Saying by Saying: The Bible (The Bible, Broken Down — Every Angle. Simply Explained.) - Softcover

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SAYING BY SAYING: THE BIBLE
Everyday Phrases That Trace Back to Scripture

Turns out you already quote the Bible more than you think.

"At my wit's end." "A drop in the bucket." "Fought the good fight." These aren't just old sayings — they're lines lifted straight from Scripture, still living in ordinary conversation centuries later, often by people who have no idea where they came from.

This book walks through dozens of them, one at a time. For each saying, you'll get:

• The Context — what was actually happening when it was first said or written
• As Written — the full verse, exactly as it appears in the King James Version
• What It Originally Meant — the meaning in its own setting, explained in plain language
• How We Say It Today — how the phrase is used now, and how (or whether) it's drifted from the original
• Why It Stuck — what made this particular line outlast everything around it

Along the way, you'll also run into a few genuine surprises — sayings people assume come from one place in the Bible, when they actually come from somewhere else entirely (or don't appear in the Bible at all). Untangling those mix-ups is part of the fun.

This is part of The Bible, Broken Down — Every Angle. Simply Explained. series — plain-language books that look at Scripture from a different angle each time. No theology background required, no particular order to read them in. Just open to whatever catches your eye.

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