See eye to eye from Isaiah 52:8 (KJV), “Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.” Scapegoat from the Old Testament Law (Leviticus 16:9-10 specifically) where a goat is chosen by lot to be sent into the desert to make atonement for sin. The Root of the Matterfrom Job 19:28 (KJV), “But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the Root of the matter is found in me?” Rise and shine is from Isaiah 60:1, “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.” Put words in one’s mouth from 2 Samuel 14:3, “And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. Pride comes before a fall from Proverbs 16:18, “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.” (KJV) For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.” The Powers that Be from Romans 13:1 (KJV), “Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers.
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Nothing but skin and bonesfrom Job 19:19-20, “All my intimate friends detest me those I love have turned against me. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.” Here is the ESV translation, “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. The Love of Money is the Root of All Evil from 1 Timothy 6:10 and is actually usually misquoted. Let there Be Light from Genesis 1’s creation account. How the Mighty have Fallen from 2 Samuel 1:19, “The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!” He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword from Matthew 26:52, “Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.” Good Samaritan from Luke 10:30-37, the Parable of the Good Samaritan. Go the extra mile from Matthew 5:41 that says, “And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain” (KJV). “But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.” Ecclesiastes 3 is also the motivation for the song “Turn! Turn! Turn!” by the Byrds.įorbidden Fruitfrom Genesis 3:3 when Adam and Eve were commanded not to eat from the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. The Geneva Bible translated the Hebrew Literally which read, “I have escaped with the skin of my teeth.”īroken Heart from Psalms 34:18, ” The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit” (KJV).Ĭan a Leopard Change his spots?from Jeremiah 13:23 (KJV), “Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.”Ĭast the First Stone from John 8:7, “And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.”ĭrop in a Bucketfrom Isaiah 40:15 declaring God’s sovereignty and power over the nations, “Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he takes up the isles as fine dust” (ESV).Įat, Drink, and Be Merry from Ecclesiastes 8:15, “because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be m erry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.”Įye for Eye, Tooth for tooth from Matthew 5:38, “Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.”įall From Grace from Galatians 5:4, “Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law ye are fallen from grace.”įly in the Ointment from Ecclesiastes 10:1 (KJV), “”Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.””įor Everything there is a Season from Ecclesiastes 3. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.”īy the Skin of Your Teeth from Job 19:20. The Blind Leading the BlindMatthew 15:13-14, “Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. The following common English phrases find their origins in Scripture, mostly from the King James Version.īite the Dustfrom Psalms 72:9, “They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him and his enemies shall lick the dust.” (KJV) The King James Version of the Bible has a special history because it was a common English version that was popular for many centuries, spanning from when it was first printed in 1611 to still being used extensively up through the 2oth Century. The cultural influence of the Bible even impacted even the English language, specifically with the King James Version. The Bible has influenced and transformed many lives, leaving a mark forever on the lives of millions.