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*Burning the midnight oil (This directly relates to Jesus's parable of the 10 virgins, five that were wise and five that were foolish - [[Matthew 20-28 (Translated)#25:1|Matthew 25:1-13]]) | *Burning the midnight oil (This directly relates to Jesus's parable of the 10 virgins, five that were wise and five that were foolish - [[Matthew 20-28 (Translated)#25:1|Matthew 25:1-13]]) | ||
*Go the extra mile (If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles - [[Matthew 1-9 (Translated)#5:41|Matthew 5:41]]) | *Go the extra mile (If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles - [[Matthew 1-9 (Translated)#5:41|Matthew 5:41]]) | ||
| + | *Practice what you preach (Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? - Romans 2:21) | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
Revision as of 03:15, July 14, 2015
Most popular phrases that originate from the Bible are quotes, cliche widely used, mostly unknown to the people saying them, that came from the Bible.
Old Testament
- By the skin of my teeth (Job 19:20)
- A drop in the bucket (Isaiah 40:15)
- Gird your loins (Jeremiah 1:17)
- An eye for an eye (Exodus 21:24)
- A broken heart (Psalms 34:18)
- As white as snow (Isaiah 1:18)
- At their wits' end (Psalms 107:27)
- Beat swords into ploughshares (Isaiah 2:4)
- Can a leopard change its spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)
- To the ends of the earth (Job 37:3)
- To everything a season (Ecclesiastes 3:1)
- Bite the dust (Psalms 72:9)
- Fly in the ointment (Ecclesiastes 10:1)
- Rise and shine (Isaiah 60:1)
- As old as the hills (Job 15:7)
- Scapegoat (Leviticus 16:9-10)
- The apple of my eye (Deuteronomy 32:10)
- Woe is me (Job 10:15)
- Everything under the sun (Ecclesiastes 1:3)
- How the mighty have fallen! (2 Samuel 1:27)
New Testament
- The blind leading the blind (Matthew 15:14)
- A house divided against itself (Mark 3:25)
- Turn the other cheek (Luke 6:29)
- Eat drink and be merry (Luke 12:19)
- A cross to bear (Luke 14:27)
- In the twinkling of an eye (1 Corinthians 15:52)
- It's better to give than to receive (Acts 20:35)
- The powers that be (Romans 13:11)
- Charity begins at home (1 Timothy 5:8)
- The love of money is the root of all evil (1 Timothy 6:10)
- Fight the good fight (1 Timothy 6:12)
- A labor of love (Thessalonians 1:2)
Some quotes have been slightly altered that originate from the Bible.
- No rest for the wicked (There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked. - Isaiah 48:22)
- The writing is on the wall (And this is the writing that was written - Daniel 5:25)
- A wolf in sheep's clothing (Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. - Matthew 7:15)
- Burning the midnight oil (This directly relates to Jesus's parable of the 10 virgins, five that were wise and five that were foolish - Matthew 25:1-13)
- Go the extra mile (If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles - Matthew 5:41)
- Practice what you preach (Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? - Romans 2:21)