- manna from heaven
- mantle; take up the mantle; take up someone’s mantle
- many are called but few are chosen; many are called, few are chosen
- maudlin
- messiah; anointed one
- my cup runneth over
- new wine in old wineskins ; new wine in old bottles; old wine in new wineskins; old wine in new bottles
- nimrod
- no man can serve two masters
- nothing new under the sun
- O ye of little faith; ye of little faith
- olive branch
- one reaps what one sows; as one sows, so shall one reap
- one’s body is a temple
- part like the Red Sea; open up like the Red Sea
- patience of Job
- physician, heal thyself; doctor, heal yourself
- plague of locusts
- pour out one’s heart; pour one’s heart out
- powers that be
- prodigal son; prodigal child; prodigal
- promised land
- pull the temple down on one’s head
- put one’s house in order; set one’s house in order
- put words in someone’s mouth
- remove the beam from one’s own eye; remove the log from one’s own eye
- render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s ; give to Caesar what is Caesar’s
- rise and shine
- rumors of war; rumors of wars
- sabbatical
- sackcloth and ashes
- salt of the earth
- scapegoat; sacrificial lamb
- see eye to eye
- seek and ye shall find; seek and you will find
- separate the sheep from the goats; divide the sheep from the goats
- set one’s teeth on edge
- shake the dust off one’s feet; shake the dust from one’s feet
- shibboleth
- sign of the times; signs of the times
- Sodom and Gomorrah; Sodom; Gomorrah
- Solomon’s choice; Solomonic choice
- spare the rod
- stand in awe
- stand in the gap
- steal someone’s heart
- straight and narrow
- strain a gnat and swallow a camel; strain at a gnat and swallow a camel
- stranger in a strange land
- stumbling block
- suffer fools gladly
- suffer the little children; suffer the children
- take root
- take someone’s name in vain
- talent
- ten commandments
- tender mercies
- the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing
- the lion will lie down with the lamb; the lion shall lie down with the lamb
- the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
- the truth shall make you free; the truth will set you free
- thirty pieces of silver
- thorn in one’s side; thorn in the flesh
- to kingdom come; till kingdom come
- to whom much is given, much is required
- turn the other cheek
- voice crying in the wilderness; voice calling in the desert; voice in the wilderness
- walk on water
- wash one’s hands of something
- weeping and gnashing of teeth
- Woe is me!
Index, M-Z
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