Everyday Expressions that come from the Bible

Old Testament

  1. A drop in the bucket (Isaiah 40.15)
  2. A land of milk and honey (Exodus 3:17)
  3. A man after my own heart (1 Samuel 13:14)
  4. A stumbling block (Leviticus 19:14)
  5. Am I my brother's keeper? (Genesis 4:9)
  6. Apple of my eye (Deuteronomy 32.10)
  7. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust (Genesis 3.19)
  8. Bite the dust (Psalms 72:9)
  9. Broken Heart (Psalms 34:18)
  10. By the skin of my teeth (Job 19.20)
  11. Can a leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13.23)
  12. Den of thieves (Jeremiah 7:11)
  13. Dreamer of dreams (Deuteronomy 13:1)
  14. Eat, drink and be merry (Ecclesiastes 8.15)
  15. Ends of the earth (Deuteronomy 13:17)
  16. Fall flat on your face (Numbers 16:17)
  17. Fight the good fight (Timothy 6.12)
  18. Fly in the ointment (Ecclesiastes 10.1)
  19. For everything there is a reason (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8)
  20. Forbidden fruit (Genesis 2.17)
  21. Four corners of the earth (Isaiah 11:10-16)
  22. From strength to strength (Psalms 84: 7-12)
  23. “Gird your loins”: (1 Kings 18: 45-46)
  24. Give up the ghost (Genesis 25:8)
  25. Go forth and multiply (Genesis 25:8)
  26. Holier than thou (Isaiah 65:5)
  27. Honour thy father and thy mother (Exodus 20:12)
  28. How the mighty have fallen (2 Samuel 1.25-27)
  29. Idle Hands are the Devil’s workshop (Proverbs 16: 27-29)
  30. Labour of love (Hebrews 6:10-20)
  31. Land of Nod (Genesis 4:16)
  32. Let my people go (Exodus 9:1-7)
  33. Let there be light (Genesis 1:3)
  34. Like a lamb to the slaughter (Isaiah 53:7-9)
  35. No peace for the wicked (Isaiah 48:22)
  36. Nothing but skin and bones (Job 19:20)
  37. Out of the mouths of babes (Psalms 8:2)
  38. Put words in my mouth (Jeremiah 1:9)
  39. Rise and shine (Isaiah 60:1-22)
  40. Root of the matter (Job 19:28)
  41. Scapegoat (Leviticus 16:7-10)
  42. See eye to eye (Isaiah 52:8)
  43. Set thine house in order (Isaiah 38:1)
  44. Seven pillars of wisdom (Proverbs 9.1)
  45. Swords into ploughshares (Isaiah 2:4)
  46. Take root (Isaiah 37:31)
  47. The lost sheep (Isaiah 53:6)
  48. Thou shalt not bear false witness (Exodus 20:1-20)
  49. Two are better than one (Ecclesiastes 4:9-12)
  50. There is nothing new under the sun (Ecclesiastes 1:9)
  51. Unclean, unclean (Leviticus 13:45)
  52. Wandering stars (Jude 1:13)
  53. White as snow (Isaiah 1:18-20)
  54. Woe is me (Isaiah 6:5-9)
  55. Weighed in the balance (Daniel 5:27)
  56. Wits' end (Psalms 107:27)
  57. Writing on the wall (Daniel 5:27)

New Testament

  1. A house divided against itself cannot stand (Matthew 12:22-28)
  2. A law unto themselves (Romans 2:12-16)
  3. A thief in the night (1 Thessalonians, 5:2)
  4. A thorn in the flesh (2 Corinthians, 12:6-7)
  5. All things must come to pass (Matthew 24:6-8)
  6. All things to all men (1 Corinthians 9:22)
  7. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (Matthew 5.38-42)
  8. As ye sow so shall ye reap (Galatians 6:7)
  9. Blind leading the blind (Matthew 15:14)
  10. Bottomless pit (Revelation 20:1)
  11. Cast pearls before swine (Matthew 7:6)
  12. Charity shall cover a multitude of sins (1 Peter 4:8)
  13. Crumbs from the table (Matthew 15:27)
  14. Doubting Thomas (John 20, 24-29)
  15. Fall by the wayside (Matthew 13:4)
  16. Fall from grace (Galatians 5.4)
  17. Fall on stony ground (Mark 4:5)
  18. Fatted calf (Luke 15:11-32)
  19. Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Revelation 4: 6-8)
  20. Get behind me Satan (Luke 4:8)
  21. Go the extra mile (Matthew 5.41)
  22. God forbid (Romans 6:2)
  23. Good Samaritan (Luke 10.30-33)
  24. He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword (Matthew 26.52)
  25. It is better to give than to receive (Acts 20:34-36)
  26. Judge not lest ye be judged (Matthew 7: 1)
  27. Kiss of death (Matthew 26:48)
  28. Left hand know what the right hand is doing (Matthew 6:3)
  29. Letter of the law (2 Corinthians 3.6)
  30. Love thy neighbour (Matthew 22:34-40)
  31. Many are called, but few are chosen (Matthew 22:14)
  32. My name is legion (Matthew 8:28-34)
  33. New wine into old bottles (Luke 5:33-39)
  34. No room at the inn (Luke 2:7)
  35. Not suffer fools gladly (2 Corinthians 11:19)
  36. O ye of little faith (Matthew 8:26)
  37. Physician, heal thyself (Luke 4:23)
  38. Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things which are God's (Mark 12:17)
  39. Road to Damascus (Acts of the Apostles 9)
  40. Seek and ye shall find (Matthew 7:7-8)
  41. Straight and narrow (Matthew 7:14)
  42. Sufficient unto the day (Matthew 6:34)
  43. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak (Matthew 26:41)
  44. They know not what they do (Luke 23:34)
  45. Turn the other cheek (Matthew 5:38-48)
  46. Turned the world upside down (Acts 17:6)
  47. The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil (Timothy 1, 6:10)
  48. The powers that be (Romans 13:1-5)
  49. Through a glass, darkly (1 Corinthians 13:12)
  50. Throw the first stone (John 8:7)
  51. Twinkling of an eye (1 Corinthians 15:52)
  52. Vengeance is mine (Romans 12:10)
  53. Wash your hands of the matter (Matthew 27:24)
  54. Wolf in sheep's clothing (Matthew 7:15)

 

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