A-Z: Common sayings from the Bible
- Figs from thistles
- Fire and brimstone
- First shall be last and the last shall be first
- Five loaves and two fishes
- Fixing (setting) one's heart on something
- Fleshpots of Egypt
- Fly in the ointment
- Fool and his money are soon parted
- For/To everything a season
- Found wanting
- Four horsemen of the apocalypse
- Foursquare
- From ' good Lord deliver us
- Gadarene swine
- Generation of vipers (sometimes also 'brood of vipers')
- Get thee behind me Satan
- Girding one's loins
- Giving up the ghost
- Gnashing of teeth
- Go forth and multiply
- Go the extra mile
- Go to (consider) the ant you sluggard
- God forbid
- God is not mocked
- God loves a cheerful giver
- God save the King
- Going from strength to strength
- Golden calf
- Good Samaritan
- Good shepherd
- Grain of mustard
- Grapes of wrath
- Great men are not always wise
- Greater love hath no man
- Grey hair is a glorious crown
- Haves and have nots
- Having a cross to bear
- Head on a plate
- Heap burning coals on someone's head
- Heart of stone
- Hiding one's light under a bushel
- Hip and thigh
- Hollow of one's hand
- Honeyed words
- Hope deferred makes the heart sick
- How are the mighty fallen
- Ichabod
- If you're not with me you're against me
- In the midst of life we are in death
- Iron entering one's soul
A-Z: Common sayings from the Bible: From ' good Lord deliver us
Usage
Sometimes used ironically in the context of a minor irritant, including in some versions Hull and Halifax.Definition
The Litany is a responsive prayer in which the leader lists external evils and internal sins, and the people respond with 'Good Lord, deliver us.' 'From all evil and mischief ... Good Lord, deliver us' (Taken from the Book of Common Prayer, 1662, The Litany). 'From all evil and mischief ... Good Lord, deliver us' (Taken from the Common Worship, The Litany).The opposite of goodness; thoughts and actions which are in opposition to God's will and result in wrongdoing and harm. That which opposes God.
Disobedience to the known will of God. According to Christian theology human beings have displayed a pre-disposition to sin since the Fall of Humankind.
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