The Most Well-Known Phrases from the Bible (light-hearted as well as serious)

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[Salvation]

Monday, June 28, 2010

The Most Well-Known Phrases from the Bible

Marcel over at the Catholic blog Aggie Catholics has put together a list of some of the most well-known phrases from the Bible. This is a great list. I suspect that some people aren't even aware that these well-known words come from the Bible.

Here are some of my favorites, but do go and read Marcel's whole list:

• 42 - "Can a leopard change his spots?" - Jeremiah 13:23
• 41 - "A man after my own heart" - Samuel 13:14 / Acts 13:22
• 38 - "The powers that be" - Romans 13: 1-2
• 37 - "Drop in the bucket" - Isaiah 40:15
• 32 - "Labor of love" - 1 Thessalonians 1:3
• 25 - "No rest for the wicked" or "No rest for the weary" - Isaiah 57:21
• 23 - "Apple of my eye" - Deuteronomy 2:10 / Zechariah 2:8
• 21 - "All things must pass" or "This too shall pass" - Matthew 24:6-8
• 16 - "Ashes to ashes" - Genesis 3:19
• 14 - "A fly in the ointment" - Ecclesiastes 10:1
• 12 - "Signs of the times" - Matthew 16:3
• 11 - "It is better to give than to receive" - Acts 20:35
• 7 - "How the mighty have fallen" - 2 Samuel 1:19
• 6 - "Bite the dust" - Psalms 72: 9
• 5 - "Sour grapes" - Ezekiel 18:2
• 4 - "The writing on the wall" - Daniel 5:5
• 3 - "At my wit's end" - Psalm 107:27
• 1 - "By the skin of our teeth" - Job 19:20

Posted by Michael Barber at 9:32 PM

[Salvation]

Have fun! Add some of your own or post others from the original list.

"Be not afraid."

[Salvation]

Fun Ping!

[the invisib1e hand]

"...a fool leans to the left..." Ecc 10:2.

Hey, you're Catholic! What are you doing with Bible?

[Salvation]

You didn’t know that Catholics know HOW to read the Bible? LOL!

[the invisib1e hand]

The blame game is getting tiresome./i>

Everyone knows it's forbidden. After all, they used to chain the bibles to the churches back in the day.

/s

[Uncle Miltie]

First you get down on your knees,
Fiddle with your rosaries,
Bow your head with great respect,
And genuflect, genuflect, genuflect!

Do whatever steps you want, if
You have cleared them with the Pontiff.
Everybody say his own
Kyrie eleison,
Doin’ the Vatican Rag.

Get in line in that processional,
Step into that small confessional,
There, the guy who’s got religion’ll
Tell you if your sin’s original.
If it is, try playin’ it safer,
Drink the wine and chew the wafer,
Two, four, six, eight,
Time to transubstantiate!

So get down upon your knees,
Fiddle with your rosaries,
Bow your head with great respect,
And genuflect, genuflect, genuflect!

Make a cross on your abdomen,
When in Rome do like a Roman,
Ave Maria,
Gee it’s good to see ya,
Gettin’ ecstatic an’
Sorta dramatic an’
Doin’ the Vatican Rag!

[the invisib1e hand]

This is how that post was supposed to read:

You didn’t know that Catholics know HOW to read the Bible? LOL!

Everyone knows it's forbidden. After all, they used to chain the bibles to the churches back in the day.

/s

[Chode]

what's that supposed to mean???

[COBOL2Java]

Hey, you’re Catholic! What are you doing with Bible?

I ripped it from its chain in the sanctuary! :-)

[Salvation]

I thought you were joking! But you're not! Wowsies!

Ecclesiastes
Chapter 10

2

¹ The wise man's understanding turns him to his right; the fool's understanding turns him to his left.

[mnehring]

You learn something new every day. I never knew PTB came from the Bible.

[Salvation]

Where is that in the Bible? Chuckling.....

[the invisib1e hand]

what's that supposed to mean???

Look it up! What am I, you're personal bible interpreter?

[Salvation]

"Keep on the striaght and narrow."

Proverbs
Chapter 4

 

25

Let your eyes look straight ahead and your glance be directly forward.

26

Survey the path for your feet, and let all your ways be sure.

27

Turn neither to right nor to left, keep your foot far from evil.

[Old Sarge]

Golly, Uncle Chode, I can’t figure that one out, either!

[mnehring]

After all, they used to chain the bibles to the churches back in the day.

You do know the history of chaining (ok locking up) the Bible in church came from the era when books were more precious than gold for the thousands of hours it took for one to transcribe it, only to risk loss by someone looking for something that would burn easily for their cooking fire? (later I'll describe the history of the run-on sentence).

[the invisib1e hand]

yes, but thanks for posting that for the many who’d rather assume the worst about everything the Church does.

[Salvation]

Well aware that Bibles were copied by hand and very precious.

That is, until the printing press.

[COBOL2Java]

Oh, now, there you go again. confusing them with facts!

[mnehring]

I noticed the /s after I posted.. :-p