13 everyday phrases that come from the Bible:
Scapegoat (Leviticus 16:8)
Eye for an eye (Exodus 21:24)
The apple of his eye (Deuteronomy 32:10)
The golden rule (Matthew 7:12)
Blind leading the blind (Matthew 15:14)
By the skin of our teeth (Job 19:20)
Can a leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)
Drop in the bucket (Isaiah 40:15)
Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)
Handwriting on the wall (Daniel 5:5)
Labor of love (1 Thessalonians 1:3)
Letter of the law (2 Corinthians 3:6)
My brother's keeper (Genesis 4:9)
10 comments:
Those are from the King James version I assume. Apart from the works of Shakespeare, the KJ Bible is has given us more idioms and sayings than any other source.
Nice list, I think it's interesting how often we use certain phrases or idioms without knowing where they come from.
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Julia
tt i just learned something didn't know the leopard saying came from the bible.
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Great list...Happy TT:)
Interesting. I knew about some of those, but not all of them.
Great list of Biblical sayings. I enjoyed reading them and I do apologize if I cannot think of even one to ad. I am sure though you covered them all.
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Good list. I'll have to check those out in my bible.
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Isn't it interesting how the Bible has made it into "pop culture" and so many people don;t really know where the phrases came from? Happy T13.
What a great list! It is fun when people use these phrases and you can point them to the Source.
Wow this is a good list. Thanks for taking the time to figure this out!
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