Seventy-five Common Sayings

The King James Bible is supposedly written in an “old and archaic language” that people today have trouble understanding,? but please notice how so many of our modern sayings come from between its covers.? Hundreds could be presented, but we’ll limit ourselves to seventy-five:

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????? ? 1.? Genesis 4:2-5: can’t get blood from a turnip

????? ? 2.? Genesis 7: don’t miss the boat

????? ? 3.? Genesis 11:7-9: babbling

????? ? 4.? Genesis 15:5: teller

????? ? 5.? Genesis 43:34: mess (of food)

????? ? 6.? Exodus 19:16-18: holy smoke

????? ? 7.? Exodus 28:42: britches

????? ? 8.? Exodus 32:8: holy cow

????? ? 9.? Leviticus 2:14: roast ears

????? 10.? Leviticus 13:10: the quick (raw flesh)

????? 11.? Leviticus 14:5-6: running water

????? 12.? Leviticus 16:8: scapegoat

????? 13.? Leviticus 25:10: Liberty Bell

????? 14.? Numbers 21:5: light? bread

????? 15.? Numbers 35:2-5: suburb

????? 16.? Deuteronomy 2:14: wasted him

????? 17.? Deuteronomy 24:5: cheer up

????? 18.? Deuteronomy 32:10: apple of his eye

????? 19.? Judges 5:20: star wars

????? 20.? Judges 7:5-12: under dog

????? 21.? Judges 8:16: teach a lesson

????? 22.? Judges 17:10: calling a priest father

????? 23.? I Samuel 14:12: I’ll show you a thing or two

????? 24.? I Samuel 20:40: artillery

????? 25.? I Samuel 25:37: petrified

????? 26.? II Samuel 19:18: ferry boat

????? 27.? I Kings 3:7: don’t know if he’s coming or? going

????? 28.? I Kings 14:3: cracklins

????? 29.? I Kings 14:6: that’s heavy

????? 30.? I Kings 21:19-23: she’s gone to the dogs

????? 31.? II Chronicles 9:6: you haven’t heard half of it

????? 32.? II Chronicles 30:6: postman

????? 33.? Nehemiah 13:11: set them in their place

????? 34.? Esther 7:9: he hung himself

????? 35.? Job 11:16: It’s water under the bridge

????? 36.? Job 20:6: he has his head in the clouds

????? 37.? Psalm 4:8: lay me down to sleep

????? 38.? Psalm 19:3-4: he gave me a line

????? 39.? Psalm 37:13: his day is coming

????? 40.? Psalm 58:8: pass away (dying)

????? 41.? Psalm 64:3-4: shoot off your mouth

????? 42.? Psalm 78:25: angel’s food cake

????? 43.? Psalm 141:10: give him enough rope and he’ll hang himself

????? 44.? Proverbs 7:22: dumb as an ox

????? 45.? Proverbs 13:24: spare the rod, spoil the child

????? 46.? Proverbs 18:6: he is asking for it

????? 47.? Proverbs 24:16: can’t keep a good man down

????? 48.? Proverbs 25:14: full of hot air

????? 49.? Proverbs 30:30: king of beasts

????? 50.? Ecclesiastes 10:19: money talks

????? 51.? Ecclesiastes 10:20: a little bird told me

????? 52.? Song Solomon 2:5: lovesick

????? 53.? Isaiah 52:8: see eye to eye

????? 54.? Jeremiah 23:25: I have a dream (MLK, Jr)

????? 55.? Ezekiel 26:9: engines

????? 56.? Ezekiel 38:9: desert storm or storm troopers

????? 57.? Daniel 3:21: hose (leg wear)

????? 58.? Daniel 8:25: foreign policy

????? 59.? Daniel 11:38: the force be with you (star wars)

????? 60.? Hosea 7:8: half-baked

????? 61.? Jonah 4:10-11: can’t tell left from right

????? 62.? Zephaniah 3:8-9: United Nations Assembly

????? 63.? Matthew 25:1-10: burning the midnight oil

????? 64.? Matthew 25:33: right or left side of an issue

????? 65.? Matthew 27:46: for crying out loud

????? 66.? Mark 5:13: hog wild

????? 67.? Luke 11:46: won’t lift a finger to help

????? 68.? Luke 15:17: he came to himself

????? 69.? Romans 2:23: breaking the law

????? 70.? Philippians 3:2: beware of dog

????? 71.? Colossians 2:14: they nailed him

????? 72.? I John 5:11-13: get a life

????? 73.? Revelation 6:8: hell on earth

????? 74.? Revelation 16:13: a frog in my throat

????? 75.? Revelation 20:15: go jump in the lake

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If you’ve checked these references, then you can easily see how our all-wise God has played a beautiful joke on the modern revisionists. ?People who do not even believe the KJV quote it every day!? Furthermore, if you’ll grab yourself a NIV, a NCV, a TEV, or anything else, you’ll find that many of these modern sayings have been destroyed by the “better language” of the Laodiceans.?

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For example, I always thought that when I was a young boy my father and I crossed the Mississippi on a ferry boat (II Sam. 19:18), but I guess we must have crossed at the ford instead (NIV). Then there were times when I got out of line and dad would really set me in my place (Neh. 13:11).? Too bad he didn’t have a NIV, for he could have stationed me at my post.? I guess there was nothing dad loved more than going out early on Saturday mornings and catching a mess of fish (Gen. 43:34).? It’s a good thing we didn’t have a NKJV in those days, for he would have only caught a serving.? We usually had hushpuppies with that fish dinner, but sometimes we just had light bread (Num. 21:5).? That is, until the neighbors came over with their New American Bible.? Then we had wretched food.? Then dad would always say, “Cheer up, son, it’ll be better next time!” (Deu. 24:5)? Too bad he didn’t have a NKJV, for I’m sure he would have said, “Come on, boy, bring happiness to yourself!”

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So you get the point:? the new versions don’t stand a chance when competing with the KJV to use the most “modern” speech!

Reference From: Fighting Back: A Handy Reference Guide for King James Bible Believers – Copyright ? 1997 James L. Melton

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