Influenced Vocabulary

1Corinthians [GW] 2:12-14 Now, we didn't receive the spirit that belongs to the world. Instead, we received the Spirit who comes from God so that we could know the things which God has freely given us. We don't speak about these things using teachings that are based on intellectual arguments like people do. Instead, we use the Spirit's teachings. We explain spiritual things to those who have the Spirit. A person who isn't spiritual doesn't accept the teachings of God's Spirit. He thinks they're nonsense. He can't understand them because a person must be spiritual to evaluate them.

  Listening to America talk is always interesting, especially Americans claiming no belief in life-application of the wisdom of God’s Word, some even declaring it foolishness . . . all while using words, often in clichés reflecting an ignorance of source; involuntarily giving credit to Scripture and Sovereign Author, Jehovah God Almighty.

  A few paraphrased examples overheard thru the years:

      “What are you asking me for? Am I my brother’s keeper?!” (Gen.4:9)

      “Ha! You got out of that one by the skin of your teeth.” (Job 19:20)

      “You got it pal . . . my wife is the apple of her of her Daddy’s eye … that’s the problem!!” (Ps.17:8)

      “You’d think that by now that guy would have seen the handwriting on the wall.” (Dan.5:1-28)

      “Look, now you’ve done it and we’re reaping a whirlwind!” (Hosea 8:7)

      “What am I going to do this weekend? The usual; eat, drink, and be merry, that’s what!” (Lk.12:19)

      “You better be careful ol’ buddy, or you’re going to turn your world upside down.” (Acts 17:6)

      “What are you, the village idiot?  I told you that you would reap exactly what you sowed!” (Gal.6:7)

      “Keep it up and you’re going to turn this place into Armageddon!” (Rev.17:6-21)

  Once upon a time in America, it wasn’t just our vocabulary that was influenced by the Bible.  

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PS. Please feel free to share yours heard, with Bible reference for later publishing.