{"id":27127,"date":"2020-11-09T14:05:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T20:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?page_id=27127"},"modified":"2020-11-09T14:06:22","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T20:06:22","slug":"the-bibles-impact-on-language-answers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-bibles-impact-on-language-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bible’s Impact on Language (Answers)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

The Bible’s Impact on Language<\/h1>\n

Answer Key<\/h2>\n

Many common phrases in American English have their roots in the Bible. Tell which book of the Bible each quote or allusion comes from:<\/p>\n

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  1. All things to all people – I Corinthians 9:22<\/li>\n
  2. Cast the first stone – John 8:7<\/li>\n
  3. Doubting Thomas – John 20:27<\/li>\n
  4. Eat, drink, and be merry – Ecclesiastes 8:15; Luke 12:19<\/li>\n
  5. Forbidden fruit – Genesis 3:2-3<\/li>\n
  6. Man after his own heart – I Samuel 13:14; Acts 13:22<\/li>\n
  7. Salt of the earth – Matthew 5:13<\/li>\n
  8. Woe is me – Psalm 120:5; Isaiah 6:5; Jeremiah 4:31; 10:19; 15:10; 45:3; Micah 7:1; I Corinthians 9:16<\/li>\n
  9. Writing on the wall – Daniel 5:5<\/li>\n
  10. The least of these – Matthew 5:19; 25:40,45<\/li>\n
  11. My brother’s keeper – Genesis 4:9<\/li>\n
  12. Many are called, but few are chosen – Matthew 20:16; 22:14<\/li>\n
  13. Just the hem of the garment – Matthew 9:20; 14:36; Mark 6:56<\/li>\n
  14. Escaped by the skin of my teeth – Job 19:20<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tQuiz\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Bible’s Impact on Language Answer Key Many common phrases in American English have their roots in the Bible. Tell which book of the Bible each quote or allusion comes from: All things to all people – I Corinthians 9:22 Cast the first stone – John 8:7 Doubting Thomas – John 20:27 Eat, drink, and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27127","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66581,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-gospel-accounts-a-chronological-harmony\/the-gospel-accounts-indexed-by-verses-discussed\/","url_meta":{"origin":27127,"position":0},"title":"The Gospel Accounts Indexed by Verses Discussed","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 15, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The Gospel Accounts Indexed by Verses Discussed Matthew Matthew 1:1-17 Matthew 1:18-25 Matthew 2:1-23 Matthew 3:1-12 Matthew 3:13-4:11 Matthew 4:12 Matthew 4:13-17 Matthew 4:18-22 Matthew 4:23-25 Matthew 5:1-16 Matthew 5:17-20 Matthew 5:21-26 Matthew 5:27-30 Matthew 5:31-32 Matthew 5:33-37 Matthew 5:38-42 Matthew 5:43-48 Matthew 6:1-18 Matthew 6:19-34 Matthew 7:1-12 Matthew 7:13-29\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26593,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/fundamentals-of-christianity\/the-family-of-god\/","url_meta":{"origin":27127,"position":1},"title":"The Family of God","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 29, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Family of God Text: Ephesians 2:19-22 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Our relationship to other Christians \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Members of one family - Galatians 3:26-29; Romans 8:16-17; Luke 8:19-21 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Members of one body - I Corinthians 12:12-27 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0C.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A fellowship - Acts 2:42; I John 1:1-4 II.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0What we owe our brethren \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Treat as you want to\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":64889,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/a-study-of-ezekiel\/the-sins-of-israel\/","url_meta":{"origin":27127,"position":2},"title":"The Sins of Israel","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 23, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Sins of Israel Text: Ezekiel 22 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ezekiel is asked to judge - Ezekiel 22:1-2 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He is invited as a son of man \u2013 to see that even man sees the problem \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Would he be willing to declare Israel\u2019s abominations? 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