Following is a list of common cliches and idioms that have their origin in the Bible:
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"Heard it through the grapevine" |
Gen 3:1 |
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"I'm falling for you" |
Gen 3:6 |
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"You can run, but you can't hide" |
Gen 3:9 |
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"The devil made me do it" |
Gen 3:13 |
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"Achille's heal" |
Gen 3:15 |
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"You can't get blood out of a turnip" |
Gen 4:5 |
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"He drew first blood" |
Gen 4:8 |
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"Raising Cain" |
Gen 4:8 |
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"Scream bloody murder" |
Gen 4:10 |
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"A marked man" |
Gen 4:15 |
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"Your days are numbered" |
Gen 6:3 |
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"Right out of the blue" |
Gen 7:11 |
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"Make a name for ourselves" |
Gen 11:4 |
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"He delivered the goods" |
Gen 14:16 |
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"Run for your life" |
Gen 19:17 |
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"Go with the flow" |
Gen 49:4 |
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"An idle mind is the devil's workshop" |
Exo 5:17 |
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"You can't get water out of a rock" |
Exo 17:6 |
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"Etched in stone" |
Exo 32:16 |
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"Glowing with health" |
Exo 34:30 |
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"Holy cow" |
Num 18:17 |
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"Silence is agreement" |
Num 30:14 |
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"Looks can be deceiving" |
Jos 9:14 |
24 |
"Time stood still" |
Jos 10:13 |
25 |
"It's in the stars" |
Jud 5:20 |
26 |
"Teach him a lesson" |
Jud 8:16 |
27 |
"Blood is thicker than water" |
Jud 14:17 |
28 |
"Head and shoulders above the rest" |
1 Sam 9:2 |
29 |
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions" |
1 Sam 15:15 |
30 |
"Stick by the stuff" |
1 Sam 30:24 |
31 |
"I should have stayed in bed" |
2 Sam 11:2 |
32 |
"I'll believe it when I see it" |
1 Kin 10:7 |
33 |
"Like father, like son" |
1 Kin 11:3 |
34 |
"Scraping the bottom of the barrel" |
1 Kin 17:12 |
35 |
"Jumping Jehoshaphat" |
1 Kin 22:32 |
36 |
"Just do it" |
1 Chr 28:10 |
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"Better off dead" |
2 Chr 32:25 |
38 |
"Made my hair stand up" |
Job 4:15 |
39 |
"Misery loves company" |
Job 16:2 |
40 |
"By the skin of his teeth" |
Job 19:20 |
41 |
"Mr. Know-it-all" |
Job 38:18 |
42 |
"Horse laugh" |
Job 39:25 |
43 |
"Turn a deaf ear" |
Psa 58:4 |
44 |
"The apple of my eye" |
Pro 7:2 |
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"One hand washes another" |
Pro 11:25 |
46 |
"You are the company you keep" |
Pro 13:20 |
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"Talk is cheap" |
Pro 14:23 |
48 |
"A fool and his money are soon parted" |
Pro 21:20 |
49 |
"Familiarity breeds contempt" |
Pro 25:17 |
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"You always hurt the one you love" |
Pro 27:6 |
51 |
"He speaks his mind" |
Pro 29:11 |
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"Beauty is only skin deep" |
Pro 31:30 |
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"You can't take it with you" |
Ecc 5:15 |
54 |
"Don't believe everything you hear" |
Ecc 7:21 |
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"Fly in the ointment" |
Ecc 8:1 |
56 |
"Money talks" |
Ecc 8:19 |
57 |
"A little birdie told me" |
Ecc 8:20 |
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"Love sick" |
Song 2:5 |
59 |
"A June bride" |
Song 2:13 |
60 |
"A leopard can't change it's spots" |
Jer 13:23 |
61 |
"There is hope in the end" |
Jer 31:17 |
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"Caught red-handed" |
Eze 3:18 |
63 |
"I only have eyes for you" |
Eze 24:16 |
64 |
"This town's not big enough for the two of us" |
