Common Expressions in the Bible

NT

A Voice in the Wilderness – Matthew 3:1-9

A Baptism of Fire – Matthew 3:4-12

Going the Extra Mile – Matthew 5:38-48

The Spirit is Willing But the Flesh is Weak – Matthew 26:36-46

The Word Legion Which Means Many – Mark 5:5-20

To Count the Cost – Luke 14:25-34

To Turn the World Upside Down – Acts 17:1-9

A Stumbling Block – 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing – Matthew 7: 13-29

Casting Pearls before Swines – Matthew 7:1-11

To Separate the Sheep from the Goats – Matthew 25:31-46

The Prodigal Son – Luke 15:11-32

The Scales Falling from Ones Eyes – Acts 9:1-19

Do Not Suffer Fools Gladly – 2 Corinthians 11:16-21

A Thorn in the Flesh – 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

To Fall from Grace – Galatians 5:1-6

The Gospel Truth – Colossians 1:3-14

Labour of Love – 1 Thessalonians 1:3

A Double-Edged Sword – Hebrews 4:6-13 

To Turn the Other Cheek – Matthew 5:38-42 

To Fall on Stony Ground – Mark 4:1-19 

Kicking Against the Goads – Acts 9:1-22 

The White Knight – Revelation 6:1-8 

Sting in the Tail – Revelation 9:1-12 

OT

The Forbidden Fruit – Genesis 3 

To Hold Out An Olive Branch – Genesis 8

To Sell Ones Birth Right for a Mess of Pottage – Genesis 25:19-34

Am I My Brother’s Keeper? – Genesis 4:1-15

The Land Flowing With Milk And Honey – Exodus 3:7-22

To Make Bricks without Straw – Exodus 5-6:1

Manna from Heaven – Exodus 16

Written in Stone – Exodus 34:1-9; 29-35

A Golden Calf – Exodus 32:15-35

The Warp and the Woof – Leviticus 13:47-59

A Scapegoat – Leviticus 16:3-10

An Eye for an Eye – Exodus 21:22-25; Matthew 5:38-42

The Apple of One’s Eye – Deuteronomy 32:1-12

Is Saul Among the Prophets? – 1 Samuel 9:27-10:27

The Judgment of Solomon – 1 Kings 3:16-28

Beyond a Shadow of Doubt – 2 Kings 20:1-11

Job’s Comforter – Job 19:1-28

Repent in Dust and Ashes – Job 42:1-17

To Number Your Days – Psalm 90:1-17

Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child – Proverbs 13:24-25

A Fly in the Ointment – Ecclesiastes 10:1-3

The Broken Reed – Isaiah 36:6

Holier Than Thou – Isaiah 65:1-7

To Have Feet of Clay – Daniel 2:24-45

The Writing is on the Wall – Daniel 5:1-31