NUMBERS 1:2
POLLS TODAY ARE SOME CLUSTER OF THE POPULATION SUPPOSEDLY PICKED FROM RANDOM TO PROVE SOME POINT OR OTHER. A NUMBERING OF SOME SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION FOR SOME REASON. THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT THE BIBLE USES THIS TERM FOR, A COUNTING OF THE NUMBER OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.
NUMBERS 1:18
THE WORLD USES THIS WORD TO TRACE THE ANCESTRY OF ANIMALS, USUALLY DOGS. THE BIBLE USES THIS TO ESTABLISH YOUR FAMILY TREE, SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER CASE WHERE THE DEVIL TRIES TO MESS WITH THE WORD OF GOD. THE WORLD SYSTEM WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE ALL ANIMALS THAT EVOLVED FROM SOME LOWER FORM OF ANIMAL, SO THEY PERVERT THE WORD PEDIGREE.
NUMBERS 3:10
TO PLACE A PERSON IN SOME POSITION WITHOUT ANY KIND OF POPULAR VOTE OR OPINION.
NUMBERS 3:25
TO BE THE OVERSEER OF OR AUTHORITY OVER ANY PARTICULAR THING, USUALLY AN APPOINTED POSITION.
NUMBERS 3:36
WHEN SOMEONE IS IN OUR CHARGE OR UNDER OUR DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY.
NUMBERS 7:3
WHAT MANY OF OUR FOREFATHERS RODE IN TO GO OUT WEST. THIS IS WHAT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL USED TO HAUL THEIR SACRIFICIAL OFFERINGS TO THE LORD. PROOF TEXT THAT OUR FOREFATHERS THAT WERE WESTERLY-HEADED WERE NOT THE FIRST TO USE COVERED WAGONS, BUT CERTAINLY SAW THE BIBLE PRECEDENT WAS A PROPER ONE AND USED IT. GOD HAS SAID IT FIRST AGAIN.
NUMBERS 10:1-10
IN ALL THE OLD INDIAN MOVIES THIS WAS THE TIME OF THE FILM THAT YOU WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO. THE CALVARY WOULD SOUND THE TRUMPETS AND COME CHARGING INTO THE LAST MINUTE RESCUE OF WHOEVER WAS IN THE IMMINENT PERIL. THEY ALWAYS SAVED THE DAY, AND THEN BLEW THE TRUMPET FOR WHATEVER EVENT WAS AFTER THEIR INITIAL CHARGE. THE MILITARY STILL BLOWS THE BUGLE FOR REVEILLE AND TAPS, AS WELL AS AT PARADE EVENTS AND OTHER THINGS. EACH EVENT HAS IT'S OWN SPECIAL TUNE AND IS RECOGNIZABLE OVER ANY OTHER SOUNDS WITHOUT BEING DROWNED OUT, PROBABLY THE REASON IT WAS USED IN BATTLE. A MAN'S VOICE CAN ONLY BE HEARD A CERTAIN DISTANCE AND CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD EVEN LESS THAN THE DISTANCE HEARD. THE BIBLE SET THE PRECEDENCE FOR OUR MILITARY AND I WOULD NOT BE A BIT SURPRISED TO FIND THE MUSICAL TUNES USED FOR THE DIFFERENT ASSEMBLIES ARE NOT THE SAME ONES THE CHILDREN OF GOD USED SO MANY CENTURIES BEFORE.
NUMBERS 10:5
WHAT WE SOUND WHEN THERE IS TROUBLE. I.E., FIRE ALARM, TORNADO WARNING, BURGLAR ALARM, ETC.
NUMBERS 11:1-3
THIS EXPRESSION CARRIES WITH IT THE SENSE THAT IF YOU HAVE BEEN HURT DOING A PARTICULAR THING THAT YOU WILL BE MUCH MORE CAREFUL WHEN YOU GO TO DO THE THING THE SECOND TIME. A SMALL CHILD ONLY NEEDS TO BE BURNT ON THE STOVE TOP ONCE TO HAVE LEARNED A HEALTHY RESPECT FOR THE STOVE. IF SOMEONE CROOKS YOU ON A PARTICULAR DEAL, WHEN THAT PERSON COMES AROUND AGAIN WITH ANOTHER DEAL IT IS UNLIKELY YOU WILL BE BURNT TWICE. WE DO LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES, THE TROUBLE IS MANY TIMES WE FORGET THE LESSON. IN THE BIBLE CASE HERE WE SEE THAT THE LORD HAS KINDLED A FIRE AMONG HIS PEOPLE AND BURNED MANY OF THEM UP LITERALLY. THE PEOPLE QUIT THEIR COMPLAINING AND WENT TO MOSES TO CRY FOR HELP, ASKING GOD TO STOP THE FIRE, IN OTHER WORDS THEY HAD ALREADY SEEN FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES CONSUMED BY GOD'S FIRE AND THEY WERE SHYING AWAY FROM THE FIRE THEMSELVES BY THEIR REPENTANCE (OR TURNING FROM THEIR COMPLAINTS). I.E., ONCE BURNT TWICE SHY.
NUMBERS 12:8
THIS IS OUR EUPHEMISM FOR MOUTH TO MOUTH RESUSCITATION IN LIFE SAVING. THE ACTUAL USAGE OF THIS IN THE BIBLE IS FOUND IN I KINGS 17:21,22.
NUMBERS 14:34
A BROKEN PROMISE, USUALLY BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE BEFORE, DURING, OR AFTER MARRIAGE. IN THIS CASE HERE IN THE SCRIPTURE, HE IS NOT BREAKING HIS PROMISE. IT IS BEING USED IN THE OLD ENGLISH WAY OF AN OPENING, A GAP. I.E., HE HAD PROMISED THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL A BEAUTIFUL LAND BUT THEY DISOBEYED HIM. SO HE PLACED A GAP OF FORTY YEARS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROMISE. GOD DOES KEEP HIS PROMISES!!
NUMBERS 16:45
USUALLY GIVEN AS AN EXCUSE FOR NOT RIGHT NOW. I.E., I'LL CLEAN MY ROOM IN A MOMENT MOM! (SURE KID, SURE.) ITS USAGE IS A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. (1 COR 15:52)
NUMBERS 21:1
WHEN SOMEONE HAS HEARD SOMETHING TOLD.
NUMBERS 21:5
SOUTHERN EXPRESSION USED AS OPPOSED TO DARK BREAD (WHOLE WHEAT OR RYE), CORN BREAD (YELLOW), OR SWEET BREAD (WHITE, CAKE-LIKE BREAD). NORMALLY YOU WOULD SAY WHITE BREAD, BUT BECAUSE OF ITS ABSENCE OF COLOR THE SOUTH SAYS LIGHT BREAD.
NUMBERS 21:16
WHAT THE WORLD CALLS AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE THAT SUPPOSEDLY QUENCHES YOUR THIRST. THE TRUTH IS, IT IS A WORD FOR A REAL THIRST QUENCHING DRINK I.E., COLD CLEAR WATER. THE ONLY BEVERAGE THAT REALLY TAKES CARE OF OUR THIRST IS WATER, PROBABLY BECAUSE OUR BODIES ARE MADE UP OF MOSTLY H-20. ANOTHER CASE OF THE WORLD PERVERTING A GOOD WORD OR USING A GOOD WORD FOR SOMETHING BAD. THE DEVIL TWISTS A BIBLICAL WORD TO TRY TO MAKE YOU LAUGH OR DO SOMETHING WRONG. SO, IN ESSENCE, YOU ARE SLANDERING, OR LAUGHING AT, OR DISOBEYING THE WORD OF GOD. THIS IS THE DEVIL'S MINISTRY.****GOOD WITNESS WORD****
NUMBERS 21:22
REFERRED TO IN LEVITICUS 26:22.
NUMBERS 22:21-33
HERE WE GO AGAIN WITH A SAYING THAT WILL UPSET MOST OF THE BRETHREN, BUT IT IS A GOOD AND PROPER SAYING FROM THE BIBLICAL POINT OF VIEW. IT IS THE WORLD SYSTEM THAT HAS RUINED IT. LET'S FACE IT IF BALAAM'S ASS WAS SMART AND BALAAM WASN'T, THAT SHOULDN'T BE VIEWED AS BAD OR EVIL. IT IS A GOOD THING FOR BALAAM THAT HIS ASS WAS SMART FOR THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT BALAAM WOULD HAVE LOST HIS HEAD TO THE ANGEL'S SWORD HAD HE BEEN A "DUMB ASS". THE WORLD USES IT TO DESIGNATE A PERSON WHO ACTS A PARTICULAR WAY (IN A RATHER KNOW IT ALL MANNER) AND THEN SAYS HE OR SHE IS A SMART ASS, MEANING A DEROGATORY TERM. WHICH WOULD YOU RATHER BE THOUGHT OF SMART OR DUMB?********CAN'T BEAT THIS FOR AN OPENING TO A BIBLE CONVERSATION.***************
NUMBERS 22:25
THIS SAYING DESCRIBES THE CONDITION WHERE YOU ARE FINALLY UP AGAINST IT. I.E., YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING OR ELSE! YOU ARE OUT OF ROOM WITH YOUR BACK TO THE WALL, IT IS TIME TO FIGHT OR DIE. DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PHYSICAL DEATH, IT COULD BE A MARRIAGE PROBLEM OR BUSINESS TROUBLE ETC. IT IS ARRIVING AT THE PLACE WHERE SOMETHING MUST BE DONE OR DIRE CONSEQUENCES WILL TRANSPIRE. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS BIBLE VERSE BALAAM HAS ARRIVED" UP AGAINST THE WALL".
NUMBERS 22:27-29
AGAIN, THE WORLD CHANGES SOMETHING AROUND THAT WAS GOOD IN SCRIPTURE AND MAKES IT BAD IN THE WORLD'S EYES. USUALLY USED BECAUSE A PERSON WON'T BUDGE FROM A POSITION ON SOME POINT OR ISSUE, SO IT IS SAID WITH A BAD OR PREJUDICED CONNOTATION. IN THE BIBLE, BECAUSE BALAAM'S ASS WAS STUBBORN AND WOULD NOT TAKE HIM IN HARMS WAY. THE ANGEL OF THE LORD DID NOT CUT OFF HIS HEAD WITH THE SWORD. (BALAAM SHOULD HAVE THANKED GOD HIS MULE WAS STUBBORN). IF YOU ARE RIGHT IN A POSITION AND GOD SHOWED YOU IT WAS THE RIGHT POSITION, THEN GET STUBBORN AND STAY THAT WAY, NO MATTER WHAT THE WORLD SAYS.
NUMBERS 22:28
THIS EXPRESSION IS USED TO SHOW THAT WE GOT OUR INFORMATION FROM THE SOURCE. I.E., THE PERSON WHO INITIATED THE PARTICULAR INFORMATION. THE BIBLE DOES THE WORLD ONE BETTER AS USUAL. THIS INFORMATION ACTUALLY COMES FROM THE MOUTH OF THE ASS AND THE INFORMATION IS RIGHT AND GOOD. UNLIKE SOME OF WHAT THE WORLD GIVES THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE TRUE REGARDLESS OF THE SOURCE.**********GOOD VERSE TO START A WITNESS******
NUMBERS 22:30
WE SAY THIS WHEN WE WANT TO SHOW THAT SOMEONE IS SMART OR HAS WISDOM. IN REALITY, A HORSE IS NOT VERY BRIGHT (NO COMMENTS FROM HORSE LOVERS, PLEASE). IN THE BIBLICAL APPLICATION THIS ASS (PART HORSE AND MULE) IS MUCH SMARTER THAN HIS RIDER AND TOLD HIM IN SO MANY WORDS. PROBABLY ALSO TRUE TODAY THAT SOME HORSES ARE SMARTER THAN THEIR RIDERS. (BASED ON OBSERVATION OF SOME PEOPLE WALKING AROUND TODAY.)********* ANOTHER GOOD WITNESS OPENER.*********
NUMBERS 23:1-30
THIS IS A CASE WHERE A PERSON WILL SAY WHATEVER IS EXPEDIENT TO GET WHAT HE IS TRYING TO GET. I.E., LIKE A POLITICIAN TELLING THE CONSERVATIVES OF ONE AUDIENCE HE WILL DO THIS AND THE LIBERALS OF ANOTHER HE WILL DO THE EXACT OPPOSITE, TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HIS PURPOSE BY TALKING OUT OF BOTH SIDES OF HIS MOUTH. IN VERSE 5 GOD PUT SOMETHING IN BALAAM'S MOUTH BUT HE DID NOT REPEAT EXACTLY WHAT WAS SAID BECAUSE HE WAS STILL AFTER THE GOODS HE WANTED.
NUMBERS 24:14
WHAT THE WORLD USES TO ENTICE YOU INTO BUYING THEIR PRODUCT. ALSO USED TO BRING TO YOUR AWARENESS A PARTICULAR EVENT ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE. THE BIBLE USES IT TO TELL OF A FORTH-COMING EVENT.
NUMBERS 26:10
WHEN WE USE THIS EXPRESSION WE MEAN THAT THE PERSON IS VERY MAD. SOMETIMES WE SAY HE IS HOT, MEANING HIS ANGER WAS KINDLED (FIRE). IN THE SCRIPTURE CASE WE FIND THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WENT DOWN TO THE PIT WERE LITERALLY BURNED UP.
NUMBERS 30:2
NOONE HAS ESCAPED THIS PHENOMENON. SOME PERSON, AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, HAS BROKEN HIS OR HER WORD TO YOU AT LEAST ONCE IN YOUR LIFE. THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS NEVER OR WILL NEVER BREAK HIS WORD TO YOU.
NUMBERS 31:32
ILLGOTTEN GAINS YOU HAVE ACQUIRED BY LESS THAN HONORABLE MEANS. IN THE BIBLE IT WAS PERFECTLY LEGITIMATE TO DIVIDE THE SPOILS OF WAR WHEN GOD TOLD YOU WHO TO WAR WITH.
NUMBERS 31:53
USUALLY SAID AS THE RINGLEADER TAKES OFF FOR SAFETY, LEAVING EVERYONE ELSE TO SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES. IN THIS BIBLE REFERENCE, IT WAS JUST SAYING EACH MAN TOOK SPOIL FOR HIMSELF. I.E., HE PHYSICALLY CARRIED SOMETHING OFF FOR HIMSELF OR HIS FAMILY, NOT SOMEONE ELSE'S PEOPLE.
NUMBERS 35:2-5
AN OUTLYING AREA FROM THE CITY EXACTLY AS THE BIBLE DESCRIBES IT.
