In the Bible or Not?

A misquote of "The head of that statue was made of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay" (Daniel 2:32-33).

William Shakespeare's Hamlet

"Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces" (Matthew 7:6).

"For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me" (John 12:8).

The Coverdale Bible (1535) "After pryde commeth a fall, but a lowly sprete bryngeth greate worshipe" (Proverbs 29:23). Earliest exact wording: John Gill's An Exposition of the Old Testament (1810).

United States Declaration of Independence (1776)

Loosely based on "A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones" (Proverbs 17:22).

"A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards" (Proverbs 29:11).

"Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength, because of Your enemies, that You may silence the enemy and the avenger" (Psalms 8:2).

"Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days" (Ecclesiastes 11:1).

"And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire" (Matthew 3:10).

John Heywood's A Dialogue conteinyng the nomber in effect of all the Prouerbes in the Englishe tongue (1546)

"Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, lest I consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people" (Exodus 33:3).

Jonathan Swift's "A Tale of a Tub" (1704)

Thomas Tusser's Five Hundreth Pointes of Good Husbandrie (1573)

Edward FitzGerald's "Solomon's Seal" (1852)

Chaucer's "Tale of Melibee" (1386)

John Ray's A Collection of English Proverbs (1670)

Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883)

Charles Fuller in his radio show "Old Fashioned Revival Hour" (1937 to 1968)