COMMON SAYINGS

COMMON SAYINGS BASED FROM THE HOLY BIBLE
(As found in the King James Version)

1. “Go the extra mile” Matthew 5:41
2. “Ladder of success” (Jacob’s ladder) Genesis 28:12
3. “I don’t know whether I’m coming or going” 1 Kings 3:7
4. “Head and shoulders above the rest” 1 Samuel 9:2
5. “Escaped by the skin of my teeth” Job 19:20
6. “Nobody’s perfect” (except Jesus Christ) Romans 3:23
7. “Getting the last laugh” (God has the last laugh) Proverbs 1:26
8. “Signed in blood” (That is how Jesus signed my salvation) Hebrews 9:14
9. “Etched in stone” (refers to the 10 commandments) Exodus 34:1-4
10. “I’ll be back” John 14:2
11. “I was born that way” Job 5:7
12. “A league of their own” Job 5:23
13. “You get out of it just what you put into it” Galatians 6:7
14. “A little birdie told me so” Ecclesiastes 10:20
15. “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” Mat 7:12; Luk 6:31
16. “A few good men” Matthew 7:14; 1 Corinthians 1:26
17. “You can’t judge a book by its cover” John 7:24
18. “Can a leopard change his spots?” Jeremiah 13:23
19. “Writing on the wall” Daniel 5:5
20. “King of the mountain” Isaiah 14:13-15
21. “Two faced” (refers to Satan) 2 Corinthians 11:14
22. “Better think again” 2 Corinthians 10:7
23. “Rock and a hard place” Philippians 1:23
24. “Do what I say and not what I do” Matthew 23:3
25. “They wouldn’t even lift a finger to help” Matthew 23:4
26. “The kiss of death” Matthew 26:49
27. “Speak now or forever hold your peace” Matthew 26:63
28. “Read my lips” Job 33:1-3
29. “Bring the house down” (What Samson did to the Philistines) Jud 16:26-30
30. “There’s a time for that” Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
31. “Don’t worry, be happy” 1 Peter 3:14
32. “Walk on water” Matthew 14:25
33. “Doubting Thomas” The apostle Thomas doubted Jesus – John 20:24-29
34. “Apple of my eye” Deut 32:10; Psa 17:8; Pro 7:2; Lam 2:18
35. “Running with the wrong crowd” 1 Peter 4:4
36. “Next of kin” Numbers 27:11
37. “You can run, but you can’t hide” Revelation 6:15-17
38. “Rise and shine” Isaiah 60:1
39. “All good things must come to an end” Joshua 23:15-16
40. “Don’t miss the boat!” (Noah’s basic message)