15 Bible Verses about Old Sayings

See, in every common saying about you it will be said, As the mother is, so is her daughter.

He was a very great bowman, so that there is a saying, Like Nimrod, a very great bowman.

And one of the people of that place said in answer, And who is their father? So it became a common saying, Is even Saul among the prophets?

And he took off his clothing, acting like a prophet before Samuel, and falling down he was stretched out, without his clothing, all that day and all that night. This is the reason for the saying, Is even Saul among the prophets?

There is an old saying, From the evil-doer comes evil: but my hand will never be lifted up against you.

And that day David said, Whoever makes an attack on the Jebusites, let him go up by the water-pipe, and put to death all the blind and feeble-footed who are hated by David. And this is why they say, The blind and feeble-footed may not come into the house.

Then she said, In the old days, there was a saying, Let them put the question in Abel and in Dan, saying, Has what was ordered by men of good faith in Israel ever come to an end?

And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Skin for skin, all a man has he will give for his life.

Son of man, what is this saying which you have about the land of Israel, The time is long and every vision comes to nothing?

Why do you make use of this saying about the land of Israel, The fathers have been tasting bitter grapes and the children's teeth are on edge?

And he said to them, Without doubt you will say to me, Let the medical man make himself well: the things which to our knowledge were done at Capernaum, do them here in your country.

They are an example of that true saying, The dog has gone back to the food it had put out, and the pig which had been washed to its rolling in the dirty earth.

In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain.

For this cause say to them, This is what the Lord has said: I have made this saying come to an end, and it will no longer be used as a common saying in Israel; but say to them, The days are near, and the effect of every vision.

By my life, says the Lord, you will no longer have this saying in Israel.