To marble or to marble not!

A quick look into popularly misinterpreted, misquoted and mistakenly crafted, biblically inspired phrases.

The bible is not something we can simply take someone else’s word for, but we ought to know it like we know the inside of our homes. That is, we should be able to navigate from chapter to chapter without getting lost, knowing if anything were to be misplaced, we could find it and put it back in its original position. That’s kind of what the purpose of this blog entry is for. And I know you’ve seen it or experienced it because I have; that is, the moment we misquote scripture or someone else does. With the good intention of guiding those into the truth using the word of God, we somehow mistakenly change some its original meaning or make up new ones because we don't fact check. Laziness is how protestant Christians were deceived into celebrating Easter, a pagan holiday celebrated by Romans right around the time Jesus was actually crucified. For so many reasons that I don’t even have the time to explain, bible believers have allowed plenty of misconceptions to pass as facts for far too long. Take a look at a few here while I briefly explain:

"Don’t be so heavenly minded that you’re no earthly good."

I myself actually believed this to be scripture until I looked it up in the bible for myself and saw it wasn’t there.

"The race is not given to the swift, nor to the strong, but he that endureth to the end."

Although God does encourage us to endure to the end, as a former member of a high performance track and field team, I can tell you that the swiftest and strongest are always more likely to win running events. This scripture is actually a combination of two separate ones located in Ecclesiastes chapter 9 and Matthew chapter 24.

"Marble not"

Yea, the saints got this one totally wrong. It’s marvel, instead of marble (the little glass ball). Unfortunately, this may have cost some children the joys of playing with marbles during their childhood. For some, they were labeled sinful due to the biblical misinterpretation of John 3:7.

"David danced until he was naked"

According to 2 Samuel 6:14, David was girded with a linen ephod.

"Adam and Eve ate an apple"

I was actually corrected via Facebook after making a post using the popular fruit in my account in the account of man's fall from grace. Actually, in the KJV version, Genesis 2 tells us differently. It could have been an apple, but then again it could have been a banana. Until we discover or recover more information, we’ll simply say what the bible says; fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

"Animals went into the ark two by two"

Wrong. According to Genesis 7:2, they went in 7 by 7 if they were clean, and 2 by 2 if they were unclean.

"A fool and his money shall soon part"

This is not a scripture at all. Instead, it is a phrase that has its origin in Proverbs 20:21: “There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.”

"Money is the root of all evil"

Money is not the root of all evil, according to 1 Timothy 6:10, you’ll find the love of it as being the cause instead.

"Jesus is the way, the truth, and the light"

Yes, Jesus is the way, the truth, and has been described as the bright and morning star, but in this scripture he is the life, not the light. Check John 14:6 for more information.

"Cleanliness is next to Godliness"

God is a big fan of cleanliness. The scripture does contain instructions on how those who are used by him are to remain clean. Isaiah 52:11 proves it, but the phrase “cleanliness is next to godliness” is not an actual scripture that can be located in the bible.

"God helps those who helps themselves"

Facts, but that’s not to be quoted as a scripture. Let’s never forget Mark 14:7, “For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.”

-The Readers Choice