Charles Plemons' Blog

Here are ten more common sayings that come from the Bible. All quoted from the New King James Version (NKJV) unless otherwise noted.

1. Born yesterday.

Job 8:9
9 For we were born yesterday, and know nothing,
Because our days on earth are a shadow.

2. By the skin of my teeth.

Job 19:20
20 My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh,
And I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

3. Crafty tongue.

Job 15:5
5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
And you choose the tongue of the crafty.

4. Crying into your drink.

Psalm 102:9
9 For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And mingled my drink with weeping,

5. Drop in the bucket.

Isaiah 40:15
15 Behold, the nations are as a drop in a bucket,
And are counted as the small dust on the scales;
Look, He lifts up the isles as a very little thing.

6. Eat, drink, and be merry.

Ecclesiastes 8:15
15 So I commended enjoyment, because a man has nothing better under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry; for this will remain with him in his labor all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

7. Empty or hollow words.

Job 35:13
13 Surely God will not listen to empty talk,
Nor will the Almighty regard it.

8. Fly in the ointment.

Ecclesiastes 10:1
1 Dead flies putrefy the perfumer’s ointment,
And cause it to give off a foul odor;
So does a little folly to one respected for wisdom and honor.

9. Gave up the ghost.

Acts 12:23 (KJV)
23And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

10. Go the extra mile.

Matthew 5:41
41 And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.