- genesis
- breath of life
- forbidden fruit
- fig leaf
- Am I my brother’s keeper?
- olive branch
- nimrod
- babel; Tower of Babel
- patience of Job
- by the skin of one’s teeth; by the skin of the teeth
- in the land of the living
- behemoth; leviathan
- promised land
- Sodom and Gomorrah; Sodom; Gomorrah
- God bless you; Bless you
- coat of many colors
- fat of the land
- stranger in a strange land
- burning bush
- land flowing with milk and honey; land of milk and honey
- bricks without straw
- plague of locusts
- part like the Red Sea; open up like the Red Sea
- manna from heaven
- ten commandments
- take someone’s name in vain
- holy of holies
- golden calf
- scapegoat; sacrificial lamb
- sabbatical
- fall flat on one’s face
- thorn in one’s side; thorn in the flesh
- apple of one’s eye
- shibboleth
- pull the temple down on one’s head
- after one’s own heart
- David and Goliath
- how the mighty are fallen; how the mighty have fallen
- put words in someone’s mouth
- steal someone’s heart
- far be it from (me)
- from the mouths of babes; out of the mouths of babes
- my cup runneth over
- tender mercies
- stand in awe
- bite the dust
- keep house
- go the way of all flesh
- Solomon’s choice; Solomonic choice
- nothing new under the sun
- fly in the ointment
- cast your bread upon the waters
- double-edged sword
- spare the rod
- ivory tower
- jezebel
- mantle; take up the mantle; take up someone’s mantle
- gird one’s loins; gird up one’s loins
- beat one’s swords into plowshares; turn one’s swords into plowshares
- the lion will lie down with the lamb; the lion shall lie down with the lamb
- four corners of the earth
- take root
- put one’s house in order; set one’s house in order
- see eye to eye
- like a lamb to the slaughter
- rise and shine
- holier than thou
- leopard can’t change its spots
- Woe is me!
- feet of clay
- handwriting on the wall; writing on the wall
- den of lions; lions’ den
- from time to time
- set one’s teeth on edge
- stand in the gap
- pour out one’s heart; pour one’s heart out
- sackcloth and ashes
- voice crying in the wilderness; voice calling in the desert; voice in the wilderness
- baptism by fire; baptism of fire
- man does not live by bread alone; man cannot live by bread alone; not by bread alone
- born again
- messiah; anointed one
- physician, heal thyself; doctor, heal yourself
- salt of the earth
- city on a hill; city upon a hill; hide one’s light under a bushel; hide one’s light under a basket
- jot or tittle; jot; iota
- turn the other cheek
- the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing
- to kingdom come; till kingdom come
- no man can serve two masters
- remove the beam from one’s own eye; remove the log from one’s own eye
- cast pearls before swine; pearls before swine
- seek and ye shall find; seek and you will find
- straight and narrow
- by their fruits ye shall know them; by their fruit you will know them; you will know them by their fruit
- weeping and gnashing of teeth
- let the dead bury the dead; let the dead bury their dead; let the dead bury their own dead
- O ye of little faith; ye of little faith
- legion
- new wine in old wineskins ; new wine in old bottles; old wine in new wineskins; old wine in new bottles
- shake the dust off one’s feet; shake the dust from one’s feet
- day of judgment; judgment day
- good Samaritan; Samaritan
- house divided
- maudlin
- fall by the wayside; drop by the wayside; go by the wayside
- head on a platter; head on a plate
- walk on water
- blind leading the blind
- sign of the times; signs of the times
- cast the first stone
- the truth shall make you free; the truth will set you free
- to whom much is given, much is required
- cross to bear
- prodigal son; prodigal child; prodigal
- Lazarus rising from the dead; modern-day Lazarus
- suffer the little children; suffer the children
- eleventh hour
- many are called but few are chosen; many are called, few are chosen
- den of thieves
- render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s ; give to Caesar what is Caesar’s
- strain a gnat and swallow a camel; strain at a gnat and swallow a camel
- rumors of war; rumors of wars
- talent
- separate the sheep from the goats; divide the sheep from the goats
- the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
- kiss of death
- live by the sword, die by the sword; he who lives by the sword will die by the sword
- thirty pieces of silver
- wash one’s hands of something
- crucify
- doubting Thomas
- Damascus road experience; road to Damascus; have scales fall from one’s eyes
- gospel; gospel truth
- law unto oneself
- powers that be
- stumbling block
- one’s body is a temple
- all things to all men; all things to all people
- suffer fools gladly
- long-suffering
- fall from grace
- one reaps what one sows; as one sows, so shall one reap
- evangelist; apostle
- labor of love
- like a thief in the night
- keep the faith; fight the good fight
- filthy lucre; lucre
- double minded
- busybody
- alpha and omega
- Armageddon; apocalypse
- hallelujah
- bottomless pit
- heaven; hell
- amen
- Appendix: Biblical Names
Index, in Bible Order
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