Common, everyday sayings found in the King James Bible ...
"She made me do it." Genesis 3:12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
"The devil made me do it." Genesis 3:13 ...And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
"In the process of time..." Genesis 4:3 And in process of time it came to pass...
"Am I my brother's keeper?" Genesis 4:9 ...Am I my brother's keeper?
"You can't get blood out of a turnip." Genesis 4:3-4 ...Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
"Stand back!" Genesis 19:9 And they said, Stand back...
"Get out of my sight!" "Out of sight, out of mind." Genesis 23:4 ...that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Money is called "currency" Genesis 23:16 ...four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
"I've learned by experience." Genesis 30:27 ...I have learned by experience...
"in good health" Genesis 43:28 ...our father is in good health...
Have a "falling out" Genesis 45:24 ...See that ye fall not out by the way.
"by the way" Genesis 45:24 ...See that ye fall not out by the way.
"Come on" Exodus 1:10 Come on...
"That rule is written in stone " Exodus 31:18 ...two tables of testimony, tables of stone...
"It's more than enough" Exodus 36:5 ...The people bring much more than enough...
"on all four" Leviticus 11:27 ...that go on all four...
A "kitchen range" Leviticus 11:35 ...whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down...
A city having "suburbs" Leviticus 25:34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold...
"pine away" Leviticus 26:39 And they that are left of you shall pine away...
"under custody" Numbers 3:36 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari...
"In the first place..." Numbers 10:14 In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah...
"The dew fell" Numbers 11:9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
"It's gotten out of hand" Numbers 11:15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand...
"Don't stir him up" Numbers 24:9 ...who shall stir him up?...
"Digging up all the dirt " on him Judges 3:20 And Ehud came unto him (Eglon); and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat. 21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly: 22 And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.
"To the day of his death" Judges 13:7 ...from the womb to the day of his death.
"You don't love me or you'd ..." Judges 14:16 ...Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me...
Calling a woman a heifer. Judges 14:18 ...If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
"He was a 'one man army' ..." Judges 15:15 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thoBlipnd men therewith.
"Between a rock and a hard place" 1 Samuel 14:4 And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side...
"His eyes lit up" 1 Samuel 14:27 ...and his eyes were enlightened.
"I need to get away." 1Samuel 20:29 ...let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren...
"No one feels sorry for me." 1 Samuel 22:8 ...and there is none of you that is sorry for me...
"Safeguard" 1 Samuel 22:23 ...but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
"Our old haunts" 1 Samuel 23:22 ...and see his place where his haunt is...
"lurking places" 1 Samuel 23:23 ...all the lurking places...
"now a days" 1 Samuel 25:10 ...there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
"You can't even talk to him." 1 Samuel 25:17 ...for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
"He had an audience with the blip" and "Give me a hearing" 1 Samuel 25:24 ...and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.
"He went to the other side." 1 Samuel 26:13 Then David went over to the other side...
"He played the fool" 1 Samuel 26:21 ...behold, I have played the fool...
"I expect great things of you, my boy." 1 Samuel 26:25 ...Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things... [Note: Here's another good reason to turn away from this kind of flattery. They're quoting King Saul and he didn't mean a word of it.]
"took notice" 2 Samuel 3:36 And all the people took notice of it...
"such and such" 2 Samuel 12:8 ...I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
"Take it to heart" 2 Samuel 13:33 Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart... (Also, 2 Samuel 19:19)
"Don't put words in my mouth!" 2 Samuel 14:3 ...So Joab put the words in her mouth.
"It's good for what ails you" 2 Samuel 14:5 ...What aileth thee?...
"From the crown of his head to the soles of his feet" 2 Samuel 14:25 ...from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
"He's going to file suit" (as in a case for court) 2 Samuel 15:4 ...that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me...
"He stole their hearts" 2 Samuel 15:6 ...so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of blip.
"eye sight" 2 Samuel 22:25 ...according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
"the vestry" and "vestments" 2 Kings 10:22 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.
"Get up!" 1 Kings 18:41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
"The sky is black with clouds" 1 Kings 18:45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
forging a letter "in someone's name" 1Kings 21:8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal...
"Every able bodied man..." 1 Chronicles 9:13 ...very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
"He's as fierce as a lion" 1 Chronicles 11:22 ...he slew two lionlike men of Moab...
"You know what you ought to do." 1 Chronicles 12:32 ...to know what blip ought to do...
"Won't two-time you" 1 Chronicles 12:33 ...they were not of double heart.
"Things went well" 2 Chronicles 12:12 ...and also in Judah things went well.
"No one was sorry to see him go" 2 Chronicles 21:20 ...and departed without being desired...
"He's a country boy at heart" 2 Chronicles 26:10 Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
"It was the ruin of him" 2 Chronicles 28:23 ...But they were the ruin of him, and of all blip.
"turned her back on him" 2 Chronicles 29:6 ...and turned their backs.
"They laid the foundation" Ezra 3:10 And when the builders laid the foundation...
"They stopped them by sheer force" Ezra 4:23 ...and made them to cease by force and power.
