Bible Quiz Bible Sayings That Became Clichés Though not always aware of it, people frequently use sayings found in the Bible. This is not surprising since the Bible has had great influence on the thinking and behavior of people for thousands of years. These phrases are used so often that they have become accepted as ordinary and unoriginal. In a word, they have become clichés. After so many years of overuse, in some cases their original meanings are lost. This is probably the case with many of the Bible phrases people use today without even knowing their original meanings. See how many of the following Biblical phrases, probably some that you have used, you can identify. Also, try to determine the original meaning of the phrase. Scripture References (NASB unless otherwise indicated) (in random order): Gen. 3:6, 17-19 (ISV); I   Sam.   13:5-14;   cf.   10:8 ; Isa. 40:9-17; Lk.   23:44-46 (KJV);   cf.   Mk.   15:25 ; Dan. 5:1-5; Matt.   21:12-16   (KJV);   cf.   Psa.   8:2 ; II Cor. 12:2-10; Matt. 16:1-4; cf. Lk. 12:54-56 ; Matt. 12:22-26; Job 19:13-21; cf. 2:7 1. In Job’s description of his emotional and physical condition after Satan had afflicted him with ________, so terrible was his state that he claims to have narrowly escaped death only with “the _______ of his ________.” 2. When Jesus healed a demon-possessed, blind, and mute man, He was accused by the Pharisees of casting out the demon by Satan’s power, but He responded to this ridiculous claim by saying that “any city or _________ divided against itself will not ______.” 3. Because King Saul had disobeyed God’s command to wait for seven days for Samuel to arrive and offer a burnt offering , his kingdom was not to endure, for the Lord had sought out for Himself “a ______ after His own _______,” who was later revealed to the Bible student to be ________. 4. After hanging on the cross for six hours, Jesus cried out saying, “Father, into your hands I commit my _______,” and having said this, He _______ up the ________.” 5. In a description of God’s greatness, Isaiah compares Him to the nations, who are as “a _______ of a __________,” insignificant, and adding nothing to His perfection and all-sufficiency. 6. Jesus rebuked the Pharisees and Sadducees for being able to recognize the weather signs which would indicate fair weather or foul but were unable to “discern the _______ of the _______,” specifically when Jesus was performing miracles which should have led observers to make the connection between Him and the __________ who was to come. 7. Shortly before the Babylonian kingdom was overtaken by the Persian king, Cyrus, Belshazzar, as he and his nobles were drinking from the golden vessels taken from the temple in Jerusalem, was given a message from God by the fingers of a man’s ______ _______ in the plaster of a ____ in the king’s palace. 8. Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations he had received from God, Paul was given a “_______ in the ______, a messenger of _________,” to keep him from exalting himself. 9. Because he sinned in eating of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, Adam was punished by having to eat of a cursed _________containing thorns and thistles and having to work by the _______ of his _____. 10. After Jesus cleansed the temple a second time, the chief priests and scribes were indignant because the people were shouting out praise of Him, but He quoted the psalmist _________ in response: “Out of the ________ of ______ and sucklings Thou hast perfected praise,” thus applying the scripture to Himself.
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Bible Quiz Bible Sayings That Became Clichés Though not always aware of it, people frequently use sayings found in the Bible. This is not surprising since the Bible has had great influence on the thinking and behavior of people for thousands of years. These phrases are used so often that they have become accepted as ordinary and unoriginal. In a word, they have become clichés. After so many years of overuse, in some cases their original meanings are lost. This is probably the case with many of the Bible phrases people use today without even knowing their original meanings. See how many of the following Biblical phrases, probably some that you have used, you can identify. Also, try to determine the original meaning of the phrase. Scripture References (NASB unless otherwise indicated) (in random order): Gen. 3:6, 17-19 (ISV); I   Sam.   13:5-14;   cf.   10:8 ; Isa. 40:9-17; Lk.   23:44-46   (KJV);   cf.   Mk.   15:25 ; Dan. 5:1-5; Matt. 21:12-16   (KJV);   cf.   Psa.   8:2 ; II Cor. 12:2-10; Matt.   16:1-4;   cf.   Lk. 12:54-56 ; Matt. 12:22-26; Job 19:13-21; cf. 2:7 1. In Job’s description of his emotional and physical condition after Satan had afflicted him with ________, so terrible was his state that he claims to have narrowly escaped death only with “the _______ of his ________.” 2. When Jesus healed a demon-possessed, blind, and mute man, He was accused by the Pharisees of casting out the demon by Satan’s power, but He responded to this ridiculous claim by saying that “any city or _________ divided against itself will not ______.” 3. Because King Saul had disobeyed God’s command to wait for seven days for Samuel to arrive and offer a burnt offering , his kingdom was not to endure, for the Lord had sought out for Himself “a ______ after His own _______,” who was later revealed to the Bible student to be ________. 4. After hanging on the cross for six hours, Jesus cried out saying, “Father, into your hands I commit my _______,” and having said this, He _______ up the ________.” 5. In a description of God’s greatness, Isaiah compares Him to the nations, who are as “a _______ of a __________,” insignificant, and adding nothing to His perfection and all- sufficiency. 6. Jesus rebuked the Pharisees and Sadducees for being able to recognize the weather signs which would indicate fair weather or foul but were unable to “discern the _______ of the _______,” specifically when Jesus was performing miracles which should have led observers to make the connection between Him and the __________ who was to come. 7. Shortly before the Babylonian kingdom was overtaken by the Persian king, Cyrus, Belshazzar, as he and his nobles were drinking from the golden vessels taken from the temple in Jerusalem, was given a message from God by the fingers of a man’s ______ _______ in the plaster of a ____ in the king’s palace. 8. Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations he had received from God, Paul was given a “_______ in the ______, a messenger of _________,” to keep him from exalting himself. 9. Because he sinned in eating of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, Adam was punished by having to eat of a cursed _________containing thorns and thistles and having to work by the _______ of his _____. 10. After Jesus cleansed the temple a second time, the chief priests and scribes were indignant because the people were shouting out praise of Him, but He quoted the psalmist _________ in response: “Out of the ________ of ______ and sucklings Thou hast perfected praise,” thus applying the scripture to Himself.
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