What Are Some Quotes in Religious Scriptures (bible, torah, etc.) that are against Gambling?

Patrick Bitsui: killing a person is like killing everyone is the world - Quran

Rolanda Merritt: Holy Bible verses on Greed and Love of Money (and, by implication, Gambling)"He that hastens to be rich hath an evil eye, and considers not that poverty shall come upon him." Proverbs 28:22“Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless.” (Ecclesiastes 5:10, NIV) "No servant can serve two masters. [Jesus said.] Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money." (Luke 16:13, NIV) “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.” (1 Timothy 6:10, NIV) Lots more Bible quotes pertaining to gambling can be found at http://www.dianedew.com/gambling.htmJewish Views on Gambling"Gambling" isn't explicit! ly discussed in the Torah, but it is mentioned under Jewish Laws. The most strict viewpoint against gambling, and the reasons for it, are given by Maimonides, in his Mishneh Torah, Laws of Theft and Lost Objects, Chapter 6, laws 7, 10, and 11. For Maimonides, if you win at gambling, you're a thief, and if you lose, you're wasting your time. For more, see: http://www.kolel.org/pages/reb_on_the_web/gambling...http://www.davidsvoice.org/blog_post.aspx?id=495Qur'an Verses on GamblingQur'an 5:90O ye who believe!intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of) stones and (divination by) arrowsare an abomination of Satan's handiwork:shun such (abomination) that ye may prosper.Qur'an 2:219They ask thee concerning wine (strong drink) and gambling.Say: "In them is great sin and some profit for men;but the sin is greater than the profit."They ask thee how much they are to spend (in Charity);say: "What is beyond your needs."Thus doth Allah make clear to you His Signs: in order that ye may! consider.http://www.cyberistan.org/islamic/quranv1.html#int..! ....Show more

Cherry Stampka: “Someone asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave the commonsensical reply that we don't have as much money. That was a true and incomplete answer. In fact, women's total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage.” - Gloria Steinem“I love blackjack. But I'm not addicted to gambling. I'm addicted to sitting in a semi circle.” - Mitch Hedberg“Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich: something for nothing” - George Bernard Shaw“Your mother has this crazy idea that gambling is wrong. Even though they say it's okay in the bible.” - Dan Castellaneta“The worst thing that can happen to a man who gambles is to win” - Charles H. Spurgeon“There is no better gambling than not to gamble” - German Proverb“Traveling is like gambling: it is always connected with winning and losing, and generally where it is least expected we receive, more or less than what we hoped for.” - Johan! n Wolfgang von Goethe“Gambling is the son of avarice and the father of despair.” - French Proverb“Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways: women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one.” - Pope John XXIII...Show more

Manual Burtis: "Don't fookin gomble, joo go hell!"- Retarded Terrorist Suicide Bombers

Clark Lachowski: Proverbs 15:27, Proverbs 11:1, Proverbs 11:26, Proverbs 1:18-19, and there are so many others I'm sure. These are only a couple.

Floyd Labuda: Psa ninety 4:20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by using a regulation? Eph 4:14 That we henceforth be not greater toddlers, tossed backward and forward, and carried approximately with each and every wind of doctrine, by using the sleight of adult males, and crafty craftiness, wherein they lie in wait to misinform; There are 5 others greater oblique.