"That went over my head" Ezra 9:6 ...for our iniquities are increased over our head...
"grown up" Ezra 9:6 ...and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
"You didn't get what you had coming" Ezra 9:13 ...seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve...
"working the day shift" Nehemiah 4:22 ...that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.
"He looks down on himself" Nehemiah 6:16 ...they were much cast down in their own eyes...
"That woman is outlandish!" Nehemiah 13:26 ...nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
"He has a hot temper" Esther 1:12 ...and his anger burned in him.
"Get here - post haste!!" Esther 3:15 The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment...
"Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself." Esther 5:14 ...And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
"King for a day ..." Esther 6:8 Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:
"An untimely birth" Job 3:16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been...
"Man is born to trouble as the sparks fly uppiano coversd." Job 5:7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly uppiano coversd.
"Leave me alone!" Job 7:16 ...let me alone...
"Bring it to light" Job 12:22 ...and bringeth out to light...
"Come what will" Job 13:13 ...and let come on me what will.
"It was shaken to pieces" Job 16:12 ...and shaken me to pieces...
"Drove him to his feet" Job 18:11 ...and shall drive him to his feet.
"rooted it out" Job 18:14 His confidence shall be rooted out...
"You made it by the skin of your teeth" Job 19:20 ...and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
"His head is in the clouds" Job 20:6 ...and his head reach unto the clouds...
"You really popped your cork" Job 32:18-20 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. 19 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. 20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.
A "horselaugh" Job 39:19 Hast thou given the horse strength?...25... He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha...
Saying your "lines" (as in a play) Psalms 19:4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world...
"You're buttering me up" Psalms 55:21 ...The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but piano covers was in his heart...
"Turn a deaf ear" Psalm 58:4 ...they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers...
"more than your heart's desire" Psalms 73:7 ...they have more than heart could wish.
"Toot your own horn ..." Psalms 75:4-5 ...and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
"I'm at my wits end!" Psalm 107:27 ...and are at their wits' end.
"I was eaten alive by mosquitos" Proverbs 1:12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
"If you play with fire, you'll get burnt!" Proverbs 6:27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
"A little bird told me ..." Ecclesiastes 10:20 ...for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
"You're sick in the head" Isaiah 1:5 ...the whole head is sick...
"You're as proud as the Lucifer" - Isaiah 14:13-14 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Ezekiel 28:17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness...
"Like a drop in a bucket ..." Isaiah 40:15 ...Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket...
"Rob Peter to pay Paul ..." Isaiah 61:8 ...For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering...
"Sour grapes" Jeremiah 31:29-30 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. 30 But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
"A flash of lightening" Ezekiel 1:14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
"...set you teeth on edge" Jeremiah 31:29-30 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. 30 But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
"You got your just deserts" - Ezekiel 7:27 ...I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them...
"Like mother, like daughter." Ezekiel 16:44 ...saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
"You are your mother's daughter." Ezekiel 16:45 Thou art thy mother's daughter...
"Engines of piano covers" Ezekiel 26:9 And he shall set engines of piano covers against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.
"He really eats that up." (in sense of enjoying something) Hosea 4:8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
"half baked" Hosea 7:8 ...Ephraim is a cake not turned.
"Let's wrap it up" Micah 7:3 ...so they wrap it up.
"The thief reed organd through the drawers ..." Zechariah 14:2 ...and the houses reed organd...
A "foxhole" Matthew 8:20 ...And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes...
"Throw it back in your face ..." Matthew 27:44 ...cast the same in his teeth.
"Chewing the fat" Nehemiah 8:10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared:..... for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
"Burning the midnight oil" Matthew 25:4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps...6 And at midnight there was a cry made...7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. Proverbs 31:18 ...her candle goeth not out by night.
"He outfoxed us" Luke 13:32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox (Herod), Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
"safe and sound" Luke 15:27 ...because he hath received him safe and sound.
"Like father, like son ..." John 8:39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. Ezekiel 16:44 ...saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter. Hosea 4:9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways,.....
"He had the face of an angel" - Acts 6:15 ...saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
"They raised no small stir" Acts 12:18 ...there was no small stir among the soldiers...
Calling a ship "her" Acts 27:15 And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive. Acts 27:32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
"Hope against hope" Romans 4:18 Who against hope believed in hope...
"All right, cut it short!" Romans 9:28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness...
"He sure made short work of that!" Romans 9:28 ...because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
"You're really sticking your neck out" Romans 16:4 Who have for my life laid down their own necks...
"You better think again!" 2 Corinthians 10:7 ...let him of himself think this again...
"It's a dog eat dog world" Galatians 5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
"Bepiano coverse of the dog" Philippians 3:2 Bepiano coverse of dogs...
"You're a busybody!" 2 Thessalonians 3:11 ...but are busybodies.
"Purjery" 1 Timothy 1:10 ...for perjured persons...
"You're as good as dead" blips 11:12 ...and him as good as dead...
"Bite your tongue ..." Revelation 16:10 ...and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
"Go jump in a lake" Revelation
20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into
the lake of fire.
