Did All These Phrases Came From The Bible?
Some modern phrases we use are not biblical at all
Are there many things that we normally say in everyday life that we are uaware of their origins? If you have read the Bible from cover to cover you may have known where the following 10 phrases are found. Are they in the Bible? Test your knowledge and you will be surprised.
1. Cleanliness is next to godliness
This well-known phrase sounds like it could be in the Bible. And we know that God doesn’t dwell in an unclean temple. But this phase is not found anywhere in the written word of God.
Not in the Bible.
2. God helps those who help themselves
Although God wants us to be self-sufficient, this pharse is not found in scripture. The phase comes from a similar perspective phase in Aesop’s Fables. The actual phase is:
“The Gods help them that help themselves.”
Not in the Bible.
3. A little bird(ie) told me
This one is found in scripture. Solomon said it in Ecclesiastes 10:20b, which says:
“…for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and hath which hath wings shall tell the matter.”
In the Bible.
4. A drop in the bucket
This one is in scripture. It is found in Isaiah 40:15a, which says:
“Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket,…
In the Bible.
5. Money is the root of all evil
This is a tough one. This one is not in the Bible as it is said. For the Bible says in 1 Timothy 6:10a:
“For the love of money is the root of all evil.”
Money isn’t the root of evil, the love of it is.
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Not in the Bible.
6. God works In mysterious ways
Although this holds true, this saying is not in the Bible. We see the signs, wonders, and miracles in the word of God, but not one of the authors wrote it that way.
Not in the Bible.
7. To thy own self be true
It’s good to be true to ourselves, but the Bible doesn’t make this statement. It was William Shakespeare, an English poet and playwright, who wrote it. He wrote it in the play Hamlet. The line says:
“This above all things: to thine own self be true.”
Not in the Bible.
8. This too shall pass
The Bible says things will come to pass and pass away, but the Bible doesn’t say this phase. The phrase comes from an early Dutch poem that translates this way:
“That was overcome, this may also be, or that passed, so to many this.”
Things do pass as time goes on which makes them temporarily not lasting.
Not in the Bible.
9. A leopard doesn’t change his spots
Leopards don’t change their appearance, so this saying is in the Bible. It is found in Jeremiah 13:23a, which says:
“ Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots…”
In the Bible.
10. Sign of the times
This one is used to describe how bad the world is at the moment. It’s in the Bible. It is found in Matthew 16:3b, which says:
“Ye can discern the face of the sky, but can ye not discern the signs of the times?”
In the Bible.
The conclusion?
Look at what you say and understand it. The everyday phrases you use may come from the Bible. Some things that are said are contrary to the actual word of God. The word of God is his truth, and the world will wrongfully interpret that truth. When you know the Bible, you can decipher true statements from worldly ones.
