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Did It Come From The Bible?
Ten common saying / proverbs are shown, but did they originate from the Bible, and if so where? Try this self scoring challenge, with 2 points for a correct answer, and 1 point if you think it came from the Bible, but were not sure where.
Did it Come From the Bible?
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There are a large number of sayings, proverbs, quotes, phrases, maxims, and idioms commonly used in the English language today that originated from the Bible. There are also a large number that did not. Can you identify the phrases that originated form the Bible, and for extra credit, from which Bible verse they came?
The dictionary defines:
A proverb as a short popular saying that expresses effectively some commonplace truth or useful thought.
A maxim as a brief expression of a general truth, principle, or rule of conduct.
An idiom as an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meaning of its elements.
Choose whether or not each phrase came from the Bible, and from which verse it came. If available, the chapter heading of the Bible verse is supplied as a clue (NIV). (Note: If you select that the saying came from the Bible but you were not sure where, and it did come from the Bible, you will get one point credit even though the quiz says you were incorrect).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Question
2 points“A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”.
Correct 2 / 2PointsThis proverb is not from the Bible. It refers back to mediaeval falconry where a bird in the hand (the falcon) was a valuable asset and certainly worth more than two in the bush (the prey). The first citation of the expression in print in its currently used form is found in John Ray’s A Hand-book of Proverbs, 1670.
Incorrect / 2 PointsThis proverb is not from the Bible. It refers back to mediaeval falconry where a bird in the hand (the falcon) was a valuable asset and certainly worth more than two in the bush (the prey). The first citation of the expression in print in its currently used form is found in John Ray’s A Hand-book of Proverbs, 1670.
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Question 2 of 10
2. Question
2 points“A drop in the bucket”.
Correct 2 / 2PointsFrom the Bible (Isaiah 40:15): Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are regarded as dust on the scales; he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.
Incorrect / 2 PointsFrom the Bible (Isaiah 40:15): Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are regarded as dust on the scales; he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.
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Question 3 of 10
3. Question
2 points“A man after my own heart”.
Correct 2 / 2PointsFrom the Bible (1 Samuel 13:14) : But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought out a man after his own heart and appointed him leader of his people, because you have not kept the LORD’s command.
Incorrect / 2 PointsFrom the Bible (1 Samuel 13:14) : But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought out a man after his own heart and appointed him leader of his people, because you have not kept the LORD’s command.
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Question 4 of 10
4. Question
2 points“A wolf in sheep’s clothing”.
Correct 2 / 2PointsFrom the Bible (Matthew 7:15) – Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.
Incorrect / 2 PointsFrom the Bible (Matthew 7:15) – Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.
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Question 5 of 10
5. Question
2 points“Am I my brother’s keeper?”
Correct 2 / 2PointsFrom the Bible (Genesis 4:9) – Then the LORD said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? I don’t know, he replied. Am I my brother’s keeper?
Incorrect / 2 PointsFrom the Bible (Genesis 4:9) – Then the LORD said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? I don’t know, he replied. Am I my brother’s keeper?
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Question 6 of 10
6. Question
2 points“An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”.
Correct 2 / 2PointsNot from the Bible: This proverb pre-dates Moses, and was originally from the Code of Hammurabi. Hammurabi was King of Babylon, 1792-1750BC.
Incorrect / 2 PointsNot from the Bible: This proverb pre-dates Moses, and was originally from the Code of Hammurabi. Hammurabi was King of Babylon, 1792-1750BC.
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Question 7 of 10
7. Question
2 points“All things to all men”.
Correct 2 / 2PointsFrom the Bible (1 Corinthians 9:22 ) – To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some.
Incorrect / 2 PointsFrom the Bible (1 Corinthians 9:22 ) – To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some.
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Question 8 of 10
8. Question
2 points“As old as the hills”.
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Question 9 of 10
9. Question
2 points“Physician, heal thyself”.
Correct 2 / 2PointsFrom the Bible (Luke 4:23) – Jesus said to them, surely you will quote this proverb to me: Physician, heal yourself! Do here in your hometown what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.
Incorrect / 2 PointsFrom the Bible (Luke 4:23) – Jesus said to them, surely you will quote this proverb to me: Physician, heal yourself! Do here in your hometown what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.
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Question 10 of 10
10. Question
2 points“People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones”.
Correct 2 / 2PointsNot from the Bible – From the publication in 1640 of G. Herbert Outlandish Proverbs no. 196
Incorrect / 2 PointsNot from the Bible – From the publication in 1640 of G. Herbert Outlandish Proverbs no. 196
