Some Sayings from the Bible

 

Many frequently used sayings come directly from the Bible-especially from the King James Version.

Here are just a few...

 He'll go the second mile (Matthew 5:41).

 I saw the handwriting on the wall (Daniel 5:5).

 A leopard cannot change its spots (Jeremiah 13:23).

 She thinks she's holier-than-thou (Isaiah 65:5).

 I escaped by the skin of my teeth (Job 19:20).

 She's the apple of my eye (Deuteronomy 32:10).

 He's a man after my own heart (1 Samuel 13:14).

 It's a case of the blind leading the blind (Matthew 15:14).

This place is a den of thieves (Matthew 21:13).

 That man is a thorn in my side (2 Corinthians 12:7).

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