Quotes inspired by the Bible

#1 · April 26, 2002, 9:34 am

Quote from Forum Archives on April 26, 2002, 9:34 am

Posted by: jmichaelwalls <jmichaelwalls@...>

Consider the following 50 expressions which we still use
in everyday language. They were all inspired by the BIBLE.

       1. 'Raising Cain' Gen. 4:8-9                  2. 'This is the pits' Gen. 37:24       3. 'You could feel the darkness' Ex. 10:21       4. 'That's just hearsay' Deut. 13:12       5. 'We smoked em' Deut. 29:20       6. 'Hit the nail on the head' Jud. 5:26       7. 'He brought the house down' Jud. 16:30       8. 'Missed by a hair' Jud. 20:16       9. 'He lost his head' I Sam. 17:51      10. 'He took his life into his own hands'                                    I Sam. 17:51      11. 'Well...more or less' I Sam. 22:15      12. 'Now - a - days' I Sam. 25:10      13. 'What a put down' II Chron. 36:3      14. 'What ever became of...?' Esther 2:11      15. 'Give a man enough rope, and he'll            hang himself' Esther 7:9-10      16. 'My hair stood on end' Job 4:15      17. 'What do you know that I don't know?'                                    Job 15:9      18. 'Nothing but skin and bones' Job 19:20      19. 'By the skin of his teeth' Job 19:20      20. 'He thinks he knows it all' Job 38:18      21. 'Ahah!' Ps. 35:21      22. "right on" Prov. 4:25      23. 'The apple of my eye' Prov. 7:2      24. 'That smarts!' Prov. 11:15        25. 'Talk is cheap' Prov. 14:23        26. 'He's asking for it' Prov. 18:6      27. 'Remember the good ole days' Eccl. 7:10      28. 'You can't tell him a thing' Eccl. 10:14      29. 'Money talks' Eccl. 10:19      30. 'A little bird told me' Eccl. 10:20      31. 'Let the chips fall where they may' Eccl. 11:3      32. 'I don't wanna hear a peep outta you' Isa. 10:1      33. 'We just don't see eye to eye' Isa. 52:8      34. 'Are your ears burning?' Jer. 19:3      35. 'Like mother, like daughter' Ezek. 16:44        36. 'Only God knows' Ezek. 37:3      37. 'He has feet of clay' Dan. 2:33      38. 'He got put out to pasture' Dan. 4:32-33      39. 'Half-baked' Hos. 7:8      40. 'If the walls could talk' Hab. 2:11        41. 'Good riddance' Zeph. 1:18      42. 'He really cleaned house' Mt. 21:12-13        43. 'He won't life a finger' Mt. 23:4      44. 'Burning the midnight oil' Mt. 25:6-9      45. 'I've never seen anything like it' Mk. 2:12      46. 'Seeing is believing' John 20:25      47. 'He's beside himself' Acts 26:24      48. 'I stuck my neck out for you' Rom. 16:4      49. 'You can't take it with you when you die'                                        I Tim. 6:7      50. 'He's my right hand man' Heb. 1:13
Pastor Mike Walls
Freedom Baptist Church Smithfield, NC
All scriptures are King James Bible
Isa. 41:10

Posted by: jmichaelwalls <jmichaelwalls@...>

Consider the following 50 expressions which we still use
in everyday language. They were all inspired by the BIBLE.

       1. 'Raising Cain' Gen. 4:8-9                  2. 'This is the pits' Gen. 37:24       3. 'You could feel the darkness' Ex. 10:21       4. 'That's just hearsay' Deut. 13:12       5. 'We smoked em' Deut. 29:20       6. 'Hit the nail on the head' Jud. 5:26       7. 'He brought the house down' Jud. 16:30       8. 'Missed by a hair' Jud. 20:16       9. 'He lost his head' I Sam. 17:51      10. 'He took his life into his own hands'                                    I Sam. 17:51      11. 'Well...more or less' I Sam. 22:15      12. 'Now - a - days' I Sam. 25:10      13. 'What a put down' II Chron. 36:3      14. 'What ever became of...?' Esther 2:11      15. 'Give a man enough rope, and he'll            hang himself' Esther 7:9-10      16. 'My hair stood on end' Job 4:15      17. 'What do you know that I don't know?'                                    Job 15:9      18. 'Nothing but skin and bones' Job 19:20      19. 'By the skin of his teeth' Job 19:20      20. 'He thinks he knows it all' Job 38:18      21. 'Ahah!' Ps. 35:21      22. "right on" Prov. 4:25      23. 'The apple of my eye' Prov. 7:2      24. 'That smarts!' Prov. 11:15        25. 'Talk is cheap' Prov. 14:23        26. 'He's asking for it' Prov. 18:6      27. 'Remember the good ole days' Eccl. 7:10      28. 'You can't tell him a thing' Eccl. 10:14      29. 'Money talks' Eccl. 10:19      30. 'A little bird told me' Eccl. 10:20      31. 'Let the chips fall where they may' Eccl. 11:3      32. 'I don't wanna hear a peep outta you' Isa. 10:1      33. 'We just don't see eye to eye' Isa. 52:8      34. 'Are your ears burning?' Jer. 19:3      35. 'Like mother, like daughter' Ezek. 16:44        36. 'Only God knows' Ezek. 37:3      37. 'He has feet of clay' Dan. 2:33      38. 'He got put out to pasture' Dan. 4:32-33      39. 'Half-baked' Hos. 7:8      40. 'If the walls could talk' Hab. 2:11        41. 'Good riddance' Zeph. 1:18      42. 'He really cleaned house' Mt. 21:12-13        43. 'He won't life a finger' Mt. 23:4      44. 'Burning the midnight oil' Mt. 25:6-9      45. 'I've never seen anything like it' Mk. 2:12      46. 'Seeing is believing' John 20:25      47. 'He's beside himself' Acts 26:24      48. 'I stuck my neck out for you' Rom. 16:4      49. 'You can't take it with you when you die'                                        I Tim. 6:7      50. 'He's my right hand man' Heb. 1:13
Pastor Mike Walls
Freedom Baptist Church Smithfield, NC
All scriptures are King James Bible
Isa. 41:10