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… debased and degraded man, but He looks upon him with pity and compassion; for He sees that Satan has him in his power.— Manuscript 56, 1899. ( The S.D.A. Bible Commentary …

… debasement and the slavery of the victim of intoxicating drink. Enthralled, degraded, even when awakened to a sense of his misery, he has no power to break from …

… associations and surroundings, the power of wrong habits. Can we wonder that under such influences many become degraded? Can we wonder that they should be …

The defenses of the soul are broken down. He has no barrier against sin. When once the restraints of God's word and His Spirit are rejected, no man knows to what depths of degradation he may sink.— The Desire of Ages, 258 (1898) .

… the degradation of the years of sin can conceal the son from the father's eyes. He “had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck” in a long, clinging, tender embrace …

… order and neatness in dress, we virtually leave the truth; for the truth never degrades, but elevates. When believers are neglectful of their dress, and are …

… heaven and suffered and died in a world degraded by sin that He might teach man how to pass through the trials of life and overcome its temptations. Here is …

… you degrade by your actions? How can you be a shepherd of the sheep and lambs while corrupting their minds, and tainting and polluting their moral sense? Would …

… level, and soon he suspects that she will as tamely submit to be degraded by another as by himself. He doubts her constancy and purity, tires of her, and seeks …

… depraved and degraded. Sometimes God in His providence may bring our youth into association with those who are impure and intemperate. He will give them …