{"id":27125,"date":"2020-11-09T14:05:49","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T20:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=27125"},"modified":"2020-11-09T14:05:49","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T20:05:49","slug":"the-bibles-impact-on-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-bibles-impact-on-language\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bible’s Impact on Language"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

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<\/li>\n
  2. Cast the first stone<\/li>\n
  3. Doubting Thomas<\/li>\n
  4. Eat, drink, and be merry<\/li>\n
  5. Forbidden fruit<\/li>\n
  6. Man after his own heart<\/li>\n
  7. Salt of the earth<\/li>\n
  8. Woe is me<\/li>\n
  9. Writing on the wall<\/li>\n
  10. The least of these<\/li>\n
  11. My brother’s keeper<\/li>\n
  12. Many are called, but few are chosen<\/li>\n
  13. Just the hem of the garment<\/li>\n
  14. Escaped by the skin of my teeth<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnswer Key\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    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 Cast the first stone Doubting Thomas Eat, drink, and be merry Forbidden fruit Man after his own heart Salt of the earth Woe is me Writing…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[961],"class_list":["post-27125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-games"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16594,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-many-major-and-minor-prophets-are-there-in-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":27125,"position":0},"title":"How many major and minor prophets are there in the Bible?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 12, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: How many major and minor prophets are there in the Bible? 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