50 Common Expressions from The Bible

50 Common Expressions
from The Bible

'Raising Cain'
Genesis 4:8-9 ~ (8) And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. (9) And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?

'This is the pits'
Genesis 37:24 ~ And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

'You could feel the darkness'
Exodus 10:21 ~ And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.

"That's just hearsay'
Deuteronomy 13:12 ~ If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,

'We smoked em'
Deuteronomy 29:20 ~ The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.

'Hit the nail on the head'
Judges 5:26 ~ She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.

'He brought the house down'
Judges 16:30 ~ And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.

'Missed by a hair'
Judges 20:16 ~ Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.

'He lost his head'
1 Samuel 17:51 ~ Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.

'He took his life into his own hands'
1 Samuel 17:51 ~ Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.

'Well...more or less'
1 Samuel 22:15 ~ Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.

'Now - a - days'
1 Samuel 25:10 ~ And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.

'What a put down'
2 Chronicles 36:3 ~ And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

'What ever became of ... ?'
Esther 2:11 ~ And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.

'Give a man enough rope, and he'll hang himself'
Esther 7:9-10 ~ (9) And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. &nbpspThen the king said, Hang him thereon. (10) So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

'My hair stood on end'
Job 4:15 ~ Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:

'What do you know that I don't know?'
Job 15:9 ~ What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?

'Nothing but skin and bones'
Job 19:20 ~ My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

'By the skin of his teeth'
Job 19:20 ~ My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

'He thinks he knows it all'
Job 38:18 ~ Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

'Ahah!'
Psalm 35:21 ~ Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

"right on"
Proverbs 4:25 ~ Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

'The apple of my eye'
Proverbs 7:2 ~ Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

'That smarts!'
Proverbs 11:15 ~ He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

'Talk is cheap'
Proverbs 14:23 ~ In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

'He's asking for it'
Proverbs 18:6 ~ A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

'Remember the good ole days'
Ecclesiastes 7:10 ~ Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.

'You can't tell him a thing'
Ecclesiastes 10:14 ~ A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

'Money talks'
Ecclesiastes 10:19 ~ A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.

'A little bird told me'
Ecclesiastes 10:20 ~ Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

'Let the chips fall where they may'
Ecclesiastes 11:3 ~ If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

'I don't wanna hear a peep outta you'
Isaiah 10:1 ~ Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

'We just don't see eye to eye'
Isaiah 52:8 ~ 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.

'Are your ears burning?'
Jeremiah 19:3 ~ And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.

'Like mother, like daughter'
Ezekiel 16:44 ~ Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

'Only God knows'
Ezekiel 37:3 ~ And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.

'He has feet of clay'
Daniel 2:33 ~ His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.

'He got put out to pasture'
Daniel 4:32-33 ~ (32) And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. (33) The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws.

'Half-baked'
Hosea 7:8 ~ Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

'If the walls could talk'
Habakkuk 2:11 ~ For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

'Good riddance'
Zephaniah 1:18 ~ Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

'He really cleaned house'
Matthew 21:12-13 ~ (12) And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, (13) And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

'He won't life a finger'
Matthew 23:4 ~ For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

'Burning the midnight oil'
Matthew 25:6-9 ~ (6) And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. (7) Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. (8) And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. (9) But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

'I've never seen anything like it'
Mark 2:12 ~ And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.

'Seeing is believing'
John 20:25 ~ The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the LORD. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.

'He's beside himself'
Acts 26:24 ~ And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.

'I stuck my neck out for you'
Romans 16:4 ~ Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.

'You can't take it with you when you die'
1 Timothy 6:7 ~ For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

'He's my right hand man'
Hebrews 1:13 ~ But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?