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Are the seven deadly sins in the bible?

Or is that just something from literature that sounds cool. I’m looking for actual passages from the bible listing them and calling them the deadly sins.
Yes, and no. While examples can be found of Dr.s betraying their oaths, most doctors stay within their profession. Although no examples of things "called" the seven deadly [...]

Why are the seven deadly sins considered deadly?

What makes them deadly? Why did God choose these sins to be deadly?
They are gluttony, wrath, sloth, pride, greed, lust, and envy.
Why did God choose these things to be sins period?
Sloth is a sin but the devil never sleeps, isn’t not being slothful allowing for the devil to take hold?
They poison your soul. [...]

seven deadly sin artists?

for my gcse im doing the seven deadly sins mainly focusing on sloth is there any artists that are associated with them as i have to do a piece on exploring other artists.
Paintings of the Deadly Sin of Sloth:
http://chloe328.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/heronimus-bosch-sloth.jpg
http://www.csus.edu/indiv/e/eppersonm/phil002/documents/dix.html
http://images.epilogue.net/users/blackeri/Sloth.jpg
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://fineartamerica.com/images-medium/the-seven-deadly-sins–sloth-james-perez.jpg&imgrefurl=http://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-seven-deadly-sins–sloth-james-perez.html&usg=__xaEZ1o6q9OOwJtWK9sHT8tmKLZQ=&h=699&w=585&sz=36&hl=en&start=1&zoom=1&itbs=1&tbnid=qhsdzdLKcVEVTM:&tbnh=139&tbnw=116&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsin%2Bof%2Bsloth%2Bpaintings%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DG%26rls%3Den%26tbm%3Disch&ei=VRKyTYGPNui20QHmlIW-CQ
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4143/4757469699_200dc8492b.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/benignobjects/4757469699/&usg=__fQfwuhkvB_k5fgt_lrXXP6KFVBQ=&h=315&w=315&sz=149&hl=en&start=1&zoom=1&itbs=1&tbnid=FYbQL3wx6WxR9M:&tbnh=117&tbnw=117&prev=/search%3Fq%3Drockwell%2Bsin%2Bof%2Bsloth%2Bpaintings%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26tbm%3Disch&ei=9hSyTZPjKIy4sQO1-engCw
http://www.sinagedesign.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/paladone_sloth1.jpg
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://fineartamerica.com/images-medium/sloth-seven-deadly-sins-anthony-whelihan.jpg&imgrefurl=http://fineartamerica.com/featured/sloth-seven-deadly-sins-anthony-whelihan.html&usg=__P0_efHJU7r648TAvpM5hCHRcTv4=&h=700&w=536&sz=77&hl=en&start=2&zoom=1&itbs=1&tbnid=szw1YLGSan1csM:&tbnh=140&tbnw=107&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsin%2Bof%2Bsloth%2Bpaintings%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DG%26rls%3Den%26tbm%3Disch&ei=VRKyTYGPNui20QHmlIW-CQ
http://www.artistrising.com/products/401576/the-sins-sloth.htm
http://www.artistrising.com/products/266851/sloth-7-deadly-sins.htm
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zjoOjTv1J3A/S_1oPQNvcQI/AAAAAAAAAy4/dt_9tsEa3k4/s1600/110.jpg