DEUTERONOMY 1:11
AS IN," I HAVE TOLD YOU A THOUSAND TIMES TO CLEAN UP YOUR ROOM".
DEUTERONOMY 2:5
BASICALLY MEANS KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF OF THEM OR IT (WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE). WHEN WE TELL OUR CHILDREN NOT TO MESS WITH SOMETHING OR MEDDLE WITH IT, WE WANT THEM TO LEAVE IT ALONE BECAUSE THEY MAY BREAK THE OBJECT OR IN THE CASE OF FIRE OR GLASS OR OTHER DANGERS, WE DON'T WANT THEM TO GET HURT BY THE OBJECT. WHEN GOD TELLS YOU TO LEAVE IT ALONE, YOU BETTER! THIS VERSE HAS A FLAVOR OF NOT MINGLING OR MIXING AS WELL AS MEDDLING. THIS WASN'T TO BE THEIR LAND, THEY WERE ONLY PASSING THROUGH.
DEUTERONOMY 2:14
MODERN DAY LANGUAGE FOR KILLING SOMEONE AND IN SOME CASES, JUST BEATING UP ON FOLKS. WHEN GOD SAID SOMETHING THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO AND WE FINALLY CATCH UP TO THE BIBLE IN OUR TALK, YOU COULD HARDLY CALL IT MODERN. SEE ALSO PROVERBS 19:26.
DEUTERONOMY 3:13
TELEVISION SHOW PUT ON LONG AFTER GOD'S REAL LAND OF THE GIANTS WAS SHOWN TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.
DEUTERONOMY 7:9
THE NAME GIVEN A WATER GEYSER IN A NATIONAL PARK BECAUSE OF IT'S PUNCTUAL CONSISTENCY. THE VERSE IS TALKING ABOUT THE ANCIENT OF DAYS, WHO ABOVE ALL IS THE ONLY REAL FAITHFULNESS YOU WILL KNOW.
DEUTERONOMY 11:21
NO SUCH THING EVEN THOUGH THE LOST PEOPLE HOPE FOR IT AND TRY TO ACHIEVE IT AS BEST THEY CAN. THE CLOSEST THING TO IT WILL BE THE MILLENNIUM TIME AND IT IS ONLY FOR A THOUSAND YEARS.
DEUTERONOMY 11:30
THE BIBLICAL DEFINITION IS A LARGE PLAIN OR OPEN EXPANSE. FRANCE HAS JUST SUCH AN EXPANSE BUT THEY CHANGED THE SPELLING JUST A LITTLE. ADDED TO THAT FACT IS THE MAIN CROP IS AN ALCOHOLIC WINE THEY ARE FAMOUS FOR, WE SUDDENLY HAVE CHAMPAGNE SYNONYMOUS WITH ALCOHOL. WHICH IS JUST ANOTHER CASE OF A BIBLE WORD PERVERTED BY THE WORLD. A POPULAR WINE IN THE 70'S AND 80'S ALWAYS ADVERTISED ITSELF AS THE FRUIT OF THE VINE WHICH JUST PERVERTED WHAT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST SERVED AT THE LAST SUPPER. FERMENTED HOOCH IS NOT THE FRUIT OF THE VINE.
DEUTERONOMY 13:1-3
ANYONE THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE PAYING 100% ATTENTION TO WHAT IS IMMEDIATELY GOING ON IS SAID TO BE A DAYDREAMER OR JUST A DREAMER. SEE ALSO GENESIS 37:5-8.
DEUTERONOMY 13:12-14
THE WORLD LINES UP REAL CLOSE TO THE BIBLE HERE. HEARSAY IS IN FACT SOMETHING THAT IS COMMON TALK, BUT SHOULD BE CHECKED OUT TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH TRUTH IS REALLY IN THE SAYING. EVERYBODY SAYING A THING DOES NOT MAKE IT RIGHT OR TRUE THEY ALL MAY BE SPREADING A LIE OR A HALF-TRUTH THAT IS DAMAGING TO SOMEONE.
DEUTERONOMY 14:21
WHAT THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR TO DROP OUT OF THE SKY AND SOLVE ALL THEIR PROBLEMS, AND IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN REAL SOON (ALIENS DROPPING OUT OF THE SKY). IN THE BIBLE IT IS SOMEONE THAT IS NOT A JEW AND OR IS SEPARATED FROM GOD IN SOME WAY. SEE ALSO HEBREWS 11:34.
DEUTERONOMY 16:4
WHAT WE CALL THE LAND MASS THAT IS NEAR THE WATER.
DEUTERONOMY 21:6-9
THIS PHRASE IS USED WHEN WE DON'T WANT ANY FURTHER PART OF A SITUATION OR JUST WANT TO BE OUT FROM UNDER IT. THE JEWS WERE WASHING THEIR HANDS SYMBOLICALLY TO SHOW THEY WANTED NO PART OF THE SIN OF SHEDDING INNOCENT BLOOD. I.E., WANTED NO PART OF SOMEONE ELSE'S SIN OR THE PUNISHMENT THEREOF. THEY WANTED TO BE CLEANSED FROM THE PROBLEM. THE USAGE HERE IS REAL CLOSE IN DEFINITION TO HOW THE WORLD USES THE SAYING.********* BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD USED IN THESE VERSES, GETTING A BIBLE WITNESS GOING HERE CAN LEAD IMMEDIATELY TO THE CLEANSING OF JESUS'S BLOOD AND AN ESCAPING FROM THE PUNISHMENT OF SIN. GOOD SAYING TO USE IF YOU ARE WILLING. **************
DEUTERONOMY 23:13
THESE PARTICULAR AREAS ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY FOR REST AT ALL BUT ARE DESIGNED TO RELIEVE ONESELF.THE WORLD USES THE WORD RESTROOM WHERE GOD SAYS EASE YOURSELF WHICH IS WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU USE THE RESTROOM. IT IS A CASE OF THE WORLD NOT BEING ABLE TO GIVE A REASON FOR A ROOM TO BE CALLED A RESTROOM WHEN THEY KNOW GOOD AND WELL THEY ARE NOT GOING TO THE ROOM TO REST AT ALL. YES, YOU CAN ALSO REST AT THESE WAYSIDE STOPS, BUT IF YOU HAVE TRAVELED WITH WOMEN OR CHILDREN YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S PRIMARY FUNCTION IS.
DEUTERONOMY 24:5
TO FILL ONE 'UP' WITH CHEER. TO MAKE A SAD PERSON HAPPY. TO HELP SOMEONE OVER THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE. UNIVERSAL PHRASE.
DEUTERONOMY 27:15
SOME GREAT EVENT TAKES PLACE AND THE SUBJECT OF ALL CONVERSATIONS IS USUALLY ON THIS TOPIC. I.E., WHEN THE SPACE SHUTTLE BLEW UP EVERYONE HAD HIS OR HER OPINION ABOUT IT, BUT THEY WERE ALL TALKING ABOUT 'SOME' ASPECT OF IT. I'M SURE WHEN THE LORD ROSE BODILY BACK TO HEAVEN IN THE SIGHT OF HIS DISCIPLES THAT THE 'TALK OF THE TOWN' WAS THAT EVENT.
DEUTERONOMY 27:15
THE LOST FOLKS USE THIS WORD AS A TERM OF THEIR AGREEMENT. THE BIBLE USES IT IN THE SENSE MAY IT BE SO.
DEUTERONOMY 28:22
A DISEASE THAT CAUSES THE BODY OR CERTAIN PARTS OF THE BODY TO WASTE AWAY. I.E., TO BE CONSUMED. IF GOD SMITES YOU WITH IT, GET YOUR THINGS IN ORDER.
DEUTERONOMY 28:27
WHEN SOMEONE MESSES SOMETHING UP. I.E., HE REALLY BOTCHED THAT ONE UP, HE COULD BOTCH UP ANYTHING. THE BIBLE DEFINITION IS A KIND OF PLAGUE OR ILLNESS. TO HAVE THIS MALADY WOULD SURELY MESS UP YOUR DAY.
DEUTERONOMY 28:27
THIS IS SPOKEN TO PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST AN IRRITANT TO HAVE AROUND YOU. WHETHER IT IS THEIR MANNERISMS, APPEARANCE, OR WHATEVER, THEY JUST AGGRAVATE YOU. THE VERSE OF COURSE IS TALKING ABOUT THE REAL THING AND IT IS NOT COCA-COLA. HEMORRHOID SURGERY IS PAINFUL, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THEM (HEMORRHOIDS) BAD ENOUGH IT IS IMPERATIVE IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE PAIN FREE. I.E., OR HAVE SOME RELIEF FROM A PAIN IN THE BUTT.
DEUTERONOMY 29:20
SLANG EXPRESSING WHITE HOT ANGER. I.E., HE WAS FUMING! GOD, BEING PERFECT LOVE, IS ALSO PERFECT HATE AND WHEN HIS ANGER IS KINDLED, AS IT IS IN THIS VERSE, YOU BETTER REPENT, DUCK YOUR HEAD, OR BE PREPARED TO BITE THE DUST AS YOU ARE FIXING TO BE IN A HEAP OF TROUBLE. IN THE CHILDREN'S SATURDAY CARTOONS, THIS IS PICTURED AS THE TOON'S HEAD BEGINS TO SWELL AND TURNS RED. THEN THE SMOKE COMES OUT OF HIS EARS AND OFF POPS HIS HEAD, PROBABLY A GOOD PICTURE OF 'HOT' ANGER.
DEUTERONOMY 29:20
BASICALLY THE ACT OF GIVING UP ON SOMEONE OR DECIDING NOT TO PLACE ANY MORE TIME, EFFORT, OR MONEY IN A PERSON OR PROJECT. HAVING GOD WRITE YOU OFF IS THE SINGLE WORST EVENT IN ANYONE'S EXISTENCE. THERE CAN BE NO GREATER LOSS. WHEN A LOST PERSON DIES IN HIS SIN AND IS ETERNALLY WRITTEN OFF, IT MEANS A LAKE OF FIRE FOREVER. WHEN A SAVED PERSON GETS WRITTEN OFF (I.E., PLACED ON THE SHELF, NOT USED, NO FELLOWSHIP) THERE IS STILL A CHANCE HE OR SHE CAN RECONCILE WITH GOD AND GET BACK IN HARNESS, BUT ALL THE TIME AND OPPORTUNITY LOST IS WRITTEN OFF.
DEUTERONOMY 32:10
SOMEONE ESPECIALLY FAVORED OR HIGHLY THOUGHT OF. WE SOMETIMES SAY THAT HE OR SHE IS THE TEACHER'S PET (ONE SINGLED OUT FOR SPECIAL ATTENTION). SEE ALSO PROVERBS AND PSALMS.
DEUTERONOMY 34:5-6
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SAYINGS THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME AND I DON'T COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND IT BUT THE VERSE WOULD INDICATE THAT NO ONE KNEW WHERE MOSES'S GRAVE WAS MUCH LESS WHICH WAY IT WAS POINTED. I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT GRAVEYARDS SINCE I WAS SAVED AND ALL THE ONES I HAVE SEEN ALWAYS POINT EAST BUT NOW I AM KEEPING MY EYES OUT FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND PERHAPS I WILL FIND SOME THAT DON'T POINT EAST BUT NOT AS OF YET. ONE SUGGESTION I HEARD WAS THAT WHEN MOSES LOOKED INTO THE PROMISED LAND HE WAS LOOKING WEST SO HE WAS PROBABLY BURIED LOOKING TOWARD JERUSALEM WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN FACING EAST. ANYONE HAVE ANY BETTER SUGGESTIONS?
JOSHUA 2:1
RAHAB IN THIS PASSAGE IS AN HARLOT, A STREET WALKER, A WOMAN OF THE NIGHT, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL A WOMAN WHO SELLS SEX. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THE HEBREW WORD FOR RAHAB IS 'BROAD'. IN THE STRONG'S CONCORDANCE UNDER THE NUMBER 7342, YOU WILL FIND THE DEFINITION. SO WHEN THE WORLD WANTS TO NAME A WOMAN THAT IS A BIT 'LOOSE', THEY CALL HER A BROAD. YOU CAN'T GET AWAY FROM THE BIBLE EVEN WHEN YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. IT ALREADY HAS THE ANSWERS.
JOSHUA 2:15
THIS IS ALWAYS USED TO SHOW THAT SOMEONE IS FROM THE LOWER ELEMENT OF SOCIETY (SO CALLED). THEY SOMETIMES JUST SAY THE BAD PART OF TOWN. IT IS TRUE THAT THE POORER PEOPLE IN TIMES PAST DID LIVE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS, BUT THAT FACT ALONE DID NOT MAKE THEM BETTER OR WORSE THAN THOSE OF THE SUPPOSED UPPER-CRUST WHO LIVED UP ON THE HILL. WHERE YOU LIVE DOESN'T MEAN HOW YOU LIVE. ALTHOUGH RAHAB'S FAMILY WAS PROBABLY NOT HAPPY SHE "WORKED" ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS OR IN THIS CASE ON THE TOWN WALL WHERE THE PROSTITUTE'S PLIED THEIR WARES OR TRADE. I'M SURE WHEN THE WALL CAME DOWN AND HER HOME WAS THE ONLY ONE LEFT STANDING AND THEY WERE ALIVE AND WELL SOME APPRECIATION WAS SHOWN. AT THAT TIME "LIVING" ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS WAS THE ONLY PLACE TO COME OUT ALIVE.
JOSHUA 2:15-21
THIS SAYING HAS ALWAYS BEEN USED TO GIVE THE LOCATION OF THE HOUSES OF ILL-REPUTE. A DESCRIPTIVE TERM ASSOCIATED WITH WHOREDOM. RED LIGHTS, RED HIGH HEELS, RED LIPSTICK, RED FINGERNAIL POLISH, ALL HAVING TO DO WITH A LONG TIME AGO WHEN EVE HAD BLOOD ON HER LIPS. RAHAB, OF COURSE, LIVED IN A PARTICULAR PLACE ASSOCIATED WITH HER TRADE AND/OR OCCUPATION. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, SHE USED A 'RED' LINE TO DENOTE WHICH WINDOW BELONGED TO HER ON THE WALL.
JOSHUA 2:21
A SALUTATION OF SORTS, USED MANY TIMES WHEN YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE OUTCOME ANYWAY, SO YOU THROW UP YOUR HANDS AND SAY, 'SO BE IT'.
