They burn the poor sinners or hang them by their tongues or by their breasts.
— Nae man can tether time or tide; The hour approaches Tam maun ride; That hour, o' night's black arch the key-stane, That dreary hour he mounts his beast in; And sic a night he taks the road in As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in.
Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, a poor sinner.
He was self-deprecating — referring to himself as a "poor sinner" — and greeted female guests with a hug and an exhortation to "give me some love, woman".
Jesus made friends amongst the poor - sinners, prostitutes, the mentally ill, widows - and he invariably challenged the wealthy over their pride and complacency.
He will hang out with the poor, the sinners, prostitutes, homeless, republicans, democrats.
It is as though we are not worthy of the merciful bounty of the infinite economy, just as poor sinners, at a less sophisticated stage of human development, were felt to be unworthy before God.
Does he urge us to denounce the poor as improvident sinners in accordance with the "love the sinner" or "judge not, lest ye be judged" commands of scripture?
In the UK, the original script has been torn up and the poor are now scum, sinners, the enemy within.
