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Results: "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away"

Published on 07/23/2016
By: Harriet56
1831
Religion
1.
1.
The King James Authorized Bible has 783,137 words, so it's not too surprising that some of our often used phrases are directly out of the Bible. It may surprise some of you (I know some of you will already be aware of these) that some of these phrases are directly from the Bible. How many of these were you aware came from the Bible?
The King James Authorized Bible has 783,137 words, so it's not too surprising that some of our often used phrases are directly out of the Bible. It may surprise some of you (I know some of you will already be aware of these) that some of these phrases are directly from the Bible. How many of these were you aware came from the Bible?
Escape "by the skin of my teeth" -- Job 19:20
19%
357 votes
"A house divided against itself" cannot stand -- Matthew 12:25
41%
743 votes
"A drop in the bucket" -- Isaiah 40:15, 17
23%
429 votes
"Fleshpot" -- Exodus 16:3
10%
175 votes
None of these
48%
888 votes
2.
2.
How about these phrases or words?
"Behemoth" -- Job 40: 15-24
22%
401 votes
"A scapegoat" -- Leviticus 16:8
31%
572 votes
"To cast pearls before swine" -- Matthew 7:6
30%
554 votes
"To every thing a season" -- Ecclesiaste 3:1
37%
684 votes
None of these
45%
815 votes
3.
3.
How many of these commons phrases did you know were taken from the Bible? Most of these appeared in another form, or with different wording, but these all originated from the Bible.
Eat, drink and be merry
32%
579 votes
The blind leading the blind
32%
578 votes
At your wit's end
19%
344 votes
The land of milk and honey
38%
696 votes
A leopard cannot change its spots
24%
443 votes
To move mountains
33%
613 votes
Go the extra mile
24%
434 votes
The writing on the wall
26%
472 votes
At the eleventh hour
26%
477 votes
None of these
41%
748 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
9 votes
Other Answers Percentage Votes
0.06% 3
where to start 0.02% 1
I have heard all of these but did not know the origin 0.02% 1
God loves a cheerful giver, 2 Cor. 9:7 0.02% 1
n/a 0.02% 1
We could have googled this dry list if we were truly interested ... 0.02% 1
You can't serve two masters 0.02% 1
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