JOSHUA 3:17
THIS IS OFTEN SAID WHEN A MAN DOES NOT GET HIS PROMOTION IN THE SERVICE. THE 'CLEAN' PART IS WHERE NOTHING HAS BEEN ADDED TO HIS RANK. TV NEWS CASTERS ALSO USE THIS PHRASE WHEN A TORNADO GOES OVER A TOWN AND DOESN'T DO ANY DAMAGE. IN THE VERSE AS WELL AS 4:1 WE FIND THAT THEY HAVE PASSED OVER THE RIVER BED AND HAVE COME OUT CLEAN ON THE OTHER SIDE. GOD NOT ONLY MOVED THE WATER HE MUST HAVE DRIED THE RIVER BED ALSO.
JOSHUA 6:5
USUALLY MEANS SOME KIND OF FUN TIME IN THE WORLD. I.E., USUALLY A PARTY OF SOME SORT. I WOULD IMAGINE WHEN JOSHUA'S TROOPS SAW THE WALLS FALL DOWN FROM THEIR "BLAST" THEY WERE HAVING A GOOD TIME ALSO.
JOSHUA 7:20
DESCRIPTIVE TERMINOLOGY AND/OR THE LITERAL POINTING AT SOMETHING. I.E., WE HAVE DONE SUCH AND SUCH. I.E., OR IN THIS MANNER.
JOSHUA 11:23
MILITARY TERM DENOTING TROOP STRENGTH.
JOSHUA 18:9
ALL COURT HOUSES HAVE THE DEEDS AND SURVEYS OF THE LAND IN THEIR SURROUNDING AREA WRITTEN IN THE COURT HOUSE IN A 'BOOK' EXACTLY AS GOD HAS SHOWED THEM HOW TO DO IT.
JOSHUA 18:11
THIS IS WHAT WE CALL THE PIECE OF GROUND THAT WE BUILD OUR HOME ON. IN A SUBDIVISION WE CALL THEM LOT'S AND YOU PICK THE ONE OF YOUR CHOICE AND THEN THE BUILDER PUTS YOUR HOME ON IT. THE BIBLE AGAIN AS IN ALL TIMES PAST DEFINES THE WORD FOR US AND THEN THE WORLD FOLLOWS SUIT AS THEY HAVE DONE IN THIS VERSE. YOU ALSO HAVE CAR "LOTS" AND ALL IT REALLY MEANS IS A PIECE OF GROUND THAT HAS CARS ON IT, IT IS STILL JUST A PIECE OF DIRT.
JUDGES 2:3
AN IRRITANT OF SOME SORT THAT WON'T GO AWAY. NOT ENOUGH TO REALLY HURT YOU, JUST ENOUGH TO AGGRAVATE YOU TO DEATH. GOD ALLOWED THIS THORN TO BE A CONSTANT IRRITANT TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.
JUDGES 3:15-23
THIS IS USED ON THE STREET AS A KIND OF PUT DOWN IN PLACE OF A PAT ON THE BACK SITUATION. I.E., YOU ARE A REAL NICE LOOKING GIRL BUT YOU HAVE BAD BREATH AND YOUR EYES ARE CROSSED. IT IS NOT REALLY MEANT TO BE A COMPLIMENT AT ALL BUT IN FACT A SLAM OR SLIGHT, A 'PUT DOWN' OF SOME KIND. IF YOU TELL A WOMAN THAT SHE NOW LOOKS BETTER BECAUSE SHE IS NOT NEARLY AS FAT AS SHE USED TO BE, YOU HAVE GIVEN HER A COMPLIMENT BUT YOU CAN BET SHE IS NOT PLEASED WITH IT. LOOK AT THE VERSE AND YOU WILL SEE A MAN THAT WAS DELIVERING A "PRESENT" TO A KING AND THEN SEE WHAT HE DELIVERED IN ADDITION TO THE PRESENT. I.E., THE KING GOT A REAL LEFT-HANDED COMPLIMENT.
JUDGES 3:20
A ROOM SET ASIDE FOR SPECIAL BUSINESS AS IN BEAUTY PARLOUR. CAN SOMETIMES JUST BE A SITTING ROOM OR MEETING PLACE YOU LEAVE FROM.
JUDGES 3:22
THE WORLD USES THIS TO SHOW THAT SOMEONE CAN BE FULL OF MISCHIEF, FULL OF THE DEVIL, FULL OF HOT AIR, ETC. THE SCRIPTURE SHOWS THAT WHEN EHUD STUCK EGLON KING OF MOAB WITH HIS KNIFE HE WAS ALSO FULL OF IT. THE STREET PEOPLE DO NOT USE THE WORD DIRT LIKE THE BIBLE DOES HERE. IF YOU DO PERSONAL WORK ON THE STREET YOU KNOW THE WORD USED HERE IS A STREET WORD FOR DUNG.******BECAUSE THIS SAYING IS SO PREVALENT ON THE STREET IT SHOULD BE A VERY EASY PLACE TO GET YOUR OAR IN AND START A WITNESS.********************
JUDGES 3:29
IN THE WORLD THIS IS THE WORD FOR AN EXCESSIVE SEX DRIVE, BUT HERE IN THIS VERSE IT HAS THE MEANING ROBUST, OR VIGOROUS. OLD ENGLISH HAS THE MEANING OF MERRY OR JOYOUS.
JUDGES 4:18-21
THE WORLD SAYS THIS WHEN THEY HAVE MISSED SOME EARTH SHATTERING OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MONEY OR EXCEL IN SOME SPORT. A CHANCE AT SOMETHING THAT ONLY COMES ONCE IN A LIFE TIME AND YOU WERE PREOCCUPIED WITH SOMETHING ELSE SO YOUR ATTENTION WAS DIVERTED. POOR SISERA WAS WELCOMED INTO A WOMAN'S TENT AND TAKEN CARE OF, BUT ALAS WHEN HE FELL ASLEEP SHE "SWITCHED" FROM A COMFORTER TO A KILLER. THIS FALLING ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH ONLY CAME ONCE FOR SISERA ALSO.
JUDGES 4:21
IN THE BIBLE, BECAUSE SISERA WAS TIRED, HE FELL ASLEEP FAST MUCH TO HIS DETRIMENT. HIS WEARINESS AND RESULTANT RAPID FALLING ASLEEP COST HIM HIS LIFE. THE PHRASE IS USED WHEN SOMEONE IS JUST SLEEPING HARD OR IN THE CASE OF CHILDREN WE SAY THEY ARE FAST ASLEEP. I.E., THE ABILITY TO LAY YOUR HEAD ON THE PILLOW AND BE OUT LIKE A LIGHT OR FALL ASLEEP FAST.
JUDGES 4:21
A HAMMER HAS NO LIFE OF ITS OWN SO WHEN PEOPLE SAY THIS THEY MEAN DEAD SURE ENOUGH. WHEN THIS WOMAN IN THE BIBLE TOOK A HAMMER AND NAILED THIS MAN, HE BECAME AS DEAD AS THE HAMMER SHE USED.
JUDGES 4:21-22
THIS IS USED WHEN A PERSON GETS CAUGHT AT SOMETHING HE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DOING, BUT IN THE WORLD'S CASE NAILED ONLY MEANS APPREHENDED. IN THE BIBLE VERSE THE MAN IN QUESTION WAS CAUGHT AT SOMETHING WRONG BUT HE IN FACT WAS NAILED TO THE GROUND WITH A LITERAL NAIL. I.E., HE WAS NAILED!
JUDGES 5:20
WHEN PRESIDENT REAGAN, WAS IN OFFICE HE SAW THE NEED TO SET UP A DEFENSE POST IN SPACE THAT COULD BE DEFENSIVE AND OFFENSIVE AS A MEANS TO HALT FUTURE AGGRESSION. THE OLD ADAGE WAS SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY A BIG STICK. ONE OF THE ALLTIME BIG BOX OFFICE HITS AT THE MOVIES WAS CALLED 'STAR WARS' WHERE THEY LITERALLY FOUGHT THEIR WARS IN SPACE. THE BIBLE RECORDS THE FIRST STAR WAR AND THE LAST BIG WAR IS YET TO COME UP, PROBABLY VERY SOON NOW.
JUDGES 5:22
THE UP AND DOWN SPRINGING MOVEMENT OF A HORSE.
JUDGES 5:26
IN THE WORLD'S SENSE OF THE PHRASE, IT MEANS TO HAVE SOMEONE FIGURED OUT. I.E.,TO KNOW THEM PRETTY WELL. IN THE BIBLICAL SENSE, A WOMAN TOOK THIS MAN AND TENT 'PEGGED' HIM TO THE FLOOR. SHE DID HAVE HIM PEGGED 'RIGHT', ONLY SHE USED A LITERAL TENT PEG TO DO IT.
JUDGES 5:26
THE WOMAN IN THIS VERSE DID THIS LITERALLY. WE USE THE EXPRESSION WHEN SOMEONE SAYS OR DOES SOMETHING JUST RIGHT.
JUDGES 6:13
COMMON SAYING UTTERED BY ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE IN TIME OF DESPERATE NEED AND/OR TROUBLE.
JUDGES 6:21
YOU HAVE TO STRETCH A BIT, BUT WHEN WE COOK OUTDOORS ON FIERY ROCKS, WE CALL THEM CHARCOAL BRIQUETTES. THE MEAT AND THE BISCUITS WERE ON THIS FIRE IN THE SCRIPTURE, BUT THE FIRE WAS A BIT HOT AND THEY WERE BURNED UP. IF YOU LEAVE YOUR HOTDOGS ON THE CHARCOAL TOO LONG THEY BURN UP, TOO. I.E., OUR FIERY COOKING ROCKS ARE CALLED CHARCOAL.
JUDGES 7:5-12
THIS IS THE GUY THAT DOESN'T STAND ANY CHANCE TO WIN. IN A FOOTBALL GAME HE WOULD BE SO UNLIKELY TO WIN THEY WOULD BE SPOTTING YOU 40 POINTS ON A BET. DAVID AGAINST GOLIATH WAS A UNDERDOG IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING BECAUSE OF HIS SIZE (IN RELATION TO GOLIATH'S). NO ONE WOULD HAVE GUESSED HE WOULD PREVAIL. IN THIS SCRIPTURE CASE HERE WE HAVE A SMALL BAND OF MEN (300) UP AGAINST A MULTITUDE VS 12 THAT WAS THE ENEMY. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH THE 3OO LAPPED THEIR WATER LIKE DOGS, HENCE WE HAVE THE PHRASE UNDER-DOG. I.E., THEIR SOLDIERS WERE LESS IN NUMBER (UNDER-MANNED) THAN THE ENEMY AND THEY DRANK LIKE DOGS. LIKELY LOSERS THAT DID NOT LOSE BECAUSE THEY LISTENED TO AND OBEYED GOD.
JUDGES 7:7
THIS IS A NAME PUT ON THE ARMY INFANTRYMAN STILL TODAY. HE ALSO STILL WEARS THE DOG-TAG AROUND THE NECK JUST LIKE YOUR HOUSEPETS WEAR THEIR LICENSE TAGS. WHEN GIDEON'S MEN 'LAPPED' THEIR WATER LIKE DOGS, THEY WERE THEN CHOSEN TO DO AN ELITE MILITARY JOB. IN THE MILITARY MEN ARE ALSO CALLED GRUNTS! LOST WOMEN IN THE BIBLE ARE CALLED PIGS AND THEY ARE DETERMINED TO FIND A WAY TO GET INTO MILITARY COMBAT. COULD THE WORD GRUNT (OR THE NOISE OF A GRUNT) BE JUST PROPHECY FOR WHEN THEY GET IN? A LOST MAN IS CALLED A DOG IN THE BIBLE AND A DOG LAPS HIS WATER TO DRINK. THE BIBLE BELIEVER SHOULD BE WELL AWARE OF THE DIFFERENCES IN SALVATION FROM OLD TESTAMENT TO NEW. WHAT THIS GIVES THE READER IS THE SENSE THAT THESE MEN TYPIFIED DOGS OR LOST MEN BY THEIR ACTIONS (LAPPING WATER) AND IN THE OLD TESTAMENT SITUATION OF FAITH AND WORKS, EARNED THEIR SALVATION IN BATTLE. II TIMOTHY 2:15.
JUDGES 7:7
THE BEST OF THE BEST. I.E., THE GREEN BERETS, THE SEALS, SPECIAL FORCES, ETC. YOU ALWAYS SEND YOUR BEST FIRST AS DID GOD WITH THIS 300 HE CHOOSE.
JUDGES 8:16
OJT: ON THE JOB TRAINING IS STILL PROBABLY THE VERY BEST WAY TO TEACH SOMEONE SOMETHING. I.E., TEACHING INVOLVES LESSONS.
JUDGES 8:21
JUST A SIMPLE WORD WE USE IN OUR EVERYDAY CONVERSATION. IT HAS TO DO WITH CHANGING THE POSSESSION OF AN ITEM FROM ONE INDIVIDUAL TO OURSELVES, SOMETIMES WITH FORCE.
JUDGES 9:8-13
WHEN SOMEONE IS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING AND CONTINUALLY CAN'T FIND IT, WE SAY THEY HAVE BEEN BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE. THE BIBLE IN THESE VERSES SHOW WHY WE SAY THIS. EVERY TREE KEPT SAYING THEY WERE THE WRONG TREE. HENCE, BARKING (OR LOOKING) UP THE WRONG TREE.
JUDGES 9:23-25
IN THE WORLD'S SYSTEM THIS IS SAID TO INDICATE THAT YOU ARE MAKING A LOT OF MONEY ON SOME SCHEME OR ANOTHER. IN THE VERSES THE MEN ARE MAKING MONEY BUT IT IS ALSO LITERAL KILLING OF PEOPLE AS WELL.
JUDGES 9:32
WHAT PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY ARE TRYING TO GET YOU.
JUDGES 9:33
WE ALL FIND OCCASION TO EAT, PLAY, OR SOME OTHER ACTIVITY. IT REALLY JUST MEANS TO FIND THE 'TIME' OR OCCASION (IF YOU WILL) TO DO SOMETHING OR OTHER.
JUDGES 9:48
GENERALLY REFERRING TO SOMEONE WHO IS LOOKING FOR AN ARGUMENT OR HAS A BAD ATTITUDE. LOOKING TO PICK A FIGHT. ABIMELECH HAD A BAD ATTITUDE ABOUT FALSE GODS.
