Time for a brain-teaser.
How familiar are you with what IS in the Bible
and what is NOT in the Bible?
Some of theses quotes seem like they should be in the Bible, but are they?
"Moderation in all things"
"Let your moderation be known to all men" Philippians 4:5
"Once saved, always saved"
"All that the Father gives me shall come to me and him that comes to me, I will in no wise cast him out" John 6:37
"Better to cast your seed"
"Ship your grain across the sea; after many days you may receive a return" Ecclesiastes 11:1
"Spare the rod, spoil the child"
"Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away" Proverbs 22:15
"To thine ownself be true"
sorry, its just not in there.... talk to Shakespeare.... Hamlet I think...
or I saw it on Gilligan's Island
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"
"Do to others as you would have them do to you" Luke 6:31 or Matthew 7:12
"God helps those who help themselves"
This is not in the Bible and has roots back to Sophocles and other Greek philosophers. However, Benjamin Franklin used it in his almanac in 1736. This is of interest because Benjamin was a "deist" he believed in God but did NOT believe that God intervened in affairs here on earth, so all responsibility was put back on mankind.
"Money is the root of all evil"
The Bible says that the LOVE of money is the problem. 1 Timothy 6:10
"Cleanliness is next to godliness"
Acts 10:15 (totally out of context -- don't even try to figure this one out)
"This too shall pass"
"Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away"
Matthew 24:35 or Mark 13:31 or Luke 21:33
"God works in mysterious ways"
Nope, not in the Bible
William Cowper (1731-1800) wrote a hymn for church with the first line being, "God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform". If you wanted to shoehorn a Bible verse into this quote, try Isaiah 55:8-9
"The eye is the window to the soul"
Nope, not in the Bible. Mark 7:20-23 sorta heads that way but, nope.
"The lion shall lay down with the lamb"
Isaiah 11:6 says the wolf will lie down with the lamb, so I suspect it is a misquote.
"Pride comes before the fall"
"So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall"
1 Corinthians 10:12
"Pride comes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall"
Proverbs 16:18
"The Three Wise men"
Nope, no one knows how many wise men there were. Matthew 2:1-12
"The Sinner's Prayer"
Nope, not in the Bible.
It is a term for any prayer a sinner prays to request a relationship with God.
"Wedding Vows"
Nope, again, not in the Bible.
Can't even begin to guess how someone might think this.
"The Seven Deadly Sins"
Well, No, there is no one verse that lists all 7. And I have no idea how the term "deadly" came to be attached to them. Pride, Envy, Anger, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth
And for you that like to read your Bible, check out Ephesians 4:26, "In your anger, do not sin". Notice that does not say that being angry is the sin. In fact, Psalm 7:11 KJV says, "God is angry with the wicked every day".
Finally, "You reap what you sow"
"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up" Galatians 6:9
