05/20/17 Weekend Grif.Net - Cultural Influence of Bible Phrases (part 2)
Robert Griffin
Continuation on examples of the biblical influence on the English language, specifically with phrases or idioms now widely adopted and known. How many of these do you know? (I added the biblical reference if you need help)
16. “Nothing but _______ and bones” (Job 19:19-20)
17. “The _______ that be” (Romans 13:11)
18, “Pride goes before ______” (Proverbs 16:18)
19. “Rise and ______” (Isaiah 60:1)
20. “The _______ of the matter” (Job 19:28)
21. “See ______ to ______” (Isaiah 52:8)
22. “Sign of the _______” (Matthew 16:3)
23. “_______ of my teeth” (Job 19:20)
24. “________ and narrow” (Matthew 7:14)
25. “_______ of an eye” (First Corinthians 15:52)
26. “There’s _______ _____ under the sun” (Ecclesiastes 1:9)
27. “To everything there is a _______” (Ecclesiastes 3:1)
28. “_______ in the balance” (Job 31:6)
29. “______ end” (Psalm 107:27)
30. “Wolves in _______ ________” (Matthew 7:15)
Bonus: “________ on the wall” (Daniel 5)
[If you are stumped, answers are found in the references given, most often in the historic King James translation of God’s Word]
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Dr Bob Griffin
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