Thursday, June 30, 2011

Is THAT in the Bible??

You probably know that several of the phrases we use today came from the Bible.  But do you know just how many??  Here are a few...
  1. Nothing but skin and bones - Job 19:19-20
  2. Skin of my teeth - Job 19:19-20
  3. A man after his own heart - I Sam. 13:14
  4. Drop in the bucket
  5. Powers that be
  6. A little bird told me - Mat. 16:23
  7. Rise and Shine - Isaiah 60:1
  8. Spare the rod; spoil the child - Proverbs 13:24
  9. Pride comes before a fall - Proverbs 16:18
  10. By the sweat of your brow - Genesis 3:19
  11. Out of the mouth of babes - Psalm 8:2
  12. Bite the dust - Psalm 72
  13. United we stand; divided we fall - Matt. 12:25
  14. The blind leading the blind - Matt. 15:13-14
  15. Eat, drink and be merry - Luke 12:19
  16. Head on a platter - Mark 6:25
  17. Tearing your hair out - Ezra 9:3
  18. The truth shall set you free - John 8:32
  19. Apple of his eye - Deut. 32:10 and Zech. 2:8
  20. I'll pin him to the wall - I Sam. 18:10-11
  21. At their wit's end - Psalm 107:27
  22. You don't know the half of it - I Kings 10:7
  23. Writing on the wall - Dan. 5:5
  24. Reap what you sow - Gal. 6:7
  25. If you're not for us, you're against us - Matt.
  26. Weighed in the balances and found wanting - Daniel 5:27
  27. The love of money is the root of all evil - (usually misunderstood) - I Timothy 6:10
  28. The patience of Job - James 5:11 (and Job)
  29. The salt of the earth - Matt.
  30. Turned the world upside down - Acts 17:6
  31. God forbid - Romans 3:4
  32. Take root - 2 Kings 19:30
  33. Filthy lucre - 1 Timothy 3:3
  34. A fly in the ointment - Ecclesiastes 10:1
  35. You can't put words in my mouth
  36. To set one's teeth on edge
Don't tell me the Bible hasn't had an influence on the world.  Even people that don't read or believe the Bible use some of these phrases and don't even realize where they come from.

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