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And here are just a few more:

“Out of the mouth of babes” Psalm 8:2

“Physician heal thyself” Luke 4:23

“Scapegoat” Leviticus 16:8, 10:26

“See the light” Luke 11:33

“Spy out the land” Numbers 13:16-17; Judges 18:2, 17

“Sweeter than honey” Psalm 119:103

“Thanksgiving” Leviticus 7:12; Nehemiah 11:17; Psalm 100:4

“The eleventh hour” Matthew 20:6

“The ends of the earth” Deuteronomy 33:17; Job 37:3; Psalm 72:8

“The fat of the land” Genesis 45:18

“The land of the living” Job 28:13; Psalm 27:13, 52:5, 116:9; Isaiah 53:8

“The powers that be” Romans 13:1

“The root of the matter” Job 19:28

“With all your heart” Deuteronomy 13:3

“Woe is me” Psalm 120:5; Isaiah 6:5; Jeremiah 4:31

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