SECULAR SAYINGS THAT HAVE BIBLICAL ROOTS

[Rhea]

Now that's an idea... would be great for a thread eh?

Ok Since I had never heard even the Bard quote for public use ;)... Here's another SECULAR saying... that we want the BIBLE VERSE that it orginated from (or could have.)

Secular: The Leopard Cannot Change His Spots
The saying the leopard cannot change his spots means that the character or nature of a person or institution cannot be changed.

BIBLICAL VERSE: ???

Jeremiah 13:23 (King James Version):

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
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Goes on to ask if the chosen will change their ways to good and be accepted again... can the leopard after all change its spots, then? Or are they still banished from grace?



Here's another one that is in the bible, but was from a previous root:

"You see the mote which is in your brother's eye; but you do not see the beam which is in your own eye."
(and older: )
"The faults of others are more easily seen than one's own, but seeing one's own failings is difficult."​

You can give either the bible or previous author - extra credit if you get both.

 

[handy]

"You see the mote which is in your brother's eye; but you do not see the beam which is in your own eye."

Jesus, ""Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?" Matthew 7:3

(and older: )
"The faults of others are more easily seen than one's own, but seeing one's own failings is difficult."
Buddha


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You can give either the bible or previous author - extra credit if you get both.

Ooohhhh, I get extra credit! :yes

Here's one:

He's gonna bite the dust.

 

[Rhea]

Ooohhhh, I get extra credit! :yes

SCORE!!!!

Here's one:

He's gonna bite the dust.

Oooh ooh, I know that one:

Homer, 700 BC in the Illiad

"Homer's epic poem The Iliad was written in around 700 BC. That was in Greek of course. It was translated into English in the 19th century by Samuel Butler and his version contains a reference to 'bite the dust' in these lines:

"Grant that my sword may pierce the shirt of Hector about his heart, and that full many of his comrades may bite the dust as they fall dying round him."

also

Psalms 72 (King James Version), 1611:

"They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him and his enemies shall lick the dust."

NEXT:
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

 

[Classik]

NEXT:
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Ooooooooooo Not a bible quote

 

[Rhea]

Ooooooooooo Not a bible quote

Really? I thought it was. What's your thought?

 

[Classik]

Ecclesiastics 4:6 very close to it:

Better a handful with quietness

Than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the wind.
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No translation with: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush! Unless I have never seen that.
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I give you a B+

 

[Gazelle]

Bird in the hand...

Bible sentiment is about how a sure thing is better than something better that you don't have yet: found in Ecclesiastes 9 – “a living dog is better than a dead lion.â€

 

[Gazelle]

Secular saying: The blind leading the blind

Biblical reference:

 

[Classik]

Secular saying: The blind leading the blind

Biblical reference:

Luke 6:39
And He spoke a parable to them: ¡°Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into the ditch?
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Mathew 15:14
Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.

 

[Gazelle]

2 Ok your turn again

 

[Classik]

Secular:

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I can see the handwriting on the wall

 

[Gazelle]

hehehe I know this one I'll wait for someone else to find it for the win :D

 

[Classik]

hehehe I know this one I'll wait for someone else to find it for the win :D

Okay, Gazelle

 

[handy]

I know this one as well....the story is found in Daniel 5. Belshazzar found the writing to be less than favorable.

Here's one:

Off to the land of Nod

 

[Gazelle]

hehehe And it's connected to "East of Eden"--another secular phrase !

 

[handy]

Come on, folks...Gazelle gives a great hint here...anybody?

 

[Classik]

I won't tell you that I do not know it. I will keep it a secret!!!:D

 

[handy]

Face it, Classik...you've failed at "Secular Sayings That Have Biblical Roots"!

:p

 

[Classik]

Face it, Classik...you've failed at "Secular Sayings That Have Biblical Roots"!

:p

Hahahahaha
My case is manageable! :D

 

[Gazelle]

hehehe this is not a test, it's a game... no one fails. ;)

Ok here it is: Genesis 4:16: And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.


(For those of you not playing yet... this was found in wikipedia of all places! Use your yahoo! or google (gasp, did I really say that???)



Here's an easier one to find:

Secular: Straight and narrow

Biblical reference: ???http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_Nod#cite_note-0