JUDGES 9:53
THIS GENERALLY MEANS THAT YOU ARE DISAGREEING WITH SOMEONE AND YOU DON'T THINK THE PERSON HAS GOOD SENSE, NOT LITERAL ROCKS IN HIS HEAD. IN THE SCRIPTURE WE FIND THIS WOMAN GAVE ABIMELECH A ROCK FOR HIS BRAINS OR SHE ROCKED HIS BRAINS OUT, WHICHEVER YOU PREFER. WHAT HE MIGHT HAVE HAD FOR BRAINS WERE REPLACED BY A LARGE ROCK NONETHELESS.
JUDGES 11:9
WHEN YOU ARE APPOINTED RULER OR OVERSEER OVER SOMEONE OR SOMETHING YOU 'HEAD' IT UP. THE MAIN MAN IN CHARGE OF SOMETHING IS THE 'HEAD HONCHO'.
JUDGES 14:18
THIS IS THE NAME GIVEN TO A YOUNG FEMALE COW THAT HAS NOT YET GIVEN BIRTH TO A CALF, AND ALTHOUGH SAMSON'S WIFE IS NOT A COW SHE HAS NOT YET GIVEN BIRTH EITHER. THE BIBLE USES ANIMAL NAMES MANY TIMES FOR PEOPLE WHEN IT IS ILLUSTRATING SOME CONCEPT "SIMPLY" TO MAKE GRASPING IT EASIER. IF SAMSON SAID MY WIFE HAS NOT HAD ANY CHILDREN YET OR A PHRASE SIMILAR TO THIS IT WOULD NOT HAVE GIVEN YOU THE INSTANT PICTURE THAT "HEIFER" DID WITH ONLY ONE WORD. THE BIBLE MANY TIMES USES THE K.I.S.S. METHOD OF EXPLANATION.
JUDGES 14:20
USED IN THE NEGATIVE SENSE, LIKE ABUSED. I.E., HE USED ME TO GET TO SO AND SO OR HE USED ME AS THE SCAPEGOAT FOR WHAT HE HAD DONE.
JUDGES 15:16
IN THE WORLD WE USE THIS SAYING WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING AGAINST SOMEONE OR ARE IN OPPOSITION TO THEM IN SOME WAY. IT IS MOST OFTEN CARRIED TO A CONFRONTATION WHICH CAN BE ACTUAL PHYSICAL BLOWS. IN SAMSON'S CASE HE LITERALY PICKED UP A BONE AND KILLED A THOUSAND PEOPLE, SO IT COULD BE SAID HE HAD A BONE TO PICK WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF FOLKS. BRETHREN, YOU CANNOT GET AHEAD OF THE BIBLE NO MATTER WHAT YOU TRY TO DO LINE UP WITH IT, FOLLOW IT, OR PREACH IT BUT DO NOT GET IN OPPOSITION WITH IT.
JUDGES 16:12
WE SAY THIS WHEN WE ARE REAL BUSY AND DON'T WANT TO BE BOTHERED. SAMSON WAS LITERALLY ALL TIED UP WITH NEW ROPE.
JUDGES 16:19-21
THIS IS ONE OF THE MORE MODERN EXPRESSIONS THAT YOU HEAR TODAY ESPECIALLY FROM WOMEN. IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH HAIR IN THE SENSE THAT WHEN A WOMAN'S HAIR WON'T FIX PROPERLY HER ENTIRE DAY'S ATTITUDE IS RUINED BECAUSE OF IT. THIS SAYING HAS NOW STRETCHED THOSE BOUNDS TO INCLUDE ANY DAY THAT HAS BEEN ONE THAT YOU WISH YOU COULD HAVE AVOIDED. NOW SAMSON HAD THE FIRST "BAD HAIR DAY" IN THE BIBLE AND IT WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO HIS SIN. COULD WE DEDUCE FROM THIS THAT MODERN DAY PEOPLE HAVING A BAD HAIR DAY ARE ALSO HAVING IT BECAUSE OF THEIR SIN? SAMSON HAD HIS HAIR CUT WRONG AND IT COST HIM HIS SIGHT NO MATTER HOW BAD YOUR HAIRCUT IS TODAY SISTER, IT SURELY HAS NOT COST YOU YOUR VISION. THIS BIBLE IS JUST A MIRACLE. NO MATTER WHAT YOUR OPINION OF IT YOU MUST BE IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY IT IS ALWAYS IN FRONT OF THE WORLD WHEN IT COMES TO ANY SUBJECT YOU CHOOSE TO USE.
JUDGES 16:21
A TERM USED TO BLACK OR CLOSE BOTH OF A MAN'S LIGHTS (EYES, MATTHEW 6:22) WHEN IN A FIGHT OR SOME ALTERCATION. SAMSON HAD TO ACTUALLY HAVE HIS LIGHTS PUT OUT (BLINDED PERMANENTLY) BECAUSE OF HIS SIN, BUT THIS IS WHERE THE SAYING ORIGINATED FROM. I SUPPOSE THAT YOUR SIN TODAY (AS SAMSON'S DID) IS GENERALLY HOW YOU GET BLACK EYES IN THE FIRST PLACE.
JUDGES 16:27-30
THIS IS THE WORLD'S WAY OF SAYING THAT THE PERSON IN QUESTION IS GOING INTO A PARTY UNINVITED OR UNASKED. SAMSON IN THIS VERSE ACTUALLY WAS A PARTY CRASHER IN THE SENSE THAT WHEN THE PARTY WAS IN FULL SWING HE PULLED THE PILLARS OF THE BUILDING DOWN ON TOP OF HIMSELF AND KILLED MANY OF THE PARTIERS. I.E., HE CRASHED THE BUILDING AND THE PARTY.
JUDGES 16:30
USED IN SHOW BUSINESS TO EXPRESS HOW WELL A MAN DID IN HIS PERFORMANCE. IN SAMSON'S CASE, HE LITERALLY BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN KILLING HIMSELF AND ALL THE REST THAT WERE IN THE HOUSE. HIS PERFORMANCE IN GOD'S EYES WAS SPECTACULAR. I.E., HE KILLED THE GOD HATING PHILISTINES BIGTIME.
JUDGES 19:20
THIS NAME OR PHRASE IS USED IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS BY DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF OUR POPULACE. THE MILITARY USE IT ON THEIR HIGHEST RANKING OFFICER. REGULAR BUSINESS PEOPLE USE IT SIMILARLY. ORDINARY FOLKS CALL THEIR DAD "THE OLD MAN". MOST OF THE TIME IT IS USED AS A TERM OF RESPECT BUT IT CAN ALSO BE USED IN A DEROGATORY FASHION. IN THIS SCRIPTURAL CASE WE CAN SEE FROM THE MAN'S ACTIONS HIS TITLE "OLD MAN" WAS PROBABLY EARNED AND USED WITH RESPECT FROM THE LOCAL PEOPLE.
JUDGES 19:30
SOME DO AND SHOULDN'T AND SOME SHOULD AND DON'T. BEING GIVEN A CHANCE TO SPEAK YOUR SIDE OF AN AFFAIR OR AT LEAST WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT SOME PARTICULAR THING, SHOULD BE WEIGHED VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU DO IT.
JUDGES 20:16
THIS IS USUALLY SAID WHEN THE 'MISS' IS REASONABLY CLOSE TO THE TARGET. WHEN IT IS A LARGE 'MISS', IT IS SAID TO HAVE MISSED BY A MILE, OR YOU CAN'T HIT THE BROAD SIDE OF A BARN. THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN ACTUALLY DID NOT MISS AND THEY WERE GOOD ENOUGH TO SLING A STONE WITHIN A HAIR'S BREADTH. REAL GOOD MARKSMANSHIP.
JUDGES 21:21
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T REMEMBER LI'L ABNER IN THE FUNNY PAPERS THIS IS THE DAY WHERE THE MEN WENT TO THE DANCE AND WHOEVER THEY COULD GET (CATCH) IN THE WAY OF A WOMAN WAS THEIR'S TO KEEP. LOOK AT THESE VERSE IN JUDGES AND SEE WHAT YOU SEE. PROBABLY WHY THE COMIC DOES NOT RUN ANYMORE. I.E., TOO MUCH BIBLE IN THE STRIP.
RUTH 1:1-6
A LACK OF FOOD IS STILL A FAMINE EVEN IN THE YEAR 1994. IF GOD SAYS THAT THE WORD FOR LACK OF NOURISHMENT IS 'FAMINE', THEN THAT IS WHAT THE WORLD WILL CALL IT.
RUTH 1:6
THE TERM WE GIVE WOMEN THAT MARRY IN A FAMILY OTHER THAN THEIR OWN. SISTER-IN-LAW COMES FROM VERSE 16 IN THE SAME CHAPTER.
RUTH 1:16
THE TERM GIVEN TO MANY RESORTS OR HOTELS THAT YOU STAY AT WHEN YOU CAN'T BE AT 'HOME'. TO LODGE SOMEWHERE IS THE BIBLE WORD THAT MEANS TO STAY. IT COULD BE A PERMANENT DWELLING OR JUST A TEMPORARY ONE.
RUTH 2:3
SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS THAT IS NOT REALLY CHANCE. THE WORLD DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THAT GOD'S HAPPENINGS ARE FOR A REASON AND A PURPOSE.
RUTH 3:15
STREET SLANG FOR GETTING OR GIVING SOMETHING TO SOMEONE THAT HAS IT COMING TO THEM. IN RUTH'S CASE SHE WAS GIVEN SOMETHING FOR WHAT SHE HAD DONE THE NIGHT BEFORE IN KEEPING BOAZ'S FEET WARM ON THE THRESHING FLOOR. SHE WAS A LABORER WORTHY OF HER HIRE. WHEN THE LOST WORLD REPEATEDLY USES THESE SAYINGS ON THE STREET AND ELSEWHERE WE AS CHRISTIANS SHOULD BE "JOHNNIE ON THE SPOT" WITH A WORD OF TESTIMONY TO AT LEAST SHOW THE PERSON WHY THEY SAY WHAT THEY SAY, OR BETTER STILL TAKE THEM TO THE VERSE AND SHOW THEM WHERE IT IS IN THE BIBLE.
RUTH 3:18
GOOD ADVICE AND PRETTY SELF EXPLANATORY. HAVEN'T WE ALL BEEN TOLD THIS BY SOMEONE AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER?
RUTH 4:4
HAVING TO DO WITH THE PURCHASING OF OR BARTERING FOR A PARTICULAR ARTICLE. AMERICA IS FILLED WITH COUPONS THAT HAVE TO BE REDEEMED AT FOOD STORES, PAWN SHOPS, STAMP STORES, ETC. THE REDEMPTION HERE IN THE BIBLE IS THE REDEEMING OF A PERSON AND A PARCEL OF LAND. THE REDEMPTION THAT CHRISTIANS ARE INTERESTED IN IS THE ONE THAT CAME ABOUT WHEN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST REDEEMED OUR SOUL FROM HELL, ALL OTHER REDEMPTION PLANS FADE ALONG SIDE THIS ONE.
I SAMUEL 3:11
THIS IS SAID WHEN YOU FEEL THAT SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU. IN SCRIPTURE, WHEN THEY HEARD THE MESSAGE, THEIR EARS TINGLED. COULD THE MESSAGE BE POINTED AT THEM?
I SAMUEL 5:4
SELF-EXPLANATORY.
I SAMUEL 7:16
A MAN THAT HAS A PARTICULAR BUNCH OF CHURCHES OR HOMES IN A CERTAIN AREA THAT HAVE TO BE VISITED, USUALLY IN A CERTAIN ORDER. I.E., RIDE A CIRCUIT. NOT NECESSARILY A CIRCLE, BUT IN A REMOTE FASHION A CLOSED-ENDED LOOP OF SOME KIND.
I SAMUEL 9:27
ALL THESE ARE SAYINGS THAT ARE USED TO GET A PERSON TO GIVE YOU HIS ATTENTION FOR A PERIOD OF TIME BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY OR TO SHOW HIM OR HER. THESE ARE WASTED ON LITTLE CHILDREN BUT WE SAY THEM ALL THE TIME ANYWAY.
I SAMUEL 10:6
WHAT THE WORLD SAYS WHEN THEY PERFORM MAGIC AND TURN ONE THING INTO SOMETHING ELSE (SUPPOSEDLY). ROMAN CATHOLICS DO THIS REAL REGULAR BUT THEY SPOUT SOME LATIN FORMULA AND THEN SAY THEY HAVE TRANSUBSTANTIATED WINE INTO BLOOD. THEY SHOULD JUST SAY HOCUS POCUS OR ABRACADABRA IT WOULD ACCOMPLISH THE SAME THING (NOTHING). IN THE NEW TESTAMENT IF A MAN IS IN CHRIST HE IS A NEW CREATURE BUT GOD CAN DO ANYTHING AND CHANGING A FILTHY VILE SINNER INTO A SAINT OF GOD DOES NOT TAKE ANY MAGIC WORDS ONLY THE MIRACLE OF GOD'S REDEMPTIVE PLAN THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
I SAMUEL 10:24
USUALLY SAID ABOUT OF A WELL-THOUGHT-OF KING. I.E., A KING THE PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO STAY IN POWER BECAUSE OF HIS TREATMENT OF THE COMMON MAN.
I SAMUEL 12:23
SOMETHING YOU SHOULD NOT DO. WHETHER THIS ADVICE COMES FROM A LOST MAN OR A SAVED MAN YOU SHOULD HEED IT. IFTHE MESSAGE IS COMING FROM GOD HIMSELF DO NOT EVEN HESITATE.
I SAMUEL 13:14
THIS IS USUALLY SAID WHEN A PERSON OR PERSONS ARE DOING THINGS TO GAIN FAVOR OF A PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL. PLEASING SOMEONE IN THE THINGS YOU DO OR THE WAY YOU DO THEM WILL ILLICIT THIS RESPONSE. GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN THAT IS AFTER HIS (GOD'S) OWN HEART.
I SAMUEL 13:21
A METAL INSTRUMENT OR TOOL EXPRESSLY USED FOR SHARPENING METAL TOOLS THAT HAVE CUTTING EDGES.
I SAMUEL 14:4
JUST A COMMON SAYING THAT SHOWS A SITUATION WHERE NO MATTER WHICH WAY YOU TURN, IT LOOKS BLEAK. BAD PLACE TO BE IN.
