A-Z: Common sayings from the Bible
- A time for everything
- Aaron's rod
- Abraham's bosom
- Absalom
- Adam's rib
- Alien corn
- All flesh is grass
- All my worldly goods
- All sorts and conditions of men
- All things to all men
- Alpha and Omega
- Am I my brother's keeper?
- An eye for an eye
- Apple of one's eye
- Armageddon
- As you sow, so shall you reap
- Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
- At a venture (Bow)
- At death's door
- At one's last gasp
- At one's wit's end
- Balaam's ass
- Baptism of fire
- Beam / plank in one's own eye
- Bear false witness
- Behemoth
- Being beside oneself
- Blind leading the blind
- Book of life
- Born of woman
- Bottomless pit
- Bowels of compassion
- Bread of adversity
- Bread of affliction
- Breathing out threats
- Bringing nothing into the world and carrying nothing out
- Broad way
- Broken reed
- Bruised reed
- Burning bush
- Burying one's talent
- Butter someone up
- By their fruits you shall know them
- Cast first stone
- Cast one's bread upon the waters
- Casting pearls before swine
- Chariots of fire
- Chasing after the wind
- Chastise with scorpions
- Clashing cymbal
A-Z: Common sayings from the Bible: In the midst of life we are in death
Usage
An acknowledgment that death, both spiritual and physical, is an ever-present possibility and reality.Definition
The prayer is said at the graveside, acknowledging human mortality and fallibility and asking God for mercy. 'In the midst of life we are in death' (Taken from Book of Common Prayer, 1662, Burial of the Dead). 'In the midst of life we are in death' (Taken from Common Worship, Funeral Service).1. Consisting of or relating to (the) spirit(s), rather than material or bodily form.
2. Relating to matters of the soul, faith, religion, or the supernatural.
3. A type of religious song whose roots are in the slave communities of North America.
Communication, either aloud or in the heart, with God.
The Bible describes God as the unique supreme being, creator and ruler of the universe.
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