Eze 28:17 |
65 |
"He changed his tune" |
Dan 3:15 |
66 |
"Flattery will get you everywhere" |
Dan 11:21 |
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"Walking the straight and narrow" |
Matt 7:14 |
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"You can't judge a book by it's cover" |
Matt 7:15 |
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"Hog wild" |
Matt 8:32 |
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"You can't go home again" |
Matt 13:57 |
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"In the same boat" |
Matt 14:22 |
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"Three strikes and you're out" |
Matt 18:15-17 |
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"Head for the hills" |
Matt 24:16 |
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"Burning the midnight oil" |
Matt 25:4,6 |
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"The kiss of death" |
Matt 26:49 |
10 |
"The end of his rope" |
Matt 27:5 |
11 |
"Blood money" |
Matt 27:6 |
12 |
"For crying out loud" |
Matt 27:46 |
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"Scared stiff" |
Matt 28:4 |
14 |
"A house divided" |
Mark 3:25 |
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"Tongue-tied" |
Mark 7:35 |
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"Speak of the devil" |
Mark 14:42-43 |
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"There's no looking back" |
Luke 9:62; Phl 3:13 |
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"Count the cost" |
Luke 14:28 |
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"Blood, sweat, and tears" |
Luke 22:44 |
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"You look like you've seen a ghost" |
Luke 24:37-39 |
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"Save the best for last" |
John 2:10 |
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"A cold-blooded murderer" |
John 8:44; Rev 12:9 |
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"Raise a stinkl" |
John 11:39,44 |
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"What got into him" |
John 12:27 |
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"Doubting Thomas" |
John 20:25 |
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"You can't keep a good man down" |
Acts 2:24 |
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"Drop dead" |
Acts 5:5 |
28 |
"Knocked off his high horse" |
Acts 9:4 |
29 |
"For Pete's sake" |
Acts 12:5 |
30 |
"I have seen the light" |
Acts 26:13 |
31 |
"The end justifes the means" |
Rom 3:8 |
32 |
"There's hell to pay" |
Rom 6:23 |
33 |
"The powers that be" |
Rom 13:1 |
34 |
"Different strokes for different folks" |
Rom 14:1-5 |
35 |
"Up in a puff of smoke" |
1 Cor 3:15 |
36 |
"Give it your all" |
1 Cor 9:24 |
37 |
"Lost his cool" |
1 Cor 9:25 |
38 |
"Hot under the collar" |
1 Cor 9:25 |
39 |
"Made for each other" |
1 Cor 11:8-9 |
40 |
"Here today, gone tomorrow" |
1 Cor 15:52 |
41 |
"Better off dead" |
Phl 1:21 |
42 |
"Winner either way" |
Phl 1:21 |
43 |
"What in the world happened?" |
1 The 4:16-17 |
44 |
"They're simply out of this world" |
1 The 4:16-17 |
45 |
"And they lived happily ever after" |
1 The 4:17 |
46 |
"Respect your elders" |
1 Tim 5:1 |
47 |
"Good things come to those who wait" |
Heb 6:15 |
48 |
"He has a one-track mind" |
Heb 12:2 |
49 |
"Practice what you preach" |
Jam 2:12 |
50 |
"If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all" |
Jam 4:11 |
51 |
"Make merchandise out of him" |
2 Pet 2:3 |
52 |
"On the outside looking in" |
Rev 3:20 |
53 |
"All hell's breaking loose" |
Rev 6:8 |
54 |
"The sky is falling" |
Rev 6:13-14 |
55 |
"Bat out of hell" |
Rev 9:3 |
56 |
"Like hell" |
Rev 9:6 |
57 |
"Death took a holiday" |
Rev 9:6 |
58 |
"He made him eat his words" |
Rev 10:10 |
59 |
"Come hell and high water" |
Rev 12:15-16 |
60 |
"Frog in the throat" |
Rev 16:13 |
61 |
"Beauty and the Beast" |
Rev 17:3 |
62 |
"It's not the end of the world" |
Rev 18:19 |
63 |
"Hit rock bottom" |
Rev 18:21 |
64 |
"If looks could kill" |
Rev 19:12 |
65 |
"Heads will roll" |
Rev 20:4 |
66 |
"From the frying pan to the fire" |
Rev 20:14 |
67 |
"No chance in hell" |
Rev 20:15 |
68 |
"Go jump in a lake" |
Rev 20:15 |
69 |
"Liar, liar, pants on fire" |
Rev 21:8 |
70 |
"Crystal clear" |
Rev 21:11 |
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"Yellow brick road" |
Rev 21:21 | |