I SAMUEL 14:24-26
THIS IS USED TO SHOW THAT THE PERSON THAT THE EXPRESSION IS DIRECTED AT IS BARELY MAKING IT. NO SOONER THAN THE HAND HAS EARNED IT, THE MOUTH CONSUMES IT. IT IS A CASE OF NEVER GETTING FAR ENOUGH AHEAD TO HAVE ANY BREATHING ROOM OR RESPITE. THE SCRIPTURE CASE IS SHOWING A BUNCH OF MEN THAT HAVE BEEN FIGHTING A BATTLE WERE TOLD TO OBEY AN ORDER FROM THE KING NOT TO EAT AND AFTER THAT KIND OF PHYSICAL EXERTION THE MEN WERE RAVENOUS. JONATHAN HAD NOT HEARD THE ORDER SO HE TOOK THE FOOD FROM HIS HAND AND PUT IT IN HIS MOUTH. I.E., FROM HAND TO MOUTH.
I SAMUEL 16:16
A SAYING THAT SHOWS THE POWER OF MUSIC TO BE ABLE TO MOVE PEOPLE OR TO ALTER ONE'S MOOD. KNOWING THAT THE DEVIL WAS AN INSTRUMENTAL BEING SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT DIFFERENT MUSIC WILL MOVE FOLKS CERTAIN WAYS. I.E., ROCK MUSIC MOVES YOU ONE WAY AND SPIRITUAL MUSIC MOVES YOU ANOTHER WAY. YOU DECIDE THE DIRECTION OF THE MOVEMENT WHETHER IT BE GOOD OR BAD BY WHAT YOU SUBJECT YOURSELF TO.
I SAMUEL 17:20
I.E., DITCH OR DEEP FURROW.
I SAMUEL 17:29
A QUESTION THAT HAS BEEN ASKED BY EVERYONE AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. WORDED SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT IN THE BIBLE, BUT THE SAME MEANING.
I SAMUEL 17:29
JUST A COMMON QUESTION SAYING IS THERE NOT A REASON TO DO THIS OR THAT. GENERALLY THOUGHT TO BE A GOOD REASON AT LEAST BY THE PERSON THAT IS DOING THE ASKING.
I SAMUEL 17:32
WHEN THE HEART FAILS TODAY, YOU GO INTO THE HOSPITAL. IN DAVID'S CASE, IT WAS A PSYCHOLOGICAL THING WHERE THE MEN WERE FAINT-HEARTED AND BECAUSE OF THIS FEAR THEY WOULD NOT FIGHT PROPERLY.
I SAMUEL 17:42
THIS IS THE GUY THAT HAS BEEN SINGLED OUT BY SOMEONE HIGHER IN AUTHORITY THAN HE FOR SPECIAL FAVORS. HE BASICALLY CAN DO NO WRONG ON HIS CLIMB UP THE LADDER. YOU SEE THIS IS IN CHURCH ON OCCASION WHERE SOME FOLKS CAN GET AWAY WITH CERTAIN SINS AND NEVER BE CALLED DOWN ABOUT THEM. IT MUST BE A CASE WHERE THE SIN HAPPENS TO BE THE SAME AS THE MAN IN CHARGE SO IT GETS MAGICALLY LOOKED OVER.(JUST A GUESS FOLKS) DAVID IS THE FAIR HAIRED BOY IN THIS PASSAGE AND IN ACTS 7:20 MOSES IS THE FAIR HAIRED ONE. I KNOW THAT THE WORD "HAIR" IS NOT IN THESE VERSE BUT THE WORLD USES THE EXTRA WORD TO SAY THE SAME THING THE BIBLE SAYS WITHOUT THE WORD. IF YOU WANT THE FAIR AND HAIR TO BE IN THE SAME VERSE YOU HAVE TO GO TO SONG OF SOLOMON AND YOU WILL FIND THAT THE LORD JESUS IS THE ONLY TRUE FAIR HAIRED ONE BUT YOU WOULD NOT SAY "BOY" WHEN DESCRIBING HIM. THE WAY THE WORLD SLAMS THE LORD JESUS CHRIST I WOULD NOT BE A BIT SURPRISED THAT THEIR MEANING FOR FAIR-HAIRED BOY WOULD MORE LIKELY COME FROM SONG OF SOLOMON IN THE WAY OF SLIGHTING OUR LORD. IN THE SAME MANNER A PARTICULAR RACE HAS HAD THEIR MEN CALLED "BOY" IN A DEROGATORY FASHION THE WORLD WOULD SAY THIS SAME THING ABOUT OUR LORD THE SAME WAY.
I SAMUEL 17:48-49
SOMEONE WHO THINKS HE OR SHE IS SOMETHING ABOVE THE OTHER FOLKS. IN THE BIBLE CASE, IT IS A TWO-EDGED SWORD. GOLIATH THOUGHT HE WAS A BIG SHOT, WHEN IN REALITY DAVID FIRED THE BIG SHOT THAT BROUGHT HIM DOWN TO THE GROUND. GOLIATH CEASED BEING A BIG SHOT BECAUSE OF A WELL PLACED "BIG SHOT".
I SAMUEL 17:49
SIMPLY STATED, THE MORE MASS A BODY HAS, THE MORE WEIGHT IT WILL FALL WITH, SO IT ACTUALLY FALLS HARDER. THIS SAYING HAS BEEN TOLD TO ALL SMALL BOYS THAT ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH BIGGER BOYS FROM TIME MEMORIAL. GOLIATH, FELL HARD AND STAYED DOWN.
I SAMUEL 17:49
PEOPLE SAY THIS WHEN A DRINK OF THEIR FAVORITE BEVERAGE IS JUST WHAT THEY WANT. WHEN ONE IS RIGHT ON TARGET WITH THEIR AIM (AS IN A BULLS-EYE), WE SAY THAT THEY HAVE HIT THE SPOT. IN DAVID'S CASE, HE HIT THE RIGHT SPOT AND GOLIATH HIT THE GROUND.
I SAMUEL 17:51
GOLIATH LITERALLY LOST HIS HEAD TO THE SWORD. WHEN SAID IN THE WORLD'S SYSTEM, IT USUALLY MEANS THE PERSON'S DONE SOMETHING SO FOOLISH THAT IT APPEARS THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY HEAD TO THINK WITH, SO THEY SAY HE LOST HIS HEAD.
I SAMUEL 17:56
THE NAME GIVEN A YOUNG LAD OR BOY.
I SAMUEL 18:5
HE ACTED APPROPRIATELY FOR THE SITUATION AND IS IN COMMAND OF HIMSELF.
I SAMUEL 18:9
JUST PLACING SOMEONE UNDER CLOSE SCRUTINY TO SEE WHAT HE OR SHE WILL DO UNDER ANY GIVEN SITUATION.
I SAMUEL 18:9
THIS CAN ALSO BE USED IN THE SENSE OF JEALOUSLY AS WAS THE PROBABLE CASE IN THE BIBLE VERSE INDICATED.
I SAMUEL 18:30
WHEN PEOPLE THINK VERY HIGHLY OF SOMETHING OR SOMEONE THEY USE THIS PHRASE, AS A MATTER OF FACT THE SOUTHERN FOLKS USE IT VERY OFTEN. THE SAME SENSE OF THE WORLD'S USE IS WHAT THE BIBLE INTENDED ALL ALONG, SO THIS IS ONE OF THE PLACES THAT THE TWO AGREE.
I SAMUEL 19:5
IN DAVID'S CASE, GOLIATH'S LIFE WAS IN HIS HANDS, BECAUSE HE WAS SLINGING THE ROCK. IF HE HAD MISSED, THE GIANT WOULD HAVE KILLED HIM AND HE WOULD HAVE PUT HIS LIFE IN GOLIATH'S HANDS. SOMETIMES PEOPLE PUT THEIR LIVES IN OTHERS 'HANDS. I.E., THE HAND THAT THEY TRUST, LITERALLY, HOLDS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. LOST PEOPLE DO THIS EVERYDAY IN THEIR CARS DRIVING AROUND. (THEY AREN'T IN GOD'S HAND, JOHN 10:29, SO THEY MUST BE TRUSTING THEIR OWN TO SAVE THEMSELVES FROM DRIVING MISHAPS.) FOOLISH, HUH?
I SAMUEL 19:10
THIS IS NOT USED IN A BARN HITTING CONTEST, BUT RATHER THE LARGENESS OF A BARN'S SIDE IS USED TO SHOW HOW INEPT THE PERSON'S AIM OR ABILITY TO HIT SOMETHING IS. THANK GOD SAUL'S INABILITY TO HIT THE BROAD SIDE OF A BARN PREVAILED WHEN HE TRIED TO HIT DAVID WITH THE JAVELIN.
I SAMUEL 19:16
THIS WORD IS USED TO CONVEY THE MEANING OF HOLD SOMEONE OR SOMETHING UP. THE PILLOW IN THE VERSE DOES EXACTLY THAT.
I SAMUEL 20:9
THE CASE IN THIS VERSE MEANS THAT BLAME IS TO BE KEPT FAR FROM JONATHAN, FOR IF HE KNEW THERE WAS TO BE TROUBLE FOR DAVID, HE WOULD TELL HIM. TO KEEP SOMETHING FAR FROM YOU, AS IN THIS CASE OF BLAME OR ANY KIND OF REPROACH THAT YOU ARE NOT REMOTELY GUILTY OF. I.E., KEEP WHATEVER MAY BE THE INSINUATION OR ALLEGATION AWAY FROM ME, I'M NOT THE GUILTY PARTY. SOUTHERNERS USE THIS PHRASE TO DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM SOMEONE OR SOMETHING.
I SAMUEL 20:12
CHECKING ON A PERSON'S STATE OF MIND TO SEE WHAT THEY WILL DO IN A GIVEN SITUATION. IN GENESIS 22:21 ISAAC IS LITERALLY FEELING HIS SON JACOB TO SEE WHO HE WAS. HIS QUESTIONS TO HIM WERE ALSO MEANT TO FEEL HIM OUT AND SEE WHAT HE WAS UP TO.
I SAMUEL 20:18
COULD BE SAID WHEN YOU ARE SPEAKING WHEN IT IS NOT YOUR TURN OR MESSING IN SOMETHING THAT IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS. IN DAVID'S CASE, HIS SEAT WAS EMPTY BECAUSE HE WAS OUT OF PLACE. I.E., NOT WHERE THEY BELONG.
I SAMUEL 20:20-24
A KID'S GAME PLAYED UNIVERSALLY. YOU HIDE AND SOMEONE SEEKS YOU.
I SAMUEL 20:40
THE INSTRUMENTS OF WAR THAT LOB OR HURL THE SHELL, ARROW, BOMB, ETC. A LONG DISTANCE FROM YOU.
I SAMUEL 21:13
THIS IS SAID WHEN A MAN DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE ALL HIS FACILITIES ABOUT HIM OR APPEARS CRAZY. ONE OAR IN THE WATER, PILOT LIGHT IS BLOWED OUT, ELEVATOR DON'T GO TO THE TOP ETC. EXACTLY AS DAVID IS DOING HERE.
I SAMUEL 21:13-14
LITTLE CHILDREN DO THIS QUITE OFTEN AND IF NOT CORRECTED WILL DO IT LATER IN LIFE TO GET THEIR WAY. (TEMPER TANTRUM). DAVID WAS NOT TRUSTING GOD TO TAKE CARE OF HIM SO HE ACTED LIKE A CRAZY MAN TO HAVE HIS LIFE SPARED, HE THREW THE KIND OF FIT ASSOCIATED WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS OF SOME KIND.
I SAMUEL 22:15
SOME MIDDLE GROUND OF A THING.
I SAMUEL 22:22
THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A PROPHETIC SAYING AFTER THE FACT. IF YOU DID KNOW 'IT'AND YOU COULD HAVE HELPED AND/OR STOPPED IT FROM HAPPENING, WHY DIDN'T YOU? HOWEVER, WE ARE ALL GUILTY FROM TIME TO TIME OF SAYING THIS, USUALLY IN A HOLIER-THAN-THOU SORT OF WAY AND/OR A FINGER POINTING TYPE OF MANNER.
I SAMUEL 24:4
A PORTION OF CLOTHES WORN AT THE BOTTOM OF AN OUTFIT, EXACTLY WHERE THE SKIRT OF THE ROBE WAS LOCATED.
I SAMUEL 25:10
SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING NOW OR AT THIS PRESENT TIME.
I SAMUEL 25:37
IN THE PETRIFIED FOREST YOU WILL FIND WOOD THAT HAS TURNED TO STONE. WHEN THIS SAYING IS USED IT IS USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH FEAR AND FEAR HAS A WAY OF FREEZING A PERSON IN PLACE. I.E., STONELIKE. WHEN A PERSON DIES, HE GOES THROUGH A PHASE CALLED RIGOR MORTIS WHERE HE BECOMES STIFF OR IMMOVABLE (PETRIFIED).
I SAMUEL 26:21
SOMETHING EVERYONE HAS DONE AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. THERE ARE TIMES OUR FRIENDS PUT US IN THE POSITION OF HAVING TO PLAY THIS ROLE. YOUR SAFEST POSITION IS TO BE A FOOL AS OFTEN AS YOU CAN FOR JESUS'S SAKE. (SAFE POSITION-II COR 12:11)
I SAMUEL 27:11
THIS MAY NOT QUALIFY FOR A SPECIFIC SAYING, BUT IT IS A WAY OF SPEECH THAT WE USE TODAY. GOD GAVE US THE MODEL FOR THE SAYING SO WE CONTINUE WITH IT UNTIL TODAY. MANY OF THESE EXPRESSIONS ARE 'IMPROPER' GRAMMAR BUT GOD HAS A WAY OF FIXING SOMETHING THAT EVEN WHEN YOU KNOW THE PROPER WAY, WE GENERALLY USE GOD'S WAY IN SPITE OF THE KNOWLEDGE.LOST FOLKS USE ALL THESE SAYINGS ALL THE TIME, EVEN WHEN THEY PROFESS TO HATE GOD OR HATE HIS BOOK.
I SAMUEL 29:9
THIS IS GENERALLY SPOKEN TO OR ABOUT A PERSON THAT HAS AN OBVIOUS AIR OF INNOCENCE ABOUT THEM. YOU CAN LOOK ON A BABY'S FACE AND SEE THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BABY AND A TWENTY YEAR NAVY MAN'S FACE. HIS FACE IS FULL OF SIN AND THE OTHER IS ANGELIC. ANOTHER GOOD ONE IS FOUND IN ACTS 6:15.
