Mt. Vernon Church of Christ Services Sunday A. M. Bible Study - 9:30 Sunday A. M. Worship - 10:30 Sunday P. M. Worship - 5:00 Wednesday Evening Bible Study - 6:00 Address 700 Mill Street Mt. Vernon, Indiana  47620 Contact (812) 838-2635 email Gospel Plan of Salvation Hear - Rom. 10:17 Believe - Mark 16:15,16 Repent - Luke 17:3 Confess - Rom. 10:10 Be baptized - Acts 2:38 Live faithfully - Titus 2:12 “If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God...” (I Peter 4:11) Mt. Vernon Church of Christ

A broken heart - Psalms 34:18

A cross to bear - Luke 14:27

A drop in the bucket - Isaiah 40:15

A fly in the ointment - Eccl. 10:1

A person is known by the company he keeps

A graven image - Exodus 20:4

A house divided against itself cannot stand - Mark 3:25; Luke 11:17

A labour of love - I Thess. 1:3; Hebrews 6:10

A law unto themselves - Romans 2:14

A leopard cannot change its spots - Jer. 13:23

A man after his own heart - I Sam. 13:14

A millstone around one's neck - Luke 17:2

A multitude of sins - James 5:20

A sign of the times - Matthew 16:3

A soft answer turns away wrath - Proverbs 15:1

A thorn in the flesh - II Cor. 12:7

A two-edged sword - Hebrews 4:12

A voice crying in the wilderness - Isaiah 40:3; Matthew 3:3

A wolf in sheep's clothing - Matthew 7:15

All things to all men - I Cor. 9:22

Am I my brother's keeper? - Genesis 4:9

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth - Ex. 21:24; Matt. 5:38

As old as Methuselah - Gen. 5:27, the oldest person mentioned in the Bible

As old as the hills - Suggested from Job 15:7

As white as snow - Isaiah 1:18

Reap what you sow - Gal. 6:7

At wit's end - Psalm 107:27

Baptism of fire - Matthew 3:11

Be fruitful and multiply - Genesis 1:22

Beat swords into ploughshares - Isaiah 2:4

Blessed are the peacemakers - Matt. 5:9

Born again - John 3:3

Bottomless pit - Revelation 9:1

Breath of life - Gen. 2:7

By the skin of your teeth - Job 19:20

By the sweat of your brow - Gen. 3:19

Can a leopard change its spots? - Jer. 13:23

Cast bread upon the waters - Eccl. 11:1

Cast the first stone - John 8:7

Charity begins at home - I Tim. 5:4,8

Coat of many colors - Gen. 37:3

Crumbs from the table - Matthew 15:27

Den of thieves - Matthew 21:13

Don't cast your pearls before swine - Matt. 7:6

Dreamer of dreams  - Deuteronomy 13:1

Dust to dust - Suggested from Genesis 3:19

Eat, drink and be merry - Luke 12:19

Eye to eye - Isaiah 52:8

Faith will move mountains - Matt. 17:20

Fall from grace - Galatians 5:4

Fat of the land - Genesis 45:18

Fatted calf - Luke 15:23

Fell by the way side - Matthew 13:4

Feet of clay - Daniel 2: 31-33

Fight the good fight - I Tim. 6:12

Fire and brimstone - Gen. 19:24; Rev. 21:8

Flesh and blood - Eph. 6:12; Heb. 2:14

For everything there is a season - Eccl. 3:1

Forbidden fruit - Based on Gen. 2:16,17

Forgive them for they know not what they do - Luke 23:34

From strength to strength - Psalm 84:7

Get thee behind me Satan - Matt. 16:23

Gird your loins - I Kings 18:46

Give up the ghost - Gen. 25:8

Go the extra mile - Matthew 5:41

Good Samaritan - Based on Luke 10:30-37

Harden your heart - Exodus 4:21

He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword - Matthew 26:52

Heart's desire - Psalms 21:2; Rom. 10:1

Holier than thou - Isaiah 65:5

Honor father and mother - Exodus 20:12

How are the mighty fallen - II Sam. 1:19, 27, 29

Know them by their fruits - Matthew 7:16

In the twinkling of an eye - I Cor. 15:52

It's better to give than to receive - Acts 20:35

Lamb to the slaughter - Isaiah 53:7

Let not the sun go down on your wrath - Eph. 4:26

Let not thy left hand know what the right hand doeth - Matthew 6:3

Land of milk and honey - Exodus 3:8

Let there be light - Gen. 1:2

Letter of the law - II Corinthians 3:6

Love of money is the root of all evil - I Tim. 6:10

Love thy neighbour as thyself - Lev. 19:18; Matt. 19:19

Man does not live by bread alone - Deut. 8:3; Matt. 4:4

Manna from Heaven - Exodus 16:15

Many are called but few are chosen - Matt. 22:14

My cup runneth over - Psalm 23:5

No rest for the wicked - Isaiah 57:20,21

Nothing new under the sun - Eccl. 1:9

O ye, of little faith - Matt. 6:30

Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings - Psalm 8:2; Matt. 21:16

Patience of Job - James

Peace offering - Leviticus 3:6

Pearls before swine - Matt. 7:6

Physician heal thyself - Luke 4:23

Pride goes before a fall - Proverbs 16:18

Put words in one's mouth - II Samuel 14:3

Put your house in order - II Kings 20:1

Reap the whirlwind - Hosea 8:7

Rise and shine - Isaiah 60:1

Scapegoat - Lev. 16:8,10

See eye to eye - Isaiah 52:8

Set your teeth on edge - Jeremiah 31:30

Sign of the times - Matthew 16:3

Skin of your teeth - Job 19:20

Soft answer turns away wrath - Proverbs 15:1

Sour grapes - Jeremiah 31:30

Spare the rod and spoil the child - Prov. 13:21

Strait and narrow - Matt. 7:13,14

Sufficient unto the day - Matthew 6:34

Sweat of your brow - Genesis 3:19

Tender mercies - Psalms 25:6

The apple of his eye - Deut. 32:10; Zech. 2:8

The blind leading the blind - Matt. 15:14

The bread of life - John 6:35

The ends of the earth - Acts 13:47

The root of the matter - Job 19:28

The salt of the earth - Matt. 5:13

The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak - Matt. 26:41

The wages of sin is death - Rom. 6:23

The wisdom of Solomon - Luke 11:31

The writing is on the wall - Daniel 5:5

Thief in the night - II Peter 3:10

Thorn in the flesh - II Cor. 12:7

Thou shalt not kill  - Exodus 20:13

Turn the other cheek - Matthew 5:39

Turned the whole world upside down - Acts 17:6

Two are better than one - Eccl. 4:9

Vengeance is mine - Romans 12:19

Wandering stars - Jude 13

Wash your hands of the matter - Matthew 27:24

What God has joined together let no man put asunder - Matthew 19:6

Woe is me - Isaiah 6:5






Common English Phrases Originating In the Bible
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