF EARTH!” “Know, verily, the heart wherein the least remnant of envy yet lingers, shall never attain My everlasting dominion, nor inhale the sweet savors of holiness breathing from My kingdom of sanctity.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, The Persian Hidden Words)
Baha’i Faith: 42. “O MY SERVANT!” “Purge thy heart from malice and, innocent of envy, enter the divine court of holiness.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, The Persian Hidden Words)
Baha’i Faith: “Beware lest ye give ear to the words of those from whom the foul smell of malice and envy can be discerned; pay no heed to them, and stand ye for righteousness.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts)
g. Pride – “Quality or state of being proud – inordinate self esteem:” Proverbs 16:18 “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.”
JUDAISM: Proverbs 8:13 “The fear of The LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the forward mouth, do I hate.” 11:2 “When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom” 13:10 “Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.” 14:3 “In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.” 16:18 “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.” 29:23 “A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.” Psalms 10:4 “The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.” 36:11 “Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.” Jeremiah 13:8 “Then the word of The LORD came unto me, saying, 13:9 Thus saith The LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.” Christianity: 2:16 “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.” 2:17 “And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.” Mark 7:21 “For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,” 7:22 “Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:” 7:23 “All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.”
ISLAM: 87. “We gave Moses the Book and followed him up with a succession of Messengers; We gave Jesus the son of Mary clear (Signs) and strengthened him with the holy spirit. Is it that whenever there comes to you a Messenger with what ye yourselves desire not, ye are puffed up with pride? Some ye called impostors, and others ye slay!” 88. “They say, ‘Our hearts are the wrappings (which preserve Allah’s God‘s word, we need no more)”’
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 2)
Islam: 79. “So he went forth among his people in the (pride of his worldly) glitter. Said those whose aim is the Life of this World: ‘Oh that we had the like of what Quran has got! For he is truly a lord of mighty good fortune.”’ 80. “But those who had been granted (true) knowledge said: ‘Alas for you! the reward of Allah (in the Hereafter) is best for those who believe and work righteousness: but this none shall attain, save those who steadfastly persevere (in good).”’ 81. “Then We caused the earth to swallow him up and his house; and he had not (the least little) party to help him against Allah (God), nor could he defend himself.” 82. “And those who had envied his position the day before began to say on the morrow: ‘Ah! it is indeed Allah Who enlarges the provision or restricts it, to any of His servants He pleases! Had it not been that Allah was gracious to us, He could have caused the earth to swallow us up! Ah! those who reject Allah will assuredly never prosper.”’
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 28)
Islam: 18. “And swell not thy cheek (for pride) at men, nor walk in insolence through the earth; for Allah loveth not any arrogant boaster.” 15. “Only those believe in Our Signs who, when they are recited to them, fall down in adoration, and celebrate the praises of their Lord, nor are they (ever) puffed up with pride.”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surahs 31 and 32)
ZOROASTRIANISM: 37. “They are intoxicated with pride in their youth,” 38. “And shall be full of regrets at the end of their time.”
(Zoroaster, The Zend-Avesta, Avesta Fragments)
Zoroastrianism: “He smites Pride; He smites Scorn; He smites Hot Fever; He smites Slander; He smites Discord; He smites the Evil Eye. He smites the most lying words of falsehood;”
(Zoroaster, The Zend-Avesta, Khorda Avesta – Book of Common Prayer pt. 1)
HINDUISM: “Deceitfulness, and arrogance, and pride, Quickness to anger, harsh and evil speech, And ignorance, to its own darkness blind, These be the signs, My Prince! of him whose birth Is fated for the regions of the vile.” “Surrendered to desires insatiable, Full of deceitfulness, folly, and pride, In blindness cleaving to their errors, caught Into the sinful course, they trust this lie As it were true- this lie which leads to death-Finding in Pleasure all the good which is, And crying “Here it finisheth!”
(Hindu, Bhagavad Gita (Edwin Arnold tr) chapter 16)
Hinduism: “Yea! whoso, shaking off the yoke of flesh Lives lord, not servant, of his lusts; set free From pride, from passion, from the sin of Self, Toucheth tranquility! O Pritha’s Son! That is the state of Brahman! There rests no dread When that last step is reached! Live where he will, Die when he may, such passeth from all ‘planning, To blest Nirvana, with the Gods, attaining.”
(Hindu, Bhagavad Gita (Edwin Arnold tr) chapter 2)
Hinduism: 162. “Let him never offend the teacher who initiated him, nor him who explained the Veda, nor his father and mother, nor (any other) Guru, nor cows, nor Brahmanas, nor any men performing austerities.” 163. “Let him avoid atheism, caviling at the Vedas, contempt of the gods, hatred, want of modesty, pride, anger, and harshness.”
(Hindu, Laws of Manu chapter 4)
BUDDHISM: 11. “It is a city built of bones, and daubed with flesh and blood, in which old age and death, pride and hypocrisy are the inhabitants.” 17. “Abandon anger, give up pride, and overcome all fetters. Suffering does nor befall him who is without attachment.”
(Buddhist, Dhammapada – Sayings of the Buddha 1 (tr. J. Richards))
Buddhism: 5. “Such is the wish of the fool of increasing desire and pride. One road leads to wealth; another road leads to nirvana. Let the mendicant, the disciple of Buddha, learn this, and not strive for honor but seek wisdom.
(Buddhist, Dhammapada – Sayings of the Buddha 2 (tr. J. Richards))
SABEANISM: “It is time to pray the ‘Devotions’ The great moment for humble worship.” Humble worship the opposite of being prideful. (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 118)
BABI RELIGION: “Fear thou God and pride not thyself on thine earthly possessions, inasmuch as what God doth possess is better for them that tread the path of righteousness.”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 19)
Babi Religion: “O concourse of the people of the Book! Fear ye God and pride not yourselves in your learning.”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 44)
BAHA’I FAITH: “That which will leaven the human world is a love that will insure the abandonment of pride, oppression and hatred.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Abdu’l-Baha, Divine Philosophy, p. 45)
Baha’i Faith: “This physical world of man is subject to the power of the lusts, and sin is the consequence of this power of the lusts, for it is not subject to the laws of justice and holiness. The body of man is a captive of nature; it will act in accordance with whatever nature orders. It is, therefore, certain that sins such as anger, jealousy, dispute, covetousness, avarice, ignorance, prejudice, hatred, pride and tyranny exist in the physical world. All these brutal qualities exist in the nature of man. A man who has not had a spiritual education is a brute.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Abdu’l-Baha, Some Answered Questions, p. 119)
Baha’i Faith: “Humility exalteth man to the heaven of glory and power, whilst pride abaseth him to the depths of wretchedness and degradation.” “In brief, the pride and vanity of certain of the peoples of the world have made havoc of true understanding, and laid waste the home of justice and of equity.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, pp. 29 and 76)
Baha’i Faith: “Beware that ye swell not with pride before God, and disdainfully reject His loved ones. Defer ye humbly to the faithful, they that have believed in God and in His signs, whose hearts witness to His unity, whose tongues proclaim His oneness, and who speak not except by His leave. Thus do We exhort you with justice, and warn you with truth, that perchance ye may be awakened.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah, p. 127