I SAMUEL 30:12
THIS IS A SAYING THE WORLD USES TO SHOW THAT SOMETHING IS EASY TO DO OR EASY TO GET. I.E., FIXING THAT CAR WAS A PIECE OF CAKE OR CLEANING THAT HOUSE WAS A PIECE OF CAKE. IN THESE VERSES YOU WILL SEE THE PIECE OF CAKE IS MENTIONED IN VERSE 12, AND THEN YOU WILL SEE THAT DAVID ASKS THIS SERVANT TO LEAD HIM TO THE AMALEKITES, THE NEXT THING YOU READ DAVID HAS HIS WIVES BACK AND HIS LOST SPOIL. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE SERVANT HAD ANY TROUBLE FINDING THESE PEOPLE AND DAVID DIDN'T HAVE ANY TROUBLE GETTING HIS THINGS BACK. SIMPLE DEDUCTION TELLS YOU IT WAS A PIECE OF CAKE!
I SAMUEL 30:15
THE WORLD THINKS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO INVOKE SOME SPECIAL POWER WHEN THEY USE THIS SAYING AND WHEN THEY DO THEY DON'T EVEN BELIEVE IN THE GOD THEY ARE TRYING TO USE. DAVID FIGURED THAT A MAN THAT WOULD PROMISE BY GOD TO DO NO WRONG WAS CERTAINLY MAN ENOUGH TO KEEP HIS WORD. IT DIDN'T ALWAYS WORK FOR DAVID AND IF YOU TRY IT TODAY FOR THE MOST PART YOU WILL PROBABLY BE WASTING YOUR TIME. CHRISTIANS TODAY THINK KEEPING THEIR WORD IS ONLY IMPORTANT IF IT IS EXPEDIENT FOR THEM. MANY TIMES THEY WILL TELL YOU THEY WILL DO SOMETHING OR OTHER AND WHEN YOU ASK THEM LONG AFTER THE PROMISED DATE THEY ALWAYS HAVE SOME COCK-A-MAAMY REASON THEY COULDN'T DO IT. WHAT YOU HAVE IS A BUNCH OF CHRISTIAN LIARS THAT AREN'T MAN ENOUGH TO JUST SAY NO OR DO WHAT THEY PROMISED IN THE FIRST PLACE. PSALMS 138:2 SAYS THAT GOD HAS MAGNIFIED HIS WORD ABOVE HIS NAME, AND IF A SAVED PERSON CAN'T APPLY THIS VERSE TO HIS OWN LIFE PERHAPS HE NEEDS TO RETHINK HIS POSITION. DON'T GET MAD, IF THE SHOE FITS WEAR IT.
I SAMUEL 30:24
THIS PHRASE IS USED WHEN A PERSON HANGS IN THERE AND DOESN'T GIVE UP ON A PARTICULAR SITUATION. IN THE BIBLE POSITION, A MAN ACTUALLY STAYED BEHIND TO WATCH OVER THE FIGHTING FORCE'S STUFF. I.E., FOOD, EXTRA HORSES, MAYBE EXTRA WEAPONS, ETC.
I SAMUEL 31:4
DO SOMETHING TO STOP WHATEVER PAIN OR TROUBLE I AM IN ACCORDING TO THE WORLD'S USE OF THE PHRASE. IN THE BIBLE'S USE, SAUL WANTED TO BE PUT TO DEATH LITERALLY, TO STOP NOT ONLY THE PAIN, BUT THE TORTURE THAT WOULD SURELY COME FROM THE HANDS OF HIS ENEMIES.
I SAMUEL 31:10
SOMEONE THAT GETS ON YOUR NERVES AND JUST AGGRAVATES YOU TO NO END. (YOU DON'T REALLY RUN UP A WALL.) SAUL'S BODY HOWEVER, WAS PUT UP ON THE WALL AS A DISPLAY TO SHOW HIS ENEMIES. HE WAS DRIVEN THROUGH WITH SPIKES OF SOME KIND TO HOLD HIM UP.
I SAMUEL 31:10
WE SAY THIS TO A PERSON THAT IS CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS PREDICAMENT EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOT DEAD PHYSICALLY. (THOUGH HE COULD BE.) JUST CAUGHT DEAD TO RIGHTS. MEAT IN A LOCKER PLANT IS HUNG UP TO COOL PROPERLY AND TO LET THE BLOOD DRAIN OUT OF THE CARCASS. SAUL WAS HUNG UP EXACTLY AS A PIECE OF DEAD MEAT WHICH HE WAS.
II SAMUEL 1:16
SOMETHING YOU SAID HAS COME BACK TO HAUNT YOU AND SURE ENOUGH THE PERSON THAT HEARD YOU SAY IT IS STANDING RIGHT THERE TO REMIND YOU THAT IS WHAT YOU SAID IN THE FIRST PLACE. BASICALLY YOU TOLD ON YOURSELF AND NOW IT IS GOING TO COST YOU AS IS THE SCRIPTURAL CASE. IN MODERN DAY AMERICA YOU CAN TELL ON YOURSELF BUT IF THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN YOU YOUR RIGHTS YOU WALK FREE! CRAZY JUDICIAL SYSTEM WE HAVE.
II SAMUEL 3:27
TOUGH WAY TO DIE IN THIS VERSE. FOR A LOST MAN ALL WAYS TO DIE ARE LOUSY, SOME OF COURSE, ARE WORSE THAN OTHERS, BUT ALL LOST DEATHS LEAD TO HELL. I.E., A LOUSY PLACE TO GO.
II SAMUEL 6:21
THIS IS WHAT THE WORLD SAYS TO JUSTIFY THEIR NON-STOP DESIRE FOR FUN TIME AND PLAY. MOST AMERICANS BARELY WORK A 40 HOUR WORK WEEK AND YET THEY ARE STRESSED OUT! THEY USE THE SAYING TO RATIONALIZE SIN MANY TIMES BECAUSE THEIR IDEA OF PLAY IS SIN. DAVID HAD WON A GREAT VICTORY FOR THE LORD IN A HARD FOUGHT BATTLE AND HE IS COMING BACK PRAISING THE LORD FOR THE VICTORY AND PLAYING.
II SAMUEL 9:8
IN THE BIBLE, A LOST MAN IS PICTURED AS A DOG DAVID IS NOT DEAD IN THIS VERSE BUT HE IS SHOWING THAT HE SEEKS A LOW PLACE, AND IS TRYING TO STAY HUMBLE. THE JEWS LOOKED UPON GENTILES AS DOGS. AN EXPRESSION OF LOW SELF-WORTH OR ESTEEM. (GOOD PLACE TO STAY. IT WILL KEEP YOU FROM GETTING PROUD AND HAVE GOD KNOCK YOUR BLOCK OFF.)
II SAMUEL 9:10
THIS IS STILL THE SAME TERM FOR THE FARMER TO GET HIS LAND READY FOR THE PLANTING OF HIS CROPS. I.E., THE FARMER IS TILLING HIS FIELDS.
II SAMUEL 10:4
THIS IS USED IN THE WORLD'S WORKPLACE TO DELINEATE SHODDY OR POOR WORKMANSHIP FROM THAT WHICH IS QUALITY IN NATURE. IN THE BIBLE THE USAGE IS NOT A WORKMANSHIP SITUATION,BUT AN EXPOSING OF HALF OF THE BUTTOCKS, HALF OF THEIR BEARDS, AND HALF OF THEIR UPPER BODIES.IN THE BIBLE AN ASS IS AN ANIMAL WITH FOUR FEET AND A BUTTOCK IS A MAN'S 'HIND'END (OR WOMEN'S) SO THE SAYING COMES FROM THE BIBLE BUT IT IS TWISTED WITH THE WORLD'S DEFINITION OF WORDS OR THE IMPROPER USE OF THEM.****NONE THE LESS FOR ALL OF THE ABOVE IT IS A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION STARTER FOR A WITNESS.********
II SAMUEL 10:9
THIS WORD IS USED TO SHOW THE AREA OF THE HIGHEST OR HOTTEST FIGHTING GOING ON IN THE PRESENT BATTLE.STILL USED TODAY ON THE TV AND NEWSPAPER TO DESCRIBE FIGHTING GOING ON ALL AROUND THE GLOBE REGULARLY. WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS. LOOK UP BRETHERN. YOUR REDEMPTION DRAWETH NIGH.
II SAMUEL 10:12
THIS IS A PECULIAR SAYING FOR THIS DAY AND AGE BECAUSE HALF THE TIME YOU CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MEN AND THE WOMEN, WITH THE CRAZY HAIR AND CLOTHES. IT IS USUALLY USED IN A STIFF UPPER LIP KIND OF WAY WHEN A YOUNG MAN IS DOWN IN THE MOUTH OVER SOME EVENT. HE IS TOLD THIS TO GET HIM BACK ON TRACK. THE BIBLE REFERENCE IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT IN THAT IT SAYS MEN INSTEAD OF MAN, BUT 'YOU GET THE PICTURE' DON'T YOU?
II SAMUEL 11:2-5
THIS IS WHEN YOU PULL A KING SIZED BONER, A REAL MISTAKE OF SOME MAGNITUDE. IN DAVID'S CASE HE WAS ROYALTY AND HIS MISTAKE WAS IN FACT KING-SIZED AS WELL AS VERY EXPENSIVE. SIN PAYS, BUT IT GENERALLY PAYS BACK AND YOU DON'T CARE FOR THE PAYMENT WHEN IT COMES BACK.
II SAMUEL 13:33
YOU CANNOT ACTUALLY TAKE ANY THING INTO YOUR PHYSICAL HEART. YOU CAN HOWEVER TAKE SOMETHING TO HEART EMOTIONALLY AND THIS IS THE RUB. SOME THINGS TAKEN TO HEART CAN DESTROY YOU EMOTIONALLY AND IT MAY NOT BE TRUE. I.E., YOU GET A NEW NEIGHBOR AND YOU THINK YOU SAW HIS PICTURE IN THE PAPER FOR MURDER. SOME HARSH EVENT OR HAPPENING THAT WILL CAUSE MUCH PAIN IS DWELT ON, OR YOU PULL IT IN YOUR BOSOM AND NOURISH IT. I.E., TAKE IT TO HEART. ONE SAYING TELLS YOU TO DWELL ON IT AND THE OTHER TELLS YOU NOT TO.
II SAMUEL 14:3
SOMEONE ELSE IS REALLY DOING THE TALKING AND THE PERSON THAT IS PUTTING THEM UP TO IT REMAINS HIDDEN IN THE BACKGROUND.ACTORS,POLITICIANS,CROOKS OF ALL SORTS PRACTICE THIS ART. IT CAN BE A SITUATION WHERE SOMEONE HAS SAID SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T SAY. I.E., DON'T PUT WORDS IN MY MOUTH.
II SAMUEL 14:14
WHEN THIS IS SAID IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MILK MOST OF THE TIME, IT IS JUST TRYING TO SHOW YOU AS IT IS FUTILE TO TRY TO PICK UP THE MILK THAT IS ALREADY SPILLED. IT IS FUTILE TO CRY OVER SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT. THE GERMANS SAY DON'T WORRY ABOUT SOMETHING YOU CAN DO NOTHING ABOUT AND IF YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, QUIT YOUR WORRYING AND DO IT. THE SENSE OF THE SCRIPTURE IS BASICALLY THAT OF WHAT THE WORLD USES. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE BIBLE IS TALKING ABOUT WATER INSTEAD OF MILK. SAME PRINCIPLE!!!!!!!
II SAMUEL 14:26
SIMPLY PUT, A HAIRCUT. IN ABSOLOM'S CASE,HIS PRIDE MADE A BIG DEAL OR CEREMONY ABOUT HIS HAIRCUT.ABSALOM WAS THE CLASSIC CASE OF A PRETTY BOY WHO THOUGHT THAT WHAT HE DID WAS MORE SPECIAL THAN ANYONE ELSE.
II SAMUEL 15:3
A MAN APPOINTED TO FILL A CERTAIN ROLE OR POSITION.I.E.,SHERRIFFS HAVE TRADITIONALLY APPOINTED THEIR DEPUTIES UNDER THEM.JUDGES AND CABINET MEMBERS ETC., ARE ALL GENERALLY DEPUTED (APPOINTED).
II SAMUEL 17:23
GENERALLY SPOKEN TO A MAN THAT HAS JUST FOUND OUT HIS TIME OF LIFE HAS DRAWN TO A CLOSE.CANCER,TERMINAL KIDNEY PATIENTS,AND OTHERS OF THE SAME LIKE ARE TOLD SOMETHING LIKE THIS. BASICALLY,WE ARE SAYING THAT WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO DO,DO IT BEFORE YOU HAVE NO MORE TIME.ALSO PHYSICAL STRAIGHTENING OF THE HOUSE;AN ORDERLY ARRANGING OF YOUR AFFAIRS. AHITHOPHEL, OF COURSE, KNEW HE WAS GOING TO TAKE HIS OWN LIFE VERY SOON,SO HE SET HIS HOUSE ON ORDER AS A MATTER OF COURSE.
II SAMUEL 18:9
FOR ABSALOM HIS LONG HAIR CAUGHT IN A TREE AND RAISED HIM FROM HIS MULE. GENERALLY SPEAKING,THE WORLD USES IT TO DESCRIBE A FRIGHTENING, SCARY EXPERIENCE. THE HAIR-RAISES-ON-THE-BACK-OF OF YOUR NECK KIND OF THING. JOB 4:14-16 TELLS OF A HAIR RAISING EXPERIENCE, ALSO. .
II SAMUEL 18:9
IN THE WORLD THIS USUALLY MEANS YOU ARE TAKING SOME KIND OF BIG CHANCE. I.E., TAKING A BIG RISK THAT COULD BE VERY COSTLY. ABSALOM'S LONG HAIR WAS HIS UNDOING BECAUSE HE WAS LITERALLY CAUGHT OUT ON A LIMB AND KILLED WHERE HE HUNG.
II SAMUEL 18:10
REFERS TO GETTING STUCK AT A CERTAIN POINT OR PLACE WITHOUT MAKING ANY FORWARD PROGRESS. ABSALOM'S CASE WAS LITERAL AND IT COST HIM HIS LIFE. HIS PRIDE IN HIS LONG HAIR WAS THE CAUSE OF HIS DEATH. IT WAS A HAIR RAISING EXPERIENCE.
II SAMUEL 18:13
THIS IS A CASE WHERE A FRIEND OR ENEMY KNOWS YOU VERY WELL AND HOW OR WHAT YOU DO IN ALL KINDS OF SITUATIONS. WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE YOU MAKE MORE INFORMED CHOICES WHEN IT CONCERNS THE PERSON YOU KNOW WELL. IN JOAB'S CASE IN THIS VERSE HIS SOLDIER KNEW JOAB WOULD HAVE HAD HIM KILLED IF HE KILLED ABSALOM. AND THEN JOAB WOULD HAVE COME OUT'SMELLING LIKE A ROSE'.IN OTHER WORDS THE MAN WAS SMART ENOUGH ABOUT JOAB AND HOW HE ACTED NOT TO DO HIS DIRTY WORK FOR HIM AND THEN BE BLAMED ANYWAY. REMEMBER LOST MAN THAT THESE ATTRIBUTES ARE THE LORD'S AND HE HAS YOUR NUMBER. MATTHEW 25:41.
II SAMUEL 18:28-29
THIS IS WHAT A GOOD FRIEND WILL DO WHEN HE KNOWS YOU HAVE BAD NEWS COMING AND IT IS GOING TO HURT YOU VERY MUCH (DEATH OF A LOVED ONE). YOUR FRIEND WILL TRY TO FIND A WAY OF WORDING OR PRESENTING THE BAD NEWS WHERE IT MAY TAKE SOME OF THE EDGE OFF. DAVID HAD A SERVANT THAT WAS FAITHFUL TO HIM AND HE DID THIS VERY THING.
II SAMUEL 19:3
THE WORD THAT AMERICA HAS BEGUN TO PUT ON IT'S MOST SOPHISTICATED AIRCRAFT, IT LITERALLY MEANS SECRETLY. IN THIS BIBLE VERSE WE SEE THE PEOPLE COMING IN THE CITY AS QUIET AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE DAVID HAS JUST LOST HIS SON AND THEY DO NOT WANT TO DISTURB HIM. I WOULD SAY THIS IS THE REASON FOR THE NAMES OF THE PLANES, THEY DO NOT WANT TO COME IN SOME COUNTRY AND DISTURB THEM. I.E., THEY WOULD LIKE TO BOMB THEIR BRAINS OUT AND LEAVE WITH OUT THEMSELVES (AIRCRAFT) BEING DISTURBED OR MOLESTED (READ SHOT DOWN).
II SAMUEL 19:18
THE TERM THE WORLD USES FOR A BOAT THAT SERVICES A SHORT DISTANCE. A SHIP THAT USUALLY HAULS PASSENGERS AND THEIR TRANSPORTATION OR GOODS FOR SHORT DISTANCES. THE BIBLE DEFINITION IS ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE. OF COURSE WE SHOULD NOTE THAT THE TERM FERRY IS AN OLD AND ANTIQUATED WORD BUT IT IS STILL USED TODAY TO DESCRIBE EXACTLY WHAT IT DID THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO. IT SHOWS YOU THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET AWAY FROM THE KING'S ENGLISH, EVEN IF IT IS OLD BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT GOD USED TO BRING HIS WORD FORTH PURIFIED THE 7TH TIME. TO SLIP IN A BIT OF HUMOR I HEARD THAT THE 'GAYS' WERE STARTING A NAVY AND THEY CALLED THEIR BOATS "FERRY BOATS" (FAIRY). LIGHTEN UP FOLKS! IF YOU ARE SAVED YOU SHOULD HATE THE THINGS GOD HATES SHOULDN'T YOU? DIDN'T ELIJAH MOCK THE PROPHETS OF BAAL? IF JOKES LIKE THIS MAKE YOU MAD GET YOUR HEART RIGHT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. DON'T LET THE DEVIL TRICK YOU INTO BEING MAD ABOUT SOMETHING YOU SHOULDN'T BE MAD ABOUT.
II SAMUEL 19:19
DON'T REALLY DWELL ON THIS OR THAT AND/OR BELIEVE IT IS THE SENSE THAT THE WORLD USES THIS SAYING. WHAT THEY WANT IS FOR YOU TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY AND JUST SORT OF SWEEP IT UNDER THE CARPET (WHATEVER THEIR INDISCRETION). THE VERSE HERE HAS SHIMEI WANTING DAVID TO DO THE SAME THING ABOUT HIS "LITTLE" ERRORS OF JUDGMENT.
II SAMUEL 19:31
THIS IS THE MAN OR WOMAN THAT LEADS, IT COULD BE AN ORCHESTRA, PLAY, OPERA OR ANY NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES. IN THE OLD DAYS WHEN LOTS OF PEOPLE TRAVELED BY TRAIN EVERYONE WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE CONDUCTOR WHO WAS THE ONE TO LEAD YOU TO YOUR SEAT. THE MAN IN THIS VERSE DID THE VERY SAME KIND OF THING WITH HIS LEADING OR "CONDUCTING" THE KING.
II SAMUEL 20:12
COMMON PRACTICE TODAY AS IT WAS IN BIBLE TIMES. IT KEEPS FOLKS FROM GAWKING AT THE DECEASED; A SORT OF RESPECTFUL KIND OF THING.
II SAMUEL 20:16
A GENERALLY LOUD VOICED CRY TO GET SOMEONE'S ATTENTION FOR SOME PARTICULAR THING THAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. IN A COURT ROOMYOU CAN SOMETIMES HEAR THIS BEFORE THE ALL RISE CALL OR IN A NOISY HALL PRIOR TO THE SPEAKER COMING TO THE PODIUM.
II SAMUEL 20:20
SIMILAR TO FAR BE IT(I SAMUEL 20:9). PERHAPS A LITTLE MORE PERSONAL WITH THE 'ME' ADDED TO IT.
II SAMUEL 21:1
COMMON EXPRESSION THAT REALLY NEEDS NO COMMENT.
II SAMUEL 21:17
THIS IS WHEN THE PERSON DELIVERING THE BLOW DOES SOMETHING TO GET YOUR MIND OFF THE MATTER AT HAND AND KNOCKS YOU FLAT. HE SUCKERED YOU INTO BELIEVING HE WAS HARMLESS OR WOULDN'T HURT YOU. THE SAME THING HERE IN SCRIPTURE HAPPENS, WHEN THE GIANT IS SUCCORED (OLD ENGLISH FOR HELPED) AND THEN ABISHAI KILLS HIM. I KNOW ABISHAI PROBABLY WAS HELPING DAVID HERE, BUT WHATEVER HE DID, TO WHOEVER HE DID IT TO, THE GIANT WAS TAKEN OFF GUARD BY IT AND LOST HIS LIFE.
II SAMUEL 23:2
WHEN WE JUST CAN'T RECALL SOMETHING IN WORDS BUT WE HAVE THE MEANING OR THE THOUGHT IN OUR HEAD, WE SAY THIS.IF YOU WERE TO LOOK ON THE TONGUE YOU WOULD SEE NOTHING BUT WE SAY THIS ANYWAY.
I KINGS 1:50-51
THE WORLD USES THIS SAYING TO EXPRESS THE FACT THAT SOMEONE HAS COME TO GRIPS WITH A CERTAIN SITUATION IN THEIR LIFE AND THEY ARE GOING TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT OFF.IN ADONIJAH'S CASE HE THOUGHT BY GRABBING THE HORNS OF THE ALTAR HE WOULD BE PROTECTED FROM DEATH. SEE ALSO EXODUS 29:10.
I KINGS 2:18
SOUTHERN EXPRESSION FOR YES EXACTLY AS USED HERE IN THIS VERSE.
I KINGS 3:7
HAVING TOO MANY THINGS TO DO AT ONE TIME OR BEING EMOTIONALLY DISTRAUGHT WILL ILLICIT THIS RESPONSE MOST TIMES. PICTURE A YOUNG WOMAN WITH THREE TODDLERS, ALL IN DIAPERS, WITH THE POTS ON THE STOVE BOILING, THE WASHING MACHINE RUNNING OVER, THE DOORBELL'S RINGING, AND THE PHONE IS STARTING TO RING, BUT YOU HAVE TO REACT TO THE ONE THAT IS MOST IMPORTANT, LIKE THE OVERFLOWING SINK. SOLOMON IN THIS VERSE IS PRAYING FOR WISDOM ON HOW TO DEAL WITH ISRAEL AND ACKNOWLEDGES GOD'S HELP.
I KINGS 9:27
OUR WORD FOR THE BRANCH OF THE ARMED FORCES THAT UTILIZES THE MAJORITY OF THE FIGHTING SHIPS. I.E., HAVING TO DO WITH SHIPS AND WATER. GOD NAMES IT FIRST THEN WE FOLLOW SUIT.
I KINGS 10:7
USED IN THE SOUTH DURING STORYTELLING TIME. USED IN A REAL GOOD HYMN ALSO.
I KINGS 11:1-5
THIS IS USUALLY SAID TO JUSTIFY A MAN'S FORNICATION AND GIVE AN EXCUSE (HE THINKS) FOR HIS SIN. TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THIS MANY WIVES WOUND UP COSTING SOLOMON AND YOU MAY TAKE A NEW THOUGHT AS TO HOW MUCH VARIETY IS REALLY A GOOD THING. PLEASE DON'T FORGET THAT SOLOMON WAS THE WISEST MAN THAT EVER LIVED AND HE COULD NOT HANDLE THIS MUCH VARIETY.
I KINGS 14:3
PORK FAT FRIED REAL CRISP; ALSO, A SMALL, HARD BISCUIT COOKED IN THE SOUTH.
I KINGS 14:6
MODERN DAY SLANG FOR A MESSAGE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE SOME WEIGHT, SOME GREAT IMPORTANCE OR REVELATION; STREET TALK USED ALL THE TIME. THE MESSAGE THAT WAS BEING DELIVERED IN THE BIBLE WAS OF SUCH IMPORT AND WOULD AFFECT LIVES DRAMATICALLY SO IT WAS CALLED HEAVY TIDINGS. EVEN THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHEN THEY THINK THEY HAVE COINED A NEW PHRASE COULD TAKE A GLANCE THROUGH THE OLD BOOK AND IT WOULD AGAIN SHOW THAT GOD SAID IT FIRST.
I KINGS 14:22
USUALLY SAID WHEN YOU HAVE EXTENDED YOURSELF AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, DONE AS MUCH AS YOU WERE ABLE TO, AND THEN DID A LITTLE MORE; YOUR VERY BEST, PLUS SOME. JUDAH DID HIS VERY BEST PLUS A WHOLE LOT MORE, BUT HIS EXCELLENCE WAS IN EVIL.
I KINGS 17:12-16
THIS SAYING IS USED WHEN SOMEONE IS USING SOMETHING OR SOMEONE THAT IS LESS THAN WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE USED, IF MORE OR BETTER WOULD BE AVAILABLE. SORT OF A DEROGATORY PHRASE INSINUATING YOU COULD OR WOULD DO BETTER IF MORE OR BETTER WERE ACCESSIBLE. ELIJAH, OF COURSE, WAS HAVING THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL SCRAPED LITERALLY, BUT BECAUSE OF GOD'S PROVISION, THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL WAS NEVER REACHED BECAUSE GOD KEPT FILLING IT MIRACULOUSLY.
I KINGS 18:26
THE WORLD SAYS THIS TO SOMEONE WHO IS GIVING THEM A LONG STRING OF VERBAGE THAT IS BASICALLY UNTRUE. THEY USE THE COARSER TERM OF BULL DUNG (BS) AS OFTEN TO DESCRIBE THE SAME THING. IN THE PASSAGE, THEY ARE CALLING ON THE BULL GOD TO GET THEIR PRAYER ANSWERED. THEY ARE OFFERING UP A SACRIFICIAL BULL TO THE BULL GOD WITH RITUAL PRAYERS THAT ARE BASICALLY NONSENSE. I.E., THAT'S A BUNCH OF BULL. *************************** ANYONE THAT WORKS WITH A BUNCH OF MEN CAN USE THIS DAILY FOR A CHANCE TO WITNESS AS THIS A VERY COMMON SLANG PHRASE.**********************************
I KINGS 18:32-35
THE COMMENT MADE AFTER ONE MAN GETS ALL OF WHAT THE OTHER MAN HAS, WHETHER IT WAS MONEY, GOODS, OR WHATEVER. IN ELIJAH'S CASE HE SOAKED THE OFFERING WITH ALL THE WATER IT WAS WORTH.
I KINGS 18:40
SAID IN A BUSINESS OFFICE CONTEXT, THIS MEANS SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET FIRED. IN ELIJAH'S CASE, HE LITERALLY MADE HEADS ROLL BY CHOPPING THEM OFF.
I KINGS 19:3-6
WE SAY THIS WHEN WE HAVE HEARD A STORY THAT TOPS THEM ALL OR BEATS ALL WE HAVE HEARD BEFORE. KIND OF LIKE A PRIZE FOR THE BEST STORY. WAIT UNTIL YOU READ THESE VERSES, THIS STORY REALLY TAKES THE CAKE. HERE IS A GUY THAT HAS KILLED A FLOCK OF GROWN MEN SINGLE HANDEDLY AND GETS AFRAID OF A WOMEN! SO HE TAKES OFF AND LO AND BEHOLD AN 'ANGEL' COOKS HIM A MEAL WITH A 'CAKE'. COINCIDENCE, HUH? GOD DON'T MISS A LICK IN HIS WORD.
I KINGS 20:18
WHAT THE ARMY TRIES TO DO WITH PRISONERS ESPECIALLY IF THEY MAY HAVE INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP IN THE NEXT BATTLE. SAME THING IN THE BIBLE EXACTLY.
I KINGS 20:34
THIS TRADITION IS THROUGHOUT AMERICA. MARTIN LUTHER KING BLVD. JOHN F. KENNEDY AVE., WASHINGTON AVE., ELVIS PRESLEY WAY, ETC.
I KINGS 21:19-23
WHEN THE WORLD USES THIS PHRASE, IT USUALLY JUST MEANS THEY HAVE WENT DOWN HILL, HAVE TURNED BAD, OR ARE JUST RUNNING WITH BAD COMPANY. IN THE BIBLE VERSE, THIS MAN AND WOMAN LITERALLY WENT TO THE DOGS. I.E., ONE WAS EATEN BY THE DOGS AND THE OTHER HAD HIS LIFE-BLOOD LICKED UP BY THE DOGS. ANOTHER CASE OF A LOUSY WAY TO GO.
I KINGS 21:24
SOMETHING PUT OUT THAT THE CROWS (OR ANY BIRD) EAT. SOMETHING USED TO DRAW THE BIRD IN FOR DESTRUCTION AND OR SPORT. IN THE BIBLE, THEY COULD BE VULTURES OR ANY MEAT EATING BIRD THAT PICKS AT DEAD CORPSES WHETHER IT BE AN ANIMAL KILLED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD OR A PERSON.
I KINGS 22:33-34
THIS IS WHAT A PERSON GIVES AS HE LEAVES THE SCENE OF AN ARGUMENT OR ALTERCATION OF SOME KIND. HE OR SHE WILL LOOK OVER THEIR SHOULDER AND TRY TO GET IN "THE LAST WORD" WHICH WILL BE DEROGATORY IN SOME WAY TO TRY TO IMPLY THEY WON THE ARGUMENT OR AT LEAST WEREN'T REALLY AFFECTED BY IT. I.E., YOUR MOTHER WEARS COMBAT BOOTS AND RIDES A GARBAGE TRUCK IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU SAY, I JUST CONSIDER THE SOURCE, ETC. THIS BIBLICAL PARTING SHOT WAS IN FACT A REAL SHOT (AN ARROW SHOT) AND IT HIT THE MARK. IT ACTUALLY PARTED THE MAN FROM HIS LIFE, AND IT WAS PURELY A PARTING SHOT IN THE SENSE THAT IS WAS NOT AIMED AT THE RECIPIENT AT ALL.
I KINGS 22:34
THE ARROW THAT WAS FIRED WENT STRAIGHT TO THE MARK GOD HAD INTENDED EVEN WHEN THE MARKSMAN HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WOULD DO. AN ARROW, TO BE AN EFFECTIVE WEAPON, HAS TO BE STRAIGHT TO FLY TRUE, SO IT CAN BE AIMED. A CROOKED ARROW, EVEN IF AIMED AND SHOT, CANNOT BE COUNTED ON TO GO ANYWHERE PREDICTABLY. ALSO USED WHEN TALKING ABOUT A PERSON'S REPUTATION OR WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF HIM. I.E., STRAIGHT IS THE OPPOSITE OF CROOKED. NO ONE WANTS TO DEAL WITH A CROOK.
I KINGS 22:34
SOMEONE WHO IS TRYING TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING OR TO ACTUALLY HIT A TARGET IN A SPORTS EVENT WILL SAY THIS WHEN HE JUST LETS FLY WITH WHATEVER INSTRUMENT HE IS USING. IT IS A BLIND TRY WITH LITTLE EXPECTATION OF HITTING WHAT YOU WISH OR ACHIEVING WHAT YOU WANTED. (YOU ARE COUNTING ON LUCK TO PULL YOU THROUGH.) THE SCRIPTURE VERSE IS BASICALLY THE SAME. THE MAN COULD JUST AS WELL CLOSED HIS EYES (DARK) AND LET FLY WITH THE ARROW. AT THE DISTANCE INVOLVED, THERE WAS NO QUESTION OF AIM. HE PROBABLY NEVER EVEN SAW THE TARGET, HE JUST HOPED FOR A HIT.
I KINGS 22:34
THIS PHRASE MEANS TO JUST SORT OF POINT IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF A THING AND IF YOU ARE REAL LUCKY YOU MAY HIT SOMETHING. WHEN THIS MAN DREW A BOW AT ADVENTURE HE HAD NO IDEA THAT GOD TOOK THE ARROW AND AIMED IT EXACTLY WHERE HE WANTED IT TO GO. THE MAN THAT SHOT THE ARROW WAS AS AMAZED AS HIS FELLOW COMRADES THAT HE HIT ANYTHING MUCH LESS A KING. I.E., IT WAS THE PROVERBIAL POT SHOT.
II KINGS 2:3
KEEP QUIET IS A GOOD WAY OF SAYING HOLD YOUR PEACE, GENERALLY IT IS REFERRED TO THIS WAY.
II KINGS 2:9-11
THE WORLD USES THE TERM HIGH ROAD AS THE CORRECT PATH OR THE MORALLY RIGHT ROAD TO TAKE AND THE LOW ONE OF COURSE IS THE LESS DESIRED. CERTAINLY THE SCRIPTURE CASE HERE WOULD WANT YOU TO TAKE THE DESIRED HIGH ROAD AS IT WAS LEADING TO HEAVEN AND THE LOW ROAD WAS KEEPING ELISHA HERE ON EARTH.
II KINGS 2:11
TITLE OF A BIG HOLLYWOOD MOVIE AS WELL AS SOME MUSIC BY THE SAME NAME. NEITHER ONE HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE REAL CHARIOT OF FIRE THAT TOOK ELIJAH AWAY.
II KINGS 2:23
THE WORLD'S WORD FOR BAD KIDS CAUSING TROUBLE OR IN TROUBLE OF SOME KIND.THESE KIDS GOT THEIR COMEUPANCE BIG TIME WHICH YOU WILL SEE WHEN YOU READ THE NEXT VERSE.
II KINGS 2:24
USUALLY MEANS YOU WON AT SOME GAME OR OTHER. IT COULD ALSO BE YOU CAUGHT A LOT OF FISH. IN THE BIBLE CASE IT WAS LITERAL TEARING UP OF PEOPLE. I.E., KIDS WHO 'HAD NO RESPECT FOR THEIR ELDERS'.
II KINGS 4:38-44
THIS IS THE TERM GIVEN TO A SUPPER OR SOME MEAL WHERE WHAT YOU GET TO EAT YOU GET, IT IS SURELY BY CHANCE FOR WHAT SHOWS UP AT THE MEAL IN THE WAY OF FOOD. I.E., A POT LUCK SUPPER WHERE EVERYONE BRINGS SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND YOU PUT IT TOGETHER AND CALL IT A MEAL,CAN BE REAL FUN AND GOOD EATING ALSO. THIS IS OF COURSE THE ORIGINAL POT LUCK SUPPER IN THE BIBLE AND BECAUSE OF THE DEARTH IN THE LAND POISON WAS ACIDENTALLY PUT IN THE POT, BUT THE MAN OF GOD MADE EVEN THE POISON EDIBLE FOR ALL. SURELY A CASE OF POT LUCK!
II KINGS 5:13-14
WE SAY THIS WHEN ALL THE TRUTH ABOUT SOMETHING HAS NOT COME OUT YET BUT WE FEEL THAT IT WILL. FOR NAAMAN IT CERTAINLY CAME OUT IN THE WASH, HIS LEPROSY THAT IS, HE BECAME CLEAN AGAIN.**************** GOOD STARTING PLACE FOR A WITNESS.***************
II KINGS 5:22
WE USUALLY PUT THE ENDING ON THIS SAYING ALL IS WELL THAT ENDS WELL. A GENERAL GREETING MEANING JUST WHAT IT SAYS. I.E., IT'S OK!
II KINGS 6:5
THIS IS SAID WHEN A PERSON LOSES HIS OR HER TEMPER. IN THE CASE OF ELISHA HE WENT TO FIND THE AX HEAD THAT FLEW OFF THE HANDLE. I GUESS WE SAY WHEN A PERSON LOSES THEIR TEMPER THEY HAVE LOST THEIR HEAD, LIKE THIS AX DID.
II KINGS 6:8
FILL IN THE BLANKS AND PUT ANY NAME YOU WISH FOR SUCH AND SUCH. IT IS KIND OF LIKE SAYING SO AND SO.
II KINGS 6:32
USED AS AN EXPRESSION OF SPEECH TRYING TO CONVEY THE MEANING OF "UNDERSTANDING". DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH VISION. I.E., LOOK IF YOU WILL JUST PAY ATTENTION I'LL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THIS.
II KINGS 8:12-15
THIS IS SAID ABOUT A MAN THAT WORKS VERY HARD UNDER LESS THAN DESIRABLE CIRCUMSTANCES. IT IS SAID IN AN ADMIRABLE FASHION RATHER THAN A DEROGATORY FASHION BY THE WORLD. THESE VERSE SHOW A MAN THAT WORKED HARD AND CALLED HIMSELF A DOG WHICH WAS TRUE IN MORE THAN ONE WAY. HE WAS A LOST MAN (TYPIFIED BY A DOG) AND HE DID THE WORK OF A DOG (MURDER). HIS FUTURE WORKS ALTHOUGH MANY WERE ALSO THOSE OF A DOG (VS 12). I.E., HE WORKS AND HAS WORKED JUST LIKE A DOG (LOST MAN). INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT THE WORLD WOULD COMMEND THIS SAYING AND THE BIBLE CONDEMNS IT.
II KINGS 9:3
THE PERSON TELLING YOU THIS WANTS YOU OUT OF HIS HOUSE IMMEDIATELY. DON'T LET IT HIT YOU ON THE WAY OUT MEANS EITHER HE IS SLAMMING IT BEHIND YOU OR DON'T WASTE TIME CLOSING IT, JUST GET GONE.
II KINGS 9:5
SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO GO AND DO. A SHORT TRIP TO CONVEY A MESSAGE OR A TASK TO PERFORM. THE BIBLE IS RIGHT AGAIN!!!!!
II KINGS 9:30
THE COSMETIC INDUSTRY MUST HAVE READ THIS VERSE AND TOOK IT TO HEART. THEY MAKE BILLIONS GETTING WOMEN TO PAINT THEIR FACES. NOW IT IS TRUE THAT AN OLD BARN MAY NEED A LITTLE PAINT TO HIDE SOME OF ITS AGE, BUT MODERN CHRISTIAN WOMEN HAVE NO BUSINESS PAINTING THEIR FACE TO IMITATE JEZEBEL. WHAT MAMMA NAMES HER BABY GIRL JEZEBEL? IF NOT THE NAME, WHY THE PAINTED FACE? GOD'S GLOW OF HIS IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS ON A YOUNG GIRL'S FACE AS WELL AS MOST OF HIS OLDER DAUGHTERS IS BEAUTY ENOUGH. LADIES DON'T NEED TO CHANGE WHAT GOD GAVE THEM. (APPROACH THIS SUBJECT WITH CAUTION MEN, IT IS ONE TOUCHY SUBJECT.)
II KINGS 10:32
IN DEALING WITH PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, WE CUT THEM SHORT IN CONVERSATION AND FELLOWSHIP WHEN WE DON'T LIKE THEM OR THEIR WAYS OR ANY NUMBER OF OTHER REASONS. WHEN GOD CUTS PEOPLE SHORT BECAUSE THEY HAVE DONE SOMETHING HE DOESN'T LIKE, THERE ARE MANY CORPSES TO BURY.
II KINGS 18:17
THIS IS OUR WORD FOR PIPE. THERE IS METAL ELECTRICAL CONDUIT, PVC WATER CONDUIT, AND EVEN GLASS CONDUIT FOR NEON LIGHTING. IN THE BIBLE VERSE HERE, THIS CONDUIT IS PROBABLY THE LARGE OPEN SIDED CONCRETE OR CLAY THAT LOOKS LIKE A U-CHANNEL. A SIMILAR CONDUIT OR IRRIGATION SYSTEM IS USED IN ARIZONA AND CALIFORNIA WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY WATCH THE WATER FLOWING DOWN HILL TO ITS DESTINATION.
II KINGS 18:27
IN THE VERSE, MEN ARE DINING ON THEIR OWN BODY WASTES. IN EVERY WAR MEN IN PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS HAVE NOT ONLY BEEN MADE TO DO THIS BUT OTHER THINGS EVEN MORE HORRIBLE. THE BIBLE CAN AND DOES GET GRAPHIC, BUT LIFE IS NOT A BED OF ROSES AND THERE ARE MANY TERRIBLE THINGS THAT GO ON EVERY DAY WHILE WE AMERICANS ARE FAT, DUMB, AND HAPPY. LIFE, FOR THE MOST PART IN MUCH OF THE WORLD, IS NOT A PRETTY SIGHT. USED ON THE STREET AS A CRUDE WAY OF TRYING TO TELL A PERSON TO LEAVE YOU ALONE OR BUZZ OFF, AN UGLY WAY OF TRYING TO PUT ONE OVER ON SOMEONE. HEARD REGULARLY ON THE STREET.*************STREET WORKERS CAN HANDLE USING THIS TO START A WITNESS BUT BABY CHRISTIANS BETTER LEAVE IT ALONE*************
II KINGS 19:35
IN THE WORLD, IT IS REFERRING TO SOMEONE THAT IS HERE TODAY AND GONE TOMORROW; CAN'T BE COUNTED UPON AT ALL. IN THE BIBLE CASE, THE ANGEL OF THE LORD FLEW BY NIGHT AND WAS GONE BY MORNING, BUT 185,000 ASSYRIANS WISHED HE HADN'T SHOWN UP AT ALL. SEE ALSO EXODUS 12:12-21.
II KINGS 20:1-6
SAID WHEN A PERSON THINKS HE KNOWS HOW MUCH TIME HE HAS LEFT, WHICH CAN BE TRUE CONCERNING AN EVENT BUT NOT CONCERNING LIFE. UNLESS HE OR SHE PLANS TO COMMIT SUICIDE, ONLY GOD CAN KNOW WHEN 'YOUR TIME IS UP'. THE BIBLE CASE HERE HAS A MAN GETTING MORE TIME ADDED TO HIS LIFE. IT TURNS OUT LATER TO BE A BIG MISTAKE BUT IT HAPPENED ANYWAY. SEE ALSO PSALMS 90:12 WHERE YOU CAN ADD OR SUBTRACT TO YOUR OWN DAYS.
II KINGS 20:5-6
USUALLY SAID AFTER THE RECOVERY FROM SOME BAD ILLNESS WHERE THE PERSON WAS NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE. THE BIBLE CASE SHOWS WHERE A MAN BESEECHED GOD TO EXTEND HIS LIFE AND GOD DID IT, BUT IT PROVED LATER TO BE A BAD THING. THE SON HE GAVE BIRTH TO BECAME ONE OF ISRAEL'S WORST KINGS AND COST THE PEOPLE OF GOD MUCH MISERY.
II KINGS 21:12
THIS IS GENERALLY SAID WHEN SOMEONE THINKS THEY ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT, THEIR EARS TINGLE. SUPPOSED TO BE SOME KIND OF SIGN YOU ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT.
II KINGS 21:13
THE MAN THAT DRIES DISHES DOES IT JUST LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS. A WOMAN DRIES HER DISHES BY PUTTING HER CLOTH UNDER THE DISH INSTEAD OF TURNING IT OVER. THE BIBLE BATS A THOUSAND AND KEEPS RIGHT ON HITTING THEM OVER THE FENCE. THIS IS ALMOST A DOING TYPE OF THING RATHER THAN A "SAYING" BUT IT IS INCLUDED FOR FREE ANYWAY.
II KINGS 25:19
BRINGING THEM TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER.
II KINGS 25:30
THE NAME WE GIVE TO THE PORTION OF MONEY THAT OUR CHILDREN EXPECT TO GET EVERY WEEK. SAME DEFINITION APPLIES IN THE BIBLE, EXCEPT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN MONEY. ANY ITEM THAT IS GIVEN AS A PORTION OR ALLOWANCE REGULARLY; I.E., HOW MUCH YOU ARE ALLOWED.
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