Bible Sayings & Phrases
17-Mar-12 (updated 11-Mar-14)
Below is a list of common sayings & phrases that you hear used today which either were originated or perpetuated by the Bible. Because God's Word is intentional (Pr 30.5, 2 Tim 3.16-17), these all have meanings in their original Biblical contexts. Though today, people certainly do use some of them without actually realizing they are from the Bible or what their intended meanings are - sometimes they get it right & sometimes they don't. Then there are some sayings that have obvious meanings & surely could have been sourced independently from the Bible. Nonetheless, you can find all of these in the Bible - though their translations may not always be exact, the ideas are there. So here they are in no particular order... Don't forget to see below where I compiled most of them into a writing.
Am I my brother's keeper? - Gn 4.9
The truth shall set you free - Jn 8.32 Let there be light - Gn 1.3 Turn the other cheek - Mt 5.39 Go the extra / second mile - Mt 5.41 Sign / signs of the times - Mt 16.3 Chariot / chariots of fire - 2 Ki 2.11 Chariot of fire - 2 Ki 2.11 Wolf / wolves in sheep's clothing - Mt 7.15 Queen of Sheba - 1 Ki 10.1 Head on a platter - Mk 6.25 Have my head - Dn 1.10 Lions' (lion's) den - Dn 6.16 Jacob's ladder - Gn 28.12 Stone's throw - Lk 22.41 O you / ye of little faith - Lk 12.28 Eat, drink & be merry - Lk 12.19, 1 Cor 15.32 Follow the wrong crowd - Ex 23.2 A little birdie told me - Eccl 10.20 Thorn in my side - Num 33.55, Jdg 2.3 Torn limb from limb - Dn 3.29 Tables turned - Es 9.1 Scapegoat - Lev 16.10 Promised land - Dt 26.15 Salt of the earth - Mt 5.13 City on a hill - Mt 5.14 Done in a corner - Ac 26.26 Seal of approval - Jn 6.27 Worth your weight in gold - Lam 4.2 A house divided cannot stand - Mk 3.25 Bold face (lie) - Pr 21.29 Days are numbered - Lam 4.18 The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak - Mk 14.38 Skin of your teeth - Job 19.20 Apple of my eye - Ps 17.8 Playing with fire (in your lap) - Pr 6.27-28 Blind leading the blind - Mt 15.14 Scum of the earth - 1 Cor 4.13 Can a leopard change its spots? - Jer 13.23 Eagle eyes - Job 39.27-29 Dying day - Isa 22.14 Test your metal - Jer 6.27 Armageddon (Armeggedon) - Rev 16.16 Weeping & gnashing of teeth - Mt 8.12, 13.42 Lake of fire - Rev 20.15 Eleventh hour - Mt 20.6 Laughing stock - Ex 32.25 As far as the East from the West - Ps 103.12 Don't know their right hand from their left - Jon 4.11 Left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing - Mt 6.3-4 Fierce as bear robbed of her cubs - 2 Sam 17.8 Mark of the beast - Rev 13.16-17 666 - Rev 13.18 Antichrist - 1 Jn 4.2-3 Messiah - Mt 16.15-17 Walks on water - Jn 6.18-21 Hallelujah - Rev 19.1 Such and such; so and so - 2 Sam 17.15 Doubting Thomas - Jn 20.27 Gospel Truth - Eph 1.13 |
And now the compilation...
This world tells you to just eat, drink & be merry – live like the Queen of Sheba – because this life is all there is. But there is more to life than what is seen, so don’t listen to them. They are all just the blind leading the blind. And some think they can live however they want & believe they’re just a stone’s throw from heaven when they die. Still others think they can simply climb Jacob’s ladder to get to heaven by doing good things. But don’t listen to them either because they don’t know their right hand from their left or worse, are wolves in sheep’s clothing.
While we may think we can do things in a corner without anyone knowing, God sees with better than eagle eyes & knows everything. The Gospel Truth is that God’s justice must punish us for any sin in an eternal hell where there is weeping & gnashing of teeth. The only escape is to trust that Jesus Christ took your punishment when He was crucified to death on the cross; and that He came back to life 3 days later to give you eternal life.
Once you accept His forgiveness so that your sins are removed as far as the East is from the West, you won’t merely make it to heaven by the skin of your teeth – trusting in Christ’s perfect, sinless life will completely qualify you for heaven & God will give you His full seal of approval. Don’t wait until the eleventh hour because you never know when will be your dying day. He wants to give you true life right now & make you the apple of His eye!
Perhaps you feel stuck in situations & habits – feel that a leopard can’t change its spots. Well, while all your problems won’t simply disappear & you still may have a thorn in your side, you will now have God’s help. God may well use such trials to test your metal. Or maybe you’re afraid to believe because someone may put your head on a platter or make you feel like the scum of the earth. That may be, but in time the tables will be turned & their days are numbered.
Oh, you of little faith, don’t be a Doubting Thomas! You are made in God’s image & are worth your weight in gold to Him. That’s why He sent Christ to die in your place to save you. Believe God’s saving Gospel & the truth will set you free!
While we may think we can do things in a corner without anyone knowing, God sees with better than eagle eyes & knows everything. The Gospel Truth is that God’s justice must punish us for any sin in an eternal hell where there is weeping & gnashing of teeth. The only escape is to trust that Jesus Christ took your punishment when He was crucified to death on the cross; and that He came back to life 3 days later to give you eternal life.
Once you accept His forgiveness so that your sins are removed as far as the East is from the West, you won’t merely make it to heaven by the skin of your teeth – trusting in Christ’s perfect, sinless life will completely qualify you for heaven & God will give you His full seal of approval. Don’t wait until the eleventh hour because you never know when will be your dying day. He wants to give you true life right now & make you the apple of His eye!
Perhaps you feel stuck in situations & habits – feel that a leopard can’t change its spots. Well, while all your problems won’t simply disappear & you still may have a thorn in your side, you will now have God’s help. God may well use such trials to test your metal. Or maybe you’re afraid to believe because someone may put your head on a platter or make you feel like the scum of the earth. That may be, but in time the tables will be turned & their days are numbered.
Oh, you of little faith, don’t be a Doubting Thomas! You are made in God’s image & are worth your weight in gold to Him. That’s why He sent Christ to die in your place to save you. Believe God’s saving Gospel & the truth will set you free!
Want to know more about the Gospel?
Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
- Jesus (Jn 17.3)
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe
stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
- Jesus (Jn 3.16-18)
Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
- Jesus (Jn 17.3)
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe
stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
- Jesus (Jn 3.16-18)
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