[circlecity]

In addition to popular phrases in the bible, I would like to hear of popular Bible phrases that ARE NOT actually in the Bible (or are always misstated). For example I can think of two:

God helps those who help themselves. (nowhere in the Bible)

"Money is the root of all evil". - The Bible actually says "The LOVE of money is the root of all evil.

[Salvation]

You are so right. Good idea!

[ClearCase_guy]

God helps those who help themselves. (nowhere in the Bible)

I could be wrong, but I believe this is a moral from one of Aesop's Fables. Since Aesop was a Greek slave, living some centuries before Christ, the "god" in the statement would likely be Zeus. Of course, over time, the expression has become familiar and many people think it's biblical.

[Chi-townChief]

How about one from The Bard: “To thine own self be true.”

[firebrand]

God helps those who help themselves.

Worthy of Polonius, along with Socrates' "Know thyself" and Polonius' "To thine own self be true." Or how about "Neither a borrower nor a lender be" as opposed to the Gospel?

[DocRock]

One of the commonly misquoted verses is "Those that live by the sword shall die by the sword". See my tagline I have used for years for the correct wording. As a strange coincidence, yesterday a client of mine showed me a very old hand written sermon dated Sept. 10, 1777 by a preacher at the Battle of Brandywine (sp?) with the exact title "Those that take the sword shall perish by the sword". I scanned some sections and photographed the entire four pages and look forward to researching it today.