Sinful Shifts

Sinful shifts and means God hath always cursed and blasted.

Achan's golden wedge was but a wedge to cleave him, and his garment a shroud to shroud him.

Ahab purchases a vineyard with the blood of the owner, but presently it was watered with his own blood, according to the word of the Lord.

Gehazi must needs have a talent of silver, and two changes of raiment, and that with a lie. Well, he hath them, and he hath with them a leprosy that cleaved to him and his seed for ever. (2 Kings v. 20-27.)

With those very hands that Judas took money to betray his Master he fitted a halter to hang himself.

The rich and wretched glutton fared delicately, and went bravely every day; but the next news you hear of him is of his being in hell, crying out for a drop, who, when he was on earth, would not give a crumb.— Brooks