WORDS AND PHRASES FROM THE BIBLE.<\/p>\n
Origins of these expressions\u2026<\/p>\n
Your deeds, good or bad, will repay you in kind.<\/span><\/p>\n “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.”\u00a0Galatians 6:7<\/p>\n The coat of many colors was a sign of favoritism.<\/p>\n “Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors.” Genesis 37:3<\/span><\/p>\n A small but irritating flaw that spoils the whole<\/span><\/p>\n “Dead flies putrefy\u00a0<\/b><\/span>the perfumer\u2019s ointment,<\/span><\/span> A group of iniquitous people, congregating together.<\/span><\/p>\n Jesus said in\u00a0Matthew 23:29-33<\/p>\n \u201cWoe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and say, \u2018If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cTherefore you are witnesses against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers\u2019\u00a0guilt.<\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/sup>Serpents, brood of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Literal meaning (house meaning household).<\/span><\/p>\n “But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them:\u00a0\u201cEvery kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.”\u00a0Matthew 12:25<\/span><\/p>\n Work undertaken for the pleasure of it or for the benefit of a loved one.<\/span><\/p>\n “remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father,”\u00a01 Thessalonians 1:3<\/p>\n Turn to peaceful pursuits and away from war.<\/span><\/p>\n “He shall judge between the nations,<\/span> WORDS AND PHRASES FROM THE BIBLE. Origins of these expressions\u2026 As you sow\u00a0so shall you reap. Your deeds, good or bad, will repay you in kind. “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.”\u00a0Galatians 6:7 Coat of many colours. The coat of many colors was … Continue reading Origins.. of more..phrases.. eg ‘Coat of many colours’, ‘beat sword into ploughshares’, …<\/span> Coat of many colours.<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
A fly in the ointment –<\/h1>\n
And cause it to give off a foul odor;<\/span>
So does<\/i>\u00a0a little folly to one respected for wisdom\u00a0and<\/i>\u00a0honor.” \u00a0Ecclesiastes 10:1<\/span><\/p>\nA nest of vipers.<\/h1>\n
A house divided against itself cannot stand.<\/h1>\n
A labour of love.<\/h1>\n
\nBeat swords into ploughshares.<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
\nAnd rebuke many people;<\/span>
\nThey shall beat their swords into plowshares,<\/span>
\nAnd their spears into pruning hooks;<\/span>
\nNation shall not lift up sword against nation,<\/span>
\nNeither shall they learn war anymore.”\u00a0Isaiah 2:4<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"