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

It was fun, until MarkBsnr implied you were unable to keep your timeline straight because you're Protestant.

But, you're Catholic, right?

Is he? Let him say so.

LOL! Little curmmies, huh? All over my car!

It doesn’t matter. Timelines are timelines. Fact is fact.

Yes, he is. So, you guys have problems keeping doctrine straight and have problems with timelines, right?

Yikes on those first two.

They’re certainly timely for our age.

**Did you know God was a Conservative? **

And did you know this?

Other than #5 I liked them. #5 makes me shudder every time I hear it.

Got it.

Apologies, Ben. I missed the sarcasm. I shall endeavour more next time.

With regret;

Mark

It doesn’t matter.

That's interesting. It appeared to matter when a presumed member of a church other than your own had made an error.

But, now it doesn't.

"Ahem. The KJV Bible was in English. Nobody spoke English in Europe in the 1500s, at least of any note."

Be that as it may, by the 1520's those printing presses were cranking out a ton of Tyndale english New Testament translations and flooding Endland with them. So much so that Cardinal Wolsey put a price on William Tyndale's head and stated burning the bibles in giant bonfires on the public square.

That's interesting. It appeared to matter when a presumed member of a church other than your own had made an error.

If a member of whatever it is that you believe in made the same statement in sarcasm, I would post the same apology. I missed the sarcasm. If there was no levity meant, then the apology is retracted. But it was, and therefore my apology is for missing it.

The WHOLE list!

Monday, June 28, 2010

Top 50 Most Popular Phrases From The Bible

In our modern culture, we commonly use phrases which have originated from the Bible without even knowing their origin.

After doing a bit of research, I have compiled my top 50 list of commonly used phrases which originate from the Bible.

Note- I have put the phrase and the reference where it originated from, which may or may not be a direct quote from the Bible. Some originate from the Bible yet have changed over time.

50 - "My cup runneth over" - Psalms 23:5
49 - "O ye, of little faith" - Luke 12:28
48 - "Living off the fat of the land" - Genesis 45:17-18
47 - "Like a lamb led to the slaughter" - Jeremiah 11:19 / Isaiah 53:7
46 - "The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" - Matthew 26:41
45 - "Flesh and blood" - Matthew 16:17
44 - "Spare the rod and spoil the child" - Proverbs 13:24 / 23:13
43 - "Forbidden fruit" - Genesis 2 & 3
42 - "Can a leopard change his spots?" - Jeremiah 13:23
41 - "A man after my own heart" - Samuel 13:14 / Acts 13:22
40 - "Do not cast your pearls before swine" - Matthew 7:6
39 - "The fruit of your loins" - Genesis 35:11
38 - "The powers that be" - Romans 13: 1-2
37 - "Drop in the bucket" - Isaiah 40:15
36 - "Eat, drink, and be merry" - Ecclesiastes 8:15
35 - "Eye for an eye" - Exodus 21:24 / Leviticus 24:20 / Deuteronomy 19:21 / Matthew 5:38
34 - "The good Samaritan" - Luke 10:25-37
33 - "He that is without sin, cast the first stone" - John 8:7
32 - "Labor of love" - 1 Thessalonians 1:3
31 - "The root of the matter" - Job 19:28
30 - "Fight the good fight" - 1 Timothy 6.12
29 - "Letter of the law" - 2 Corinthians 3:6
28 - "Many are called, but few are chosen" - Matthew 22:14
27 - "Man does not live by bread alone" - Deuteronomy 8:3 / Matthew 4:4
26 - "Salt of the earth" - Matthew 5:13
25 - "No rest for the wicked" or "No rest for the weary" - Isaiah 57:21
24 - "Sweat of your brow" - Genesis 3:19
23 - "Apple of my eye" - Deuteronomy 2:10 / Zechariah 2:8
22 - "The love of money is the root of all evil" - 1 Timothy 6:10
21 - "All things must pass" or "This too shall pass" - Matthew 24:6-8
20 - "The truth shall make you free" John 8:32
19 - "There's nothing new under the sun" - Ecclesiastes 1:9
18 - "For everything there is a season" - Ecclesiastes 3:1
17 - "As old as Methuselah" - Genesis 5: 25-27
16 - "Ashes to ashes" - Genesis 3:19
15 - "Twinkling of an eye" - 1 Corinthians 15:52
14 - "A fly in the ointment" - Ecclesiastes 10:1
13 - "Faith will move mountains" - Matthew 21:21
12 - "Signs of the times" - Matthew 16:3
11 - "It is better to give than to receive" - Acts 20:35
10 - "My brother's keeper" - Genesis 4:9
9 - "Physician, heal thyself" - Luke 4:23
8 - "Out of the mouths of babes" - Psalm 8:2
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
2 - "Blind leading the blind" - Matthew 15:14 / Luke 6:39
1 - "By the skin of our teeth" - Job 19:20

"Ahem. The KJV Bible was in English. Nobody spoke English in Europe in the 1500s, at least of any note."

Be that as it may, by the 1520's those printing presses were cranking out a ton of Tyndale english New Testament translations and flooding Endland with them.

Define 'ton' and define 'flooding'. Numerically, please.

So much so that Cardinal Wolsey put a price on William Tyndale's head and stated burning the bibles in giant bonfires on the public square.

All the idiots who prate about inerrancy of the Bible ought to start with the accuracy of these inerrant Bibles. Do you have any idea of what the content of these Bibles were?

“It was fun, until MarkBsnr implied you were unable to keep your timeline straight because you’re Protestant.’

Personally, I find that hilarious.

I saw no indication of sarcasm or levity, nor apparently did you, given the nature of your reply.

You appear to be apologizing to a Catholic for assuming he (?) was Protestant.

But will you be apologizing to Protestants for the erroneous slur?

Great list!

Another one: Proverbs 4:5,6 “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not to thy own understanding. In all of your ways, acknowledge Him and He will direct thy path.”

"Do you have any idea of what the content of these Bibles were?"

Yes, the Tyndale bible was an English translation of Erasmus' greek manuscripts for the New Testament. About 75% of it found its way directly into the 1611 Authorized KJV.

Does that list leave out “Turn the other cheek”? ~gasp~