Do not keep company with a fool for as we can see he is a two-legged beast. Like an unseen thorn he pierces the heart with his sharp words.
We are not saved by feelings of sorrow over Jesus' death. We are saved when the Word of God 'pierces' our hearts (Hebrews 4:12), when we are convicted of our sins and trust Christ by faith.
Ingratitude never so thoroughly pierces the human breast as when it proceeds from those in whose behalf we have been guilty of transgressions.
The more purely God's word is preached, the more deeply it pierces and the more kindly it works.
If you want to write, find your splinter. Find the thing that pierces you and won't let you go.
Fear is the needle that pierces us that it may carry a thread to bind us to heaven.
Life's nonsense pierces